Howto: Copy Handy Safe Pro database to Nexus

Why do this?

Well, although the makers of Handy Safe Pro have managed to produce a reasonably good method of syncing the iMac desktop app with iPhones and iPads, their Android solution is atrocious, and should be avoided...

Here is a method which works. NB! You will need Dropbox installed on the iMac and Android device in question.

First, search for safe.dat on the iMac (/Library/Application Support/Handy Safe Desktop) Copy this file, together with the .tmp and .ind files you'll find in the same location, to a new Handysafe folder you make for the purpose in Dropbox.

Then, on the Android device where Handysafe has been installed, simply Export the above Dropbox files one by one using "Save to SD card" (the top option in my Nexus 7's Export window) into the com.epocware.handysafe folder, and agree to Replace the three files which are already there.

Then run Handysafe and you should be in business..

This worked fine on all three of my Android devices :)

Nexus 7 receives Jelly Bean 4.2

The OTA Update arrived shortly after  booting up this morning :) So buying the US version paid off alright.

Still waiting for my Samsung Galaxy Nexus to receive the update however...

Another Apple Con (as in Pro vs Con)

A WhatsApp message for help from my granddaughters led me to checking out Bluetooth transfer between my devices, and to the title of today's post, 'Another Apple Con'.

I had no difficulty replicating their problem! Transfer between either an Apple iPad or iPhone with a non-Apple device over Bluetooth does not work!

I tried both my iPad 3 and iPhone 4 (iOS6) with several Android devices, and they simply cannot pair! i.e. Apple does not allow them to pair...

My efforts did lead me to an app 'Photo Share Pro' which simplified transfer of a photo between my iDevices (very slowly), but my granddaughter's iPod Touch was out of order so this didn't help them transfer between a Nokia phone and iPad 2.

Why Apple. What did you gain by creating this limitation?

So, its another Con added to my list, each new one merely makes it more unlikely I'll ever buy another Apple product.