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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Just use iOS files and SMB (was Re: How to copy a photo from
 Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:35:16 -0700
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On 2025-04-10 13:57, badgolferman wrote:
> Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:17:40 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
>>
>>
>>>>> I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to
>>>>> Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.
>>>>
>>>> And does that surprise you?
>>>>
>>>> That is a normal part of setting up a share: deciding what level of
>>>> access those to whom it is shared will have.
>>>
>>> Easy there, 51.  I was adding to your instructions for those in this
>>> group who keep saying they can't write to the Windows shared folder.
>>
>> Hi badgolferman,
>>
>> Thank you for adding value so that billions of people can do what most of
>> them don't know how to do - some of whom are on this very newsgroup now.
>>
>> We want to always add value - so I appreciate that you explained how to get
>> the SMB process to work so that people can copy a file from a PC to iOS.
>>
>> This is especially important to me because I generally test everything
>> before I post but I can't test SMB as it doesn't work in my environment.
>>
>> One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want
>> to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important.
>>
>> 1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
>> 2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS?
>>
> 
> No, I cannot. Only from the iPhone to the PC.
> 

Well of course.

That's the way a file server and client relation works.

The thing is that for two devices one has in one's possession, it 
doesn't matter if you can't push files from the server to the client...

....because you can PULL them.