TouchFS

Each iPhone and iPod Touch has a unique identifier associated w/it. To find yours, try the following.

Locating a Unique Device ID with iTunes 7.7 or later

To find your device’s UDID you can use iTunes 7.7. or later. To do this, connect your device to your Mac and launch iTunes. In iTunes, select your device in the 'Devices' section and navigate to the Summary tab. Click on the Serial Number label to reveal the Identifier field and the 40 character UDID. Press Command/Ctrl+C to copy the UDID to your clipboard.

Locating a Unique Device ID with Xcode

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It's been a few weeks and I thought the community would like to know about what we've been working on.

I'll tell you what...it's been a lot of dead ends and false starts. Writing your own PDF viewer is not a simple undertaking it seems! (More on that in the future)

I was finally able to get the 2.1 firmware and SDK installed. After iTunes wouldn't update my iPod, I was able to boot the iPod while holding the Home button to force it into restore mode. After that, iTunes gladly downloaded the update and installed the firmware.

The new Genius feature is totally worth it, I'll say. Pick a song you want to hear and instantly create a playlist of 25 or 50 others from your library just like it.

We'll be installing iPhone OS 2.1 tonight and making sure TouchFS has no compatibility issues. An update will be coming out within the next two weeks, including iTunes approval time.

Famous last words apparently. I'm unable to upgrade to iPhone OS 2.1 due to some "issue" I'm experiencing. A ticket has been opened w/Apple and they're looking into a possible solution.

Until this is resolved, we'll still be updating TouchFS, but won't be able to test it on 2.1.

Version 1.2 is available for download or free update.

As always, BACK UP YOUR FILES BEFORE UPDATING.

Fixes and features you'll find in version 1.2 are as follows:

• Unicode (UTF8) file names supported
• Added ability to delete files/folders directly from TouchFS
• Added viewer for Keynote presentations when they're saved w/a preview
• Additional development file types are able to be viewed in the text viewer
• Fixed bug that prevented the port from really being changed even though it would appear changed in the UI

Just wanted to let everyone know that we've uploaded v1.2 to iTunes tonight and it's under review. Once it passes, it will be available to all.

As usual with any update that may effect your personal files...

PLEASE BACKUP YOUR TOUCHFS FILES BEFORE UPDATING

As my previous entry mentioned, v1.2 adds the following features and fixes:

• Added Unicode (UTF8) filename support
• Added Delete files/folders button
• Added viewer for Keynote presentation files
• Made various source code file types open in the text viewer
  

We'll be releasing v1.2 by the end of this week and wanted to give everyone an idea of what they should expect.

• Filenames with unicode/UTF8 characters will now just work. Feeling a little crazy (or want to give your file names a little European flair)? Go ahead, name your files something like these:
  
  M¥ Fîlé.doc
  Sålés Répørt.pdf
  Homé Büdget.numbers

It gives me great pleasure to inform everyone that the 1.1 update is available on iTunes!

As stated earlier, Office document viewing and iWork document viewing is finally available–thank you for your patience. Since this is our first update released, we're a bit curious of how the upgrade performs goes for you. If you have a lot of files stored w/TouchFS, it may take a while to perform.