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If you ever wanted to Backup or Restore a particular game or application settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, below is an application that will help you do just that. iPhone Explorer does this FREE and without having to Jailbreak your iDevice.

Below is a small video that will show you step by step how to do this and also below are the links to Macroplant which is the company that makes iPhone Explorer. They also make other applications for your iDevices.

The application works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7. There is also a version for Mac OS X. One small requirement for the whole thing to work correctly is that you must have iTunes already installed.

FEATURES:

Modify files & folders on iPhone

Works with all iPhones, iPod Touch, and iPads

USB iPhone Disk Mode (Use an iPhone as a Thumb or Pen Drive)

View Pictures and Photos

Preview Files Before Transferring

Tiny Download

Drag and Drop Interface

E-mail, SMS, voicemail, address book access! (THIS IS ONLY IF YOU JAILBREAK YOU iDevice)

Mac Requirements:

• Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6 or later
• iTunes 8, 9 or later
• A USB Connector for the iPod device

Windows Requirements:

• Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP
• iTunes 9 or later
• A USB Connector for the iPod device

iPod Compatibility:

• iPad (all generations)
• iPhone (all generations)
• iPod Touch (all generations)

iPhone Explorer Download Page: http://macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/

Backup Mirror download: WINDOWS VERSION    MAC OS X VERSION

If you take advantage of jailbreaking your device to install apps from cydia or customize your iphone or ipad in a way that Apple does not allow then this is great.  You can upgrade your iPhone or iPad software to the latest  update of the firmware which is 4.3.2. All you need is Redsn0w for Windows or Mac. The links are below, also you will need the latest firmware for your device. I put below a link to a website from felixbruns which will allow you to download quickly and easily the firmware for your device.

Sadly this is not for your iPad2 ( No! Jailbreak For YOU! ) – Seinfeld joke

DOWNLOAD REDSN0W FOR WINDOWS

DOWNLOAD REDSN0W FOR MAC OS

CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FIRMWARE FOR YOUR DEVICE

http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

If you are looking to Jailbreak version 4.3.1 on your iphone and ipad than the wait is over. Thanks to the new version of Redsn0w 0.9.6rc9. It works for Windows and the Mac. Below are the links to download and also to the redsn0w hope page where there is even more information. 

By the way, if you bought yourself one of those new shiny iPad2 than the jailbreak is not for you. Currently there is no jailbreak for the ipad2.

If you need to download the firmware for your device check the website below which will allow you to search for the firmware that goes with your device. If the website is down, then just do a google search, you will be able to find it easily.

http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/

Download Reds0nw for  WINDOWS or MAC right here

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Apple just released iOS 4.2 and guess what. Airprint will only work with a selected handful of HP printers. They also disabled Airprint for your PC, so you can’t share your local printer on the network. All of the sudden this update does not sound so terrific. Well thanks to some folks on the internet there are ways to enable Airprint on your Windows machine and use any printer you have attached.

I put together the tutorial below from the information I found to help you out. This process is not perfect but it works and until there is an official application or update that will allow us to use any printer this is the only way. Below are step by step instructions on how to do this.

1. Make sure that you install the latest iTunes 10.1 version on your windows computer, you will also need to download Airprint from HERE

2. Download Airprint to the desktop so it will be easy to find.

3. If you are using Windows 32 bit or Windows 64 bit the process will vary slightly.

If you are using windows 32 bit you will need to go to the PROGRAM FILES folder and create a folder named Airprint. C:\Program Files

If you are using windows 64 bit then you will need to go the PROGRAM FILES (x86) folder and create a folder named Airprint. C:\Program Files (x86)

4. Once you did the step above, go back to the Airprint.zip file you downloaded earlier and right click on it to extract it. Grab the files inside the extracted folder and copy them into the Airprint folder you created  in the prior step above.

5. Now for the actual activation of the Airprint service. Click on Start, then Click Run. On the Run popup window type CMD.

In windows 7 the Run option does not appear by default in the Start menu. You can click on Start then choose All Programs, and choose Accessories from the menu. In the accessories folder you will see the Command Prompt.

6. Now in the command prompt you will put the following command below. It will be different for Windows 32bit and 64bit. I listed them below.

Windows 32bit: sc.exe create AirPrint binPath= "C:\Program Files\AirPrint\airprint.exe -s" depend= "Bonjour Service" start= auto

Windows 64bit: sc.exe create AirPrint binPath= "C:\Program Files (x86)\AirPrint\airprint.exe -s" depend= "Bonjour Service" start= auto

You will see a response like the one below.

7. Ok if you saw the response similar to the one above in step six then you are ready for the last step.

On the command prompt type: sc.exe start AirPrint

This is for both versions of Windows.

You will see a response like the one below.

8. One last thing to check is to make sure you are sharing your printer in Windows. Remember to go to the printers folder in the control panel and make sure it is being shared.

9. To test it out simply open your iPad or iPhone and try to print something. If it all went well then you will see your printers like the image below.

In my test the printers I setup using this method in Windows 7 appeared with a small lock on the right and when I tried printing it asked me for the username and password of my account on that machine. Once I put it in then it sent the document to the printer. I know it is a little bit of a pain to put the username and password but it works. On the Mac  I did not have this problem, I was just able to print without putting a password.

Apple has just released iOS 4.2 and guess what. No Airprint FOR YOU!. At least not at the beginning. Apple’s airprint was cancelled on the MacOS, following the 10.6.5 update. Airprint right now only works on a handful of HP Printers. So unless you are ready to shell out about $200 for an HP Airprint compatible printer you will be out of luck or are you?.

There is an app named AirPrintHacktivator which will enable Airprint on your MacOS. Before running this app you will need to remove any printers you currently have installed on your mac. Then install them back once it is done, reboot your mac and now airprint will work with any printers you have shared on your mac.

Below is the complete information on this app. Happy Airprinting!. One more thing is that you need to have the latest update 10.6.5 for your mac as well as the latest iTunes 10.1, and iOS 4.2 installed for this to work correctly.

1. Remember to uninstall any of the printers you have installed then download AirprintHacktivator from Here.

2. Open the app which will have a button named “Hacktivate”. Click on it to get started.

3. Once the process is completed a pop up will let you know that the hacktivation was completed. At this point just click OK and then reboot your Mac

4. Now once your mac is backup go ahead and install your printers and click to share the printer on the network.

Now on your iPad or iPhone with iOS 4.2 try to print and you will see the printer you are sharing.