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Mount bluetooth phone as drive?
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cla
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Dec 20, 2006, 12:49 PM
 
I've been lookin all over the place - I can't believe there are no apps that will let me do this.

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Dec 20, 2006, 01:03 PM
 
Nope, but you can browse it with the bluetooth utility. Bluetooth is rather too slow for that to be a very feasible thing to do.
     
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Dec 20, 2006, 01:25 PM
 
What phone is it ? A lot of phones get mounted as a mass storage device if you connect them with the USB cable that you often get with the phone.

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Dec 20, 2006, 04:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by Goldfinger View Post
What phone is it ? A lot of phones get mounted as a mass storage device if you connect them with the USB cable that you often get with the phone.
It's a SonyEricsson, however I want to mount it using BlueTooth so that I can for instance schedule background transfers and keep my phone updated by just entering my apartment.

I found out there's an open source project (Linux and Windows only) that implements BlueTooth transfers. Mounting a device as a file system on the other hand... =/
     
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Dec 21, 2006, 12:23 PM
 
I don't think you can. I don't think there is a Bluetooth Mass Storage profile.

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Dec 22, 2006, 11:45 AM
 
I use Salling Clicker for this. It won't let you mount a bluetooth device as a storage device, but it will let you automate a number of tasks over bluetooth. For example, my system is set up to do this whenever my phone and my Mac are in range:

• start up iTunes
• set iChat to "available"
• get new mail
• check when the phone and Mac address books and calendars were last synced. If it is more than 1 week (the interval I specified), they will sync automatically.

When I make/receive a call:
• iTunes pauses
• iChat status is set to "on the phone"

When I leave my Mac:
• iTunes pauses
• iChat status is set to "Away"

Other miscellaneous tasks I perform:
• I can control iTunes, the Finder, and a number of other apps with the phone
• If I'm away from my computer but still in bluetooth range, I can activate the screen saver, lock the display, logout, or put the Mac to sleep or shut it down.

In fact, there is no need for me to have it mounted at all. I only ever need to use the bluetooth utility to download files (photos, audio) from my phone... I use scripted folders to upload files to my phone whenever it is connected, so it is all pretty much hands-off.
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Dec 22, 2006, 03:53 PM
 
thats really cool, himself
     
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Dec 25, 2006, 10:10 AM
 
combine these scripts.

http://www.perceptiveautomation.com/indigo/index.html
http://www.salling.com/

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tell application "Bluetooth File Exchange" to launch
tell application "Bluetooth File Exchange"
activate
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke return
end tell
delay 5
tell application "Finder"
set visible of process "Bluetooth File Exchange" to false
end tell

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quit application "Bluetooth File Exchange"
     
   
 
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