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Phone to Mac
Phone to Mac 4.4.3
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(41) 3.817073170731707

Copy media from an iOS device to your Mac.   Shareware ($24.95)
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    Macroplant, LLC
Phone to Mac lets you easily copy, transfer or rip the music, videos and playlists from any iPod, iPhone, iPad directly into iTunes on any Mac. By decoding the iOS binary database, Phone to Mac rapidly reveals the contents of your device and then lets you choose what to do with the tracks. Play counts, ratings and the other track details are all recovered for every song transferred. The program's features also include audio and video track previews, sortable columns and more!
What's New
Version 4.4.3: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
  • Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 or later
  • iTunes 10 or later



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Phone to Mac User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 4.x:
(41)
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Overall:
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Robster21 reviewed on 21 May 2012
Nowhere on the website does it mention that this license is only for one year. WE AWARE. Contacted them for assistance moving to a new machine to be told I need to repurchase this software as my year is up.
RIP OFF.
[Version 4.4.3]

1 Reply

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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 25 May 2012
Hi Robster,

It seems there's been a miscommunication of sorts here. Your registration key does not expire and will work forever. After a year, if we release a big update, you don't get that big updated version for free anymore. But that hasn't happened yet so you should be fine to unlock Phone to Mac on your other computer. Please contact me directly if you need further assistance.

chrisdevor@macroplant.com
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+1

John Hillestad reviewed on 22 Mar 2012
Liked phone view better , this one relies on itunes... I could not easily see how to save voice mails even though the app says it can...
[Version 4.4]


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Georges_42ab84a7 reviewed on 17 Mar 2012
Except browsing in the backup databases (for iPad and iPhone) Phone to Mac doesn't detect my two products... I've tried everything suggested on the developer site but it simply doesn't see anything
:(
Fortunately, I've bought this application in a bundle and it was not the main tool I was looking for so, it's not that important...
[Version 4.4]

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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 20 Mar 2012
Hi Georges,

Thanks for the feedback. Phone to Mac should work fine for both your iPad and iPhone. My best guess as to what's happening is that Apple's pushed out a minor change to its database structure on your device which is preventing Phone to Mac from parsing it correctly. If this is the case, the bug shouldn't be hard to fix, but we'll need a copy of your device's media databases. Could you please send us a copy of the file(s) Media/iTunes_Control/iTunes/MediaLibrary.sqlitedb, MediaLibrary.sqlitedb-wal and MediaLibrary.sqlitedb-shm? You can access those files on your device using our freeware program iExplorer. Then either email them directly to me, or if they are large files you can upload them to www.mediafire.com first and send me the link. My e-mail is chrisdevor@macroplant.com.

If for some reason iExplorer is unable to access your devices, then the issue is not related to the databases, but rather the connection to your device. To trouble shoot this type of issue, I'd recommend making sure your iTunes version and device firmware is all up to date.

Hope this helps. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any further questions.

Sincerely,
Chris
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Gregory_cb4fa255 replied on 30 Mar 2012
I also bought the bundle and also am unable to connect to/see my iPhone 4S using Phone to Mac. Both Phone to Mac and iTunes are latest versions, iPhone is up to date too. Using OS X 10.6.8, restarts are no help. iTunes sees and syncs w/ the iPhone w/no prob. Has a fix been found for this problem?
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Hypoluxa reviewed on 22 Feb 2012
This latest update still does not fix the photo section. I can only see one photo on my iPhone, which is odd. However the rest of the sections are working properly, A&V and iTunes Archives.

I am on 10.6.8 and the iOS 5.0.1
[Version 4.3.4]


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+5

Bully28 reviewed on 15 Feb 2012
I bought this at 4.1.x and upgraded to 4.3.3.8

This program does not work. I've tried over the past several weeks to get the program to work, and while support team is very responsive, they continue to just put me in a loop. Delete program. Delete backups. Reinstall. Restart. Redownload. One after another, now they've asked me to download the 4.1.14 version, saying it's the most stable. Even worse.

All I want is the ability to backup my SMS messages. But I can't see them. While all the other things work such as downloading/extracting photos or mP3's, this program is NOT stable.
[Version 4.3.3.4]

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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 06 Mar 2012
Hi Bully28,

Macroplant CEO here. I'm not sure what's going on in your specific situation, but please e-mail me at chrisdevor@macroplant.com and I'll do my best to work with you to resolve the bugs you're running into and send you a refund if needed.

Sincerely,

Chris
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Bully28 replied on 06 Mar 2012
Hi Chris,
Pretty sure it was you who offered me a refund via the regular support channel because my SMS messages were not appearing.

I now have the latest version, which in fact in the upgrade you mentioned that the reason for the update was to address my exact SMS issue.

It actually *does* now show the SMS messages. However, they're disorgranized, not by phone number, and some threads have messages stuck with other phone numbers!

What's more, photos are not archived.

I love the potential of this product but I am leaving this at 1 star--it does not function properly yet.
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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 09 Mar 2012
Thanks again for the feedback.

