iPhone USB

While Apple's solution to manage iOS devices, "iTunes" is a great piece of utility. Many users simply hate to use it specially with the whole "Sync" methodology, this is the reason we have quite some free iTunes alternatives out there.

If you are looking for something which offers both ease-of-use and raw power to control and command your iDevice, free Windows and MAC utility "iFunBox" is for you.

Equipped with features like total control of iPhone/iPad file-system, single click .IPA file installs (AppFastIn) with app backup support, ability to make use of iPhone storage as a regular removable disk for general storage, Access App sandbox without Jailbreak, picture and wallpaper manipulation with previews and ability to export music and movies from iPhone/iPod. While the 91 iPhone PC Suite does have more features, this is very simple and portable to use, just like the Cyder desktop application for Cydia application.

Majority of mobile-phones support their storage to be used as an Mass Storage Device from a computer when plugged-in, unfortunately if you own an Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch this is not possible. We have shared various utilities and hacks to enable this functionality on iDevices, Phone Disk is another such paid application allowing users to directly access files from Apple iPhone, iPad and iTouch like a regular removable disk on both PC and Mac. The good news is "Phone Disk" is being given-away for free to everyone until December 1st 2010, if the software is activated (using the free registration serial number shared ahead) before that date users can enjoy a fully-functional version with all future updates and no expiration date.

We have shared both free and paid utilities to use iPhone as an removable disk-drive, iPhone Folders is yet another free software which takes it a bit further by allowing users access to the iPhone File-system right from Windows Explorer - the explorer extension let users browse contents of their iPhone or iPod Touch like any other removable drive. They can perform regular file copy-paste operations and create shortcuts as usual coupled with the ability to view thumbnail previews of png and jpg files on the device.

PwnTunes a new Cydia app from the makers of popular application iRealSMS allows users to use their iPhone and iPod Touch as an removable USB drive with music and image syncing functionality - without requiring any software on connecting computer. There are quite a few free iTunes alternatives but all of them require users to launch the application on connecting computer, PwnTunes on the other hand makes the iDevice detect as an removable USB drive and all you need to do is to drag-n-drop files in respective folders and it will automatically import Music/Images from there without loosing existing library on the device.

Having a bootable USB disk drive comes in handy, and what else can be better then to have your bootable computer rescue kit or favorite linux distro right with you on your iPhone, as my previous post shared how you can make your iPhone work as a mass storage device somebody used USB Drive creatively making it work as a bootable disk drive which lets you use iPhone as a bootable computer rescue kit, launch Windows setup, and use other bootable USB distros/live cd's.

PC and Mac utility DiskAid allows you to make use of iPhone as a data storage device - but both uploading and downloading data require you have DiskAid installed on the computer, free (during beta) iPhone application USB Drive takes care of this by allowing you to use your iPhone as a true mass storage device which works right out-of-box on any computer without needing any third-party utility or driver.

You will need an jailbroken iPhone with Cydia installed to download USB Drive beta 2, also make sure you read all the instructions before using it.

Apple iPhone and iPod Touch offer lots of storage space which can be utilized for storing files, backups or as an external disk drive, but unfortunately Apple removed the ability to use the device as an external storage, However as always software's have been developed to bypass this restriction.

DiskAid is one such free software for Windows and Mac enabling owners to use their iPhone or iPod touch as an external disk drive, With DiskAid you can transfer files and folders between your iPhone or iPod Touch and your Computer with ease, DiskAid auto-detects any plugged in supported device and offers an easy to use Files & Folders Browser with drag and drop support for fast and easy operations.

You don't need to jailbreak iPhone or iPod and the softwares works well with all the firmware versions including the latest iPhone Software Update 2.0.