Hi-dee-ho! After a brief hiatus, the Friday Roundup is back! This week, Touchtip readers have sent us some really great iPhone and iPod touch tips that we’d love to share with you. Don’t forget to share your own tip with us, or post them directly to our iPhone and iPod touch forums.
So what’s in store this week? Find out where to browse popular magazines for free. Learn how to stop iPhoto from opening up every time you sync your device. You’ll also discover some handy utilities for recording voice memos, and another that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a remote touch pad for your Mac or PC. There’s also a few mods for your iPhone camera. What are you waiting for? Read on.
Submitted by Denise Hughes:
I take a lot of pics with my iPhone and I hate it when iphoto opens up on my Mac when I sync. Good thing there’s a way to use AppleScript to prevent this from happening. The script will allow iPhoto to open for your digital camera, but not the iPhone. Read this tutorial to learn how.
Submitted by Amber:
I read your post about Texterity, a great site for reading free magazines on the iPhone and iPod touch. I’ve been using it a lot, so thanks for that. I also discovered Zinio recently. The magazine reader is very nice and I thought your readers might like to check it out.
www.zinio.com/iphone
Submitted by Franklin Skarupski:
Turn your iPhone into a portable voice recorder with this cool iPhone Voice Memo application. I used it for capturing ideas and reminders. It’s a bookmarklet so there’s nothing to download. You simply bookmark it in Safari and you can use it any time.
To get started using it:
- Open Safari on your iPhone.
- Browse to http://handheldcreations.com/iphone/myvox/start.html.
- Configure the app by entering your phone number.
- When it tells you to do so, bookmark the page onto your phone’s Home Screen.
Now, whenever you want to make a voice recording, just click the Voice Memo icon on your iPhone, then click New Memo.
Submitted by Nicholas Fleming:
Turn your iPhone into a remote touchpad for your computer. I’ve got a jailbroken iPod and turned it into a remove touchpad for my pc using this application called “touchpad for iphone”. Yes, it does work for the ipod touch as well, I have it on mine.
http://touchpadiphone.blogspot.com/
Submitted by Srini Mambula:
Photography is my hobby, but the iPhone’s built-in camera leaves a lot to be desired for taking quality pictures. However, I do have fun modifying the lens in ways that make iPhone photography more interesting. Here are a few ways I have modded my iPhone.
- Turn your iPhone into a magnifying lens
- Make your own macro lens mod
- A snap-on a wide angle lens
Submitted by Kaiser:
To copy music from iPod to your iTunes, download ipodRIP to your computer. Plug in your ipod but be certain NOT to sync it with itunes. In IpodRip, click ‘restore all’ or similar and wait for your music to re-import to itunes. This will take a while, but it’s the easiest way.
Mac - free 30 day demo for mac
PC - 10 use demo for PC
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