We've been cranking away on a pretty decent update to the SMSs and some other misc issues. The update will be available on Monday and should resolve your issue and then some. I think you're be fairly happy with the result, and I'll keep you posted about the release.
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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 20 Mar 2012
The SMSs should work fine for you now in version 4.4. Please let me know what you think about the updated feature and if there's anything else I can help with.

Sincerely,
chris
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Hypoluxa commented on 13 Dec 2011
It is still not showing my photos in the photo browser section, or the address book contacts. However if i go into the backup explorer i can navigate to contents like the photos and export them out. But I should not have to. It is still not 100% working properly on iOS5.
[Version 4.3.3.1]

1 Reply

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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 06 Mar 2012
Hi Hypoluxa,

I think we should have resolved the issues that you're running into by now, but if not please contact me at chrisdevor@macroplant.com and I'll be happy to help further.

Sincerely,
chris
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mrcndc commented on 20 Oct 2011
First 4.3.0.4 is now current MacUpdate says .02. Second, Macroplant advised me today that it is not totally compatible with iOS5, that they are working on it and to expect new releases shortly. Until then, I would advise NOT to purchase until reviewers report all is working with iOS5. As of this version, I can report that data such as Address Book, Calendar, Call History, Notes, Safari, SMS, Voice Mail (under iTunes Archives) are not read by Phone to Mac (even though they are in plain site in Library>Application Support>MobileSync>Backup. Also, Phone to Mac currently displays the backup create dates, not the modified date (as expected). So it is reading the folders in their proper place. It is NOT reading the contents. Macroplant has a 30 day refund policy, so if buying you risk not getting a fix before refund time runs out. Suggest you wait. Furthermore, I bought with the MacUpdate promo. By their terms NO REFUND IS POSSIBLE. If you buy the promo, you are taking a risk what the necessary fixes will not arrive. One commendation to Macroplant's Josh and Eli. They came on the phone without delay, were pleasant and as helpful as possible. This indicates that Phone to Mac has good support. Give them five starts for that at least.
[Version 4.3.0.2]


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Jason_Milles_76 reviewed on 18 Oct 2011
I use this for months now and it always served me well.
If you still not payed for this, do it now with MU sale!!! Very highly recommended when you need to backup your iDevices !!

Super
[Version 4.3.0.2]


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araza reviewed on 17 Oct 2011
Has potential. Bought it on sale at macupdate. IOS5 support came in but my TV shows are bundled together with the Movies and there are no TV shows showing. Also, I have a lot more TV shows and movies than what it is showing. Music part seems to be working fine. Also, the speed is very slow. I have 12 photos and it took a long time to show them. I clicked on preview and it opened it up but the app hung when tried to close the preview window
[Version 4.3.0.2]


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Moxiesozo commented on 01 Aug 2011
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Current release is Intel-only. Going to contact the developer to request that a Universal / PPC-compatible version be made available.
[Version 4.2.0.9]

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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 27 Sep 2011
Moxiesozo,
Version 2.1.0.2, available on our downloads page (http://www.macroplant.com/downloads.php) should be PPC compatible. As of Xcode 4.1 and OSX 10.7, it's now nearly impossible for us to build a universal binary, so going forward we've discontinued PPC development.
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Macroplant, Llc (developer) replied on 27 Sep 2011
Ooops. I confused Pod to Mac and our other program, iExplorer.

Well, looking at this now, it looks like our PPC build for Pod to Mac may have gotten lost in the abyss. I'll see if I can dig something up later this week.
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swagstaff replied on 28 Oct 2011
I landed here after googling "ppc pod to mac". Macroplant download page offers Phone to Mac 4.2.0.9 as "PPC Compatible," but it's Intel-only. Support said, "Too bad; Intel-only now." Hoping this message might stir up an older PPC version for download.
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Wutup3344 had trouble on 04 Aug 2010
Needs work, does not get the job done. Gets slower and slower, eventually becoming an unresponsive program. same problem on two comps (imac, mac mini) one of which was just out of the box. Gives error message saying itunes is taking too long to respond.
[Version 3.303]


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+5
P3squid had trouble on 30 Dec 2009
When I auto transfer, the app will xfer about 5 songs and crash on my macbook. Using Leopard. 10.5.8
[Version 3.061]




nordbyc rated on 22 May 2012

[Version 4.4.3]




Mikey_54 rated on 27 Apr 2012

[Version 4.4.3]



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Drdavidwright rated on 23 Apr 2012

[Version 4.4.3]




Kyle_c545c158 rated on 21 Apr 2012

[Version 4.4.3]




Aodinsen rated on 16 Apr 2012

[Version 4.4.1]




Matthew_68e0c63a rated on 07 Apr 2012

[Version 4.4.1]




schati.peter rated on 02 Apr 2012

[Version 4.4]




ABDULLRHMAN_18384be3 rated on 31 Mar 2012

[Version 4.4]




wrensation rated on 31 Mar 2012

[Version 4.4]




Cnjkevin rated on 28 Mar 2012

[Version 4.4]


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Version Downloads:2,699
Type:Utilities : File Management
License:Shareware
Date:16 Apr 2012
Platform:Intel
Price: $24.95
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