Comment 9 for bug 49052

Correction: using the (undocumented) 'force' option for mounting does indeed allow me to modify files i.e. something like:

sudo mount -t hfsplus -o force,rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000 /dev/sdb3 /media/disk

I hope I don't have to point out that this is much too difficult for a typical user wanting to use an iPod...