Re: A good thing or a bad thing

From	Marion <marion@facts.com>
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Subject	Re: A good thing or a bad thing
Date	2025-04-15 18:09 +0000
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:50:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote :


>> Then use the far simpler method of connecting to your Windows machine via
>> the Files app. Make sure you have Sharing enabled in Windows first. Simple
>> and new apps required. 
> 
> Thanks, but I use Linux, and I already stated I'm fine with just using
> ifuse and a usb cable. Or KDE Connect.

I will agree with anyone who says something sensible that is logically
defensible, where I agree with candycane that Linux iFuse is the way to go.

What AFC/iFuse allows on Linux is bidirectional iOS transfers over USB!

When I used to dual boot my Windows desktop to Ubuntu, I was initially
shocked at how *easy* it was to attain USB read access to iOS' file system!
 <https://i.postimg.cc/s2x0f9Js/files14.jpg> Linux, win10 & iOS together
 <https://i.postimg.cc/g269S8rT/files13.jpg> How does macOS work with iOS?
 <https://i.postimg.cc/pVJf72fN/files12.jpg> iOS hacks very often will fail
 <https://i.postimg.cc/cChf8mx1/files11.jpg> iOS requires hacks to copy
 <https://i.postimg.cc/9MGdc2s7/files10.jpg> Android is 2-way fast over USB
 <https://i.postimg.cc/mDx3xkp4/files09.jpg> iOS is only DCIM & only 1-way 
 <https://i.postimg.cc/3xcCBngd/files08.jpg> iOS is a dumb brick on Windows
 <https://i.postimg.cc/KjK4nHwf/files07.jpg> Ubuntu is two-way, everything
 <https://i.postimg.cc/Jhmy9KH7/files06.jpg> Ubuntu iFuse is just magical
 <https://i.postimg.cc/qqg61Rh8/files05.jpg> Ubuntu, movies _to_ iOS on USB
 <https://i.postimg.cc/QMk7tvZW/files04.jpg> Ubuntu is two way, everything
 <https://i.postimg.cc/d3SGkdgr/files03.jpg> Android is two way, everything
 <https://i.postimg.cc/L8b18Zmx/files02.jpg> iOS "Files" is nothing useful
 <https://i.postimg.cc/NFkXsJ0X/files01.jpg> iOS/Win is 1-way & DCIM only

That's USB. Not SMB. Not anything else. It's USB file transfers with iOS!

Since all that USB magic was done by iFuse, I desperately searched for a
Windows implementation of iFuse - but alas - it doesn't appear to exist.

That's sad because with tricks using Apple File Conduit (AFC) over USB that
only one in a million people are aware of, you can write to iOS' filesys.

Yes. Write. To much of the iOS