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Thanks. I was afraid it's one of these ultra limiting Apple restrictions again. Fortunately it's just an ultra limiting Apple restriction only ;-)

I'm pretty sure it's because Apple is legally bound by contracts with the music and movie industry to prevent against protected content from being transferred to a Mac and vice versa. They also don't want to undermine their monopoly in this regard.

I still don't understand why this is such a generic "no USB" limitation. The rule could have been worded more specific to only cover their DRM concerns.

Frustrating.