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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:32:06 -0000 (UTC)
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On 15 Apr 2025 16:13:38 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote :


>> That would be OK if it worked. The transfer is one-way, iOS to
>> Windows, 
> 
> Bullshit. It's a standard SMB connection where either side can add/edit
> files to the share. How in the world do you people not know this?

While the Files app eventually added an SMB client, the real problem to
solve if we ever want Apple devices to work in the real world is to be able
to transfer files bidirectionally between iOS & Android/Linux.

While setting up an SMB server on Linux isn't all that difficult, since
most Linux desktop owners will also have root access, it won't be that
simple to set up an SMB server on Android (since most are not rooted).

Hence, the real problem with Files:SMB is that it doesn't work in the real
world, whereas, the suggestion of using LocalSend does work in the real
world.

That, in a nutshell, is the fundamental difference between the subterranean
caverns of the underground Apple "ecosystem" and the real world above it.