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Subject: Re: Just use iOS files and SMB (was Re: How to copy a photo from
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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:28:29 -0700
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On 2025-04-10 16:31, Marion wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:57:54 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
> 
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> Hmm... thanks for the reply but that's not what I asked but I do appreciate
> your response. May I clarify the question, since you tried it & I can't?
> 
> The first question is whether you can sit at the PC (with the iOS device
> nowhere near you) and transfer the files while sitting at that PC.

Why is that important other than for you to check some box about what 
iOS can't do?

> 
> The reason I ask is that's what everyone wants to do and that's what works
> just fine for all the normal people (who are not Apple trolls, of course).

You've not shown that anyone cares at all about that.

> 
> The second question, no matter where you sit (so for this second question,
> it's OK to have the iOS device near you) is which direction did not work?

And...

....that's not even English.

> 
> Can a file from the PC be copied to the iOS device in your tests?

Yes, duh!