With iOS 5, Apple introduced wireless syncing of iPhones, iPads and iPods touch. However, you still have to manually click sync...
iTunesSync is my attempt to correct this!
iTunesSync is a shell script that tells iTunes, via AppleScript (using the osascript command) to sync with a given device:
iTunesSync "<device_name>" [-h|--help]
executes an iTunes Sync from the command line on the device
<device_name> whose name shall be provided.
Arguments:
-h, --help : Displays this help.
Example : iTunesSync "John Doe's iPhone".
With the script, I also provide an example plist file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>net.herbiet.iTunesSync.example.plist</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/some/path/to/iTunesSync</string>
<string>"My Device Name"</string>
</array>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>1800</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Edit it to your needs:
-
Change the first string in the
ProgramArgumentsarray to point to the location where you have put the script (e.g./Users/johndoe/bin/iTunesSync) -
Change the second string in the
ProgramArgumentsarray to the name of the device you want to sync (e.g."John Doe's iPhone"). -
Change the
StartIntervalvalue (this is by default 1800 sec or 30 min).
Then place the plist file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/: you can do a copy or a symbolic link.
For the automated sync to take effect, you can either restart or invoke the following command from the Terminal:
$ launchctl load net.herbiet.iTunesSync.GuillaumesiPhone.plist