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On Apr 6, 2025 at 1:30:05 AM EDT, "Marion" <marion@facts.com> wrote:

> Apple products don't work in the real world so something as trivial as
> copying a photo from Windows to iOS is almost impossible without the net.
> 
> In a Windows/Android thread, we've been discussing how to use screenshots
> to get past Android security, when Steve Sharf noted that iOS lacks
> Android's security so we can successfully screenshot iOS on Windows PCs.
> 
> <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=58173&group=comp.mobile.android#58173>
>   "Ironically, iOS doesn't have the capability for apps to restrict
>    screenshots. I've used an iPhone, on at least two occasions, to do a
>    screenshot of a virtual ID card that I wanted to add to my Google
>    Wallet. Transferred the image from the iPhone to my Android phone."
> 
> So the plan is to install these apps on iOS & Android to do cartooning.
> 
> iOS "Voila"
> 
> <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voil%C3%A0-ai-artist-cartoon-ghibli/id1558421405>
> Android "Voila"
>  <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wemagineai.voila>
> 
> iOS "ToonMe"
> <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toonme-ai-cartoon-face-maker/id1508120751>
> Android "ToonMe"
>  <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vicman.toonmeapp>
> 
> iOS "Photo Lab"
>  <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-lab-playground-ai/id6443653724>
> Android "Photo Lab"
>  <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vsin.t16_funny_photo>
> 
> The main problem now is how to perform the trivial task of copying
> a photo from the Windows PC to the iOS device without using Apple's
> iTunes abomination bloatware (& insecureware), or Internet servers.
> 
> Has anyone on this newsgroup ever copied a photo from Windows to iOS
> without having to create an account on someone's server on the net?

As you have been told before, use the Files app to connect to the Windows
drive, assuming the drive in question is shared.  Copy and paste whatever you
want. In both directions.  All you need is the IP address of the Windows box.

Don't reply saying its impossible.  I do it all the time. That you claim this
trivial task can't be done is not surprising.