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iPWMinder, the Password Manager for iPhones,  has been submitted to the App Store and once it has been approved it will be available for purchase.  In the mean time you can find more details on the iPWMinder Home Page.

Google Drive is now available, and I just got access the other day.  Google drive is Google's answer to cloud-based file storage, and brings with it another alternative to likes of Dropbox, iCloud, Ubuntu One, SugarSync, Box.net, etc.

Currently, I use Dropbox and to some extent Ubuntu One, but since I use many other Google products I thought I'd give it try.

Pros:

• Google Drive comes with 5GB of free storage, which is great!
• If you use any of Google's other products, you'll find the User Interface familiar, and while I think it is OK, if find the Dropbox interface a little cleaner and easier to use.
• If you download the desktop sofware, it creates a dedicated folder on you hard drive, that is used for syncing your files.

Cons:

• I'm not sure I like how it is so integrated with Google Docs, in my mind they should be two separate things.
• Not available on all platforms: currently only available on Windows, Mac, and Android.  That leaves Linux and iOS devices out (although the website states iOS devices will be supported soon).

Overall it looks pretty good, and if you do a lot with Google Docs , the integration may be useful, but for now, if I could only choose one, I'd stick with Dropbox.

When I first got my iPod Touch, I was a little frustrated that I couldn't easily transfer files to it from my Desktop Computer.  I eventually found that if an App allows it, you can copy files using iTunes.  This is fine, but, especially as an iOS App developer, I sometimes like to have a little more control, and be able to see the files and folder structures on the device.

I recently found iExplorer, which does just what I need.   With iExplorer, you can browse the folders and files on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), create folders and copy files back and forth between your device and you Desktop Computers.

To use iExplorer, simply plug your Device into you Desktop Computer and you will see your device listed in the left column.

If you expand Apps, you will see a list of  all the Apps you have installed on your device.

Each App has a Documents folder as well as a Library and tmp folder.  The Documents folder is where the App stores any Documents and where you would most likely want to copy files.  The other folders shouldn't be touched.  To copy a file simple drag and drop from Finder (Mac) or Windows Explorer.

Besides Apps, there is a Media folder.  This contains all of your Photos, Music etc.  The files and folders here a managed by iTunes and I would strongly recommend not touching anything here.

Unless your are an iOS App developer,  iExplorer is not necessarily something you'd used on a daily basis, but it is definitely handy if you want to peak inside the files structure of you device.

iExplorer is available for both Mac OS/X and Windows.

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PWMinder Desktop has been reviewed by Download Typhoon, and got an "Editor's Pick" award.

PWMinder is a Password Manager, that allows you to easily save and manage all of your passwords.  It is currently available for Windows, Mac, Linux and BlackBerry, and soon to be available for iPhone and iPad.  For more information, visit the PWMinder Desktop Homepage.

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