iPod Checkout, Managment & Customization
By: Adam Hughes - Revised: 2008-02-19 chrisIntroduction
iPod Checkout Management & Customization - by Adam Hughes The Marriott Library is proud to announce
iPods for checkout to students, staff & faculity through a federal grant made possible by The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
To control & customize the iPod user interface we have setup and use a notes-only mode called "Museum Mode". The iPod notes' feature supports basic HTML-ish tags, that you can links notes to one another and to audio or video files stored on the iPod.
The iPods can be formatted with whatever content is necessary using our imaging station in the
Multimedia Center.
iPod Imager Script
This script restores an iPod using a ASR disk image.
#!/bin/sh
answer=`osascript -e 'tell application "iPod Cloner Tool"' -e 'activate' -e 'display dialog "Do you have your iPod docked?" buttons{"Cancel", "Yes"} default button "Yes"' -e 'end tell'`
if [ "$answer" = "button returned:Yes" ]; then
asr restore --source ~/Documents/iPod_Project/iPod_image.dmg --target "/Volumes/Marriott Library iPod" --erase -disableOwners --noprompt
else
osascript -e 'tell application "iPod Cloner Tool"' -e 'activate' -e 'display dialog "Dock the iPod and try again."' -e 'end tell'
exit 0
fi
answer=`osascript -e 'tell application "iPod Cloner Tool"' -e 'activate' -e 'display dialog "iPod Cloning Completed
Please eject the iPod from the cloning dock & place it in the corresponding charging dock below." buttons {"Cancel","Eject"} default button "Eject"' -e 'end tell'`
if [ "$answer" = "button retuned:Eject" ]; then
diskutil eject "/Volumes/Marriott Library iPod"
fi