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Re: bluezbox | blog | Audiobook Binder 1.15: Lion on the loose

Mike Taylor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:34:13 -0000

I'm not seeing chapters on my iOS 4 device either for a book I just did. I wonder if it has something to do with creating the book on Lion?

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:09:53 -0000

It is possible to SSH to multiple computers. What you do is use multiple port numbers on your router. The port number on your router does not need to be the same as the port number on your Mac.

So, for example, you could do the following mapping:

4022 on router -> 22 on Mac #1
4023 on router -> 22 on Mac #2

I just chose the numbers 4022 and 4023 at random. You can use anything there.

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:21:27 -0000

Hi Joe,

If you've bought the full version of Briefcase, you can just "buy" it again using iTunes. The App Store is smart enough to remember that you own it and you will not be charged again. You should then be able to re-install it.

If both devices are sync'ed to the same computer, it doesn't matter if you have Briefcase on more than one device. If they are sync'ed to different computers, that should be ok as well. You can use the same version of Briefcase on up to 5 computers.

I don't know if this has been helpful. Feel free to email us at support@heymacsoftware.com if you have more questions

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:14:39 -0000

Hi Chris,

Your router will establish the address range for your private network. All computers have to be on the same subnet to talk to each other. For example, your router's private IP address might be 192.168.1.1. In that case, all computers on your private network must have private addresses that begin with 192.168.1 (e.g. 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, etc).

It sounds like the static address you are giving to your computer may not be on the subnet that your router is using.

Does that help? If not, let me know!

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase v1.2 Released (Snow Briefcase)

Mike Taylor — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:48:18 -0000

Hi Darryl,

We recently upgraded to libssh2, which supports adding public keys to remote authorized_keys files. So, it should be a pretty easy thing to implement now. I can't make promises, but I am hoping to get it into the next version. Note that you'd still have to log in once with your password to install the public key for Briefcase.

Cheers!

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:42:14 -0000

Hi Edward,

We don't have support for emailing attachments yet. Apple doesn't support the sending of attachments from Mail by 3rd party developers yet. We're looking into rolling our own solution, but we're not there yet.

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase v1.2 Released (Snow Briefcase)

Mike Taylor — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:33:14 -0000

It's certainly a future possibility. I've added it to the wish list. I've got to prioritize it against other features that have been requested. But, Apple certainly provides all of the API's I'd need to implement thing.

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase v1.2 Released (Snow Briefcase)

Mike Taylor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:59:49 -0000

It may be possible. Of course Apple's Bonjour for Windows doesn't know about SSH, but there are a number of ways to tackle the problem. I'd love to make the whole Windows/Briefcase workflow better. I've got some ideas, I just need to find some time in the schedule.

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase v1.2 Released (Snow Briefcase)

Mike Taylor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:04:02 -0000

Hi Fernando,

We just released Briefcase v1.2. I made very deep changes to our SSH support in that version. I have not updated our FAQ yet, to reflect the changes. I'm glad you've had good success with FreeSSHd. I'll update our FAQ soon.

I've made a note to update Briefcase to check for the existence of the default upload directories on the remote machine before displaying them.

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:33:59 -0000

We fixed the problem Lawrence was experiencing. We do believe that the "No WiFi Network" bug is fixed in this version. If anyone has problems connecting, just let us know at the support email.

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase v1.2 Released (Snow Briefcase)

Mike Taylor — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:07:10 -0000

Thanks Joe,

E-mailing documents is one of the most frequently requested features. I cannot make any promises about when we will be able to address that, but we are listening!

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:46:31 -0000

Hi Lars,

Briefcase 1.2 is undergoing approval at Apple. We reworked the SSH connection implementation a lot. Hopefully it will allow for more reliable connections. I hear you about the cancel button. It's not as easy as it should be (thread locking issue) but I will do my best to address that soon.

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:04:09 -0000

Thanks for the kind words!

iDisk and WebDav is still high on our wish list. We're still trying to work it into the schedule. I don't have any specifics to announce about timing.

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: v1.1 Update and Spy Movie

Mike Taylor — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:08:16 -0000

Hi Rob,

We've added that to the wish list for coming releases. Thanks for the feedback!

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:21:24 -0000

Back to My Mac is a private API. I have some ideas for doing something similar, but it is a tricky problem.

It might be possible to have Briefcase install a helper program on the Mac that automatically opens up a port in the router (success will depend on the type of router and it's configuration). Then, one would need a server that could help your iPhone find your Mac.

It's a tricky problem. Even Apple has had a lot of problems making "Back to my Mac" work reliably.

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase for iPhone Profiled at MacWorld.com

Mike Taylor — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:48:49 -0000

Getting Briefcase to work with Windows is pretty tricky at the moment. The problem is that Windows doesn't support any open standards for remote login. Briefcase works by connecting to a computer and browsing the files. To get it to work on Windows you have to install an open source package.

Some people have had success with Cygwin and SSH for Windows, but the later only works under XP and Cygwin is difficult to set up.

I am currently working on updating Briefcase so that it will work with FreeSSHd, which is much easier to set up and use, and it works on Vista. If you are interested in testing an advance copy, email support@heymacsoftware.com and let us know (I can take a few people if others are interested). I'm hoping to have a testable version by the end of this week.

Re: Blog Post: A funny thing happened on the way to the update

Mike Taylor — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:28:37 -0000

Hi Emil,

A few users have reported that Briefcase is displaying "No WiFi Network" when, in truth, there are just no computers available that it can log into. We are looking into that.

Do you see the WiFi symbol in the status bar of your iPhone? If so, then there definitely is a WiFi network. In that case, assume that the error means that Briefcase cannot find any computers.

Are you trying to log into a Mac? Do you have "Remote Login" enabled under "Network" in the "System Preferences?."

Let us know if that helps! You can also reach us via email at support@heymacsoftware.com.

Sorry for the trouble!

Re: Blog Post: v1.1 Update and Spy Movie

Mike Taylor — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:28:14 -0000

Hi Emil,

A few users have reported that Briefcase is displaying "No WiFi Network" when, in truth, there are just no computers available that it can log into. We are looking into that.

Do you see the WiFi symbol in the status bar of your iPhone? If so, then there definitely is a WiFi network. In that case, assume that the error means that Briefcase cannot find any computers.

Are you trying to log into a Mac? Do you have "Remote Login" enabled under "Network" in the "System Preferences?."

Let us know if that helps! You can also reach us via email at support@heymacsoftware.com.

Sorry for the trouble!

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase and Remote Access to Home

Mike Taylor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:04:47 -0000

Hi John,

The instructions above should work with an AirPort Extreme. If you went to portforward.net and looked up forwarding SSH on the AirPort Extreme, you would get this URL:

http://portforward.com/engl...

Unfortunately, the instructions are for an older version of the AirPort Utility, but the idea is basically the same. I don't have an AirPort here to test with, but if you get stuck, I'll do my best help.

Re: Blog Post: Briefcase Goes International

Mike Taylor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:05:17 -0000

Thanks for the report! I've fixed that up for the next version.

Re: Blog Post: v1.1 Update and Spy Movie

Mike Taylor — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:27:15 -0000

Hey Joe,

As I mentioned above, there was as misunderstanding with Apple over 1.1 and the upcoming 1.1.2 release. I'm talking to Apple trying to sort it out. Stick with v1.1 if you can.

Sorry for the trouble!

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: v1.1 Update and Spy Movie

Mike Taylor — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:40:55 -0000

Hi Andrew,

I'm afraid that it's a bit tricky to log into your Mac from outside your home network. It is possible for a piece of software on your Mac to open up a port on your AirPort using a protocol called NAT-PNP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wik.... I would guess that's how Simplify Media works. Your Mac can do this because it is inside your firewall.

Briefcase, runs on your iPhone will be on the outside of your firewall when you are on the road. That means that you need to manually set up the port forwarding on your AirPort. You need to forward port 22 to your Mac.

This link tells you how to do it (unfortunately they use an older version of the AirPort Utility:

http://portforward.com/engl...

Opening up the port at work is likely to be more difficult because you don't have access to the router.

Re: Blog Post: v1.1 Update and Spy Movie

Mike Taylor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:26:24 -0000

There was as misunderstanding with Apple. I submitted v1.1.2 a little too quickly, so Apple decided I wanted to revert to v1.0 in the App Store. I'm trying to sort it out. In the mean time, I'd recommend that you stick with v1.1.1.

Sorry about the trouble!

/\/\ike

Re: Blog Post: v1.1 Update and Spy Movie

Mike Taylor — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:29:57 -0000

Thanks for the feedback. We'll have to evaluate how that might fit in the Briefcase UI. No promises, but we'll give it some thought!

Re: Blog Post: Welcome to Code Shorts

Mike Taylor — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:34:33 -0000

I'm glad you found a solution!

The "@loader_path" name is discussed here: http://developer.apple.com/...

I had a look at my Makefiles. It looks like I gave the ld flags in the blog post. Unfortunately, gcc doesn't parse the flag correctly, so you've got to pass it through like this: -Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/...

However, if you've got it working with @executable_path, then you are all set.