Re: Identifying a connected iPod in C or Obj-C

Subject: Re: Identifying a connected iPod in C or Obj-C
From: Shawn Erickson <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 08:44:42 -0700

On Jul 25, 2004, at 8:30 AM, gnat wrote:

There is apparently a way (based how iPods work with iTunes) to identify that a connected device is an iPod versus a standard hard drive. Does anyone know if this is something magical or if it is just checking for the hidden directories? If it is "magical", would anyone happen to know how it's done?

Well a few different ways exits. If the iPod gets mounted you can find its file system via normal means.

However I bet the iPod tools (including the firmware updater) leverage IOKit/CF services to be notified of addition of hardware.

In the following...

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/ AccessingHardware/index.html>

...note this particular section...

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeviceDrivers/Conceptual/ AccessingHardware/AH_Finding_Devices/chapter_4_section_2.html#// apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000379/BABEACCJ>

-Shawn
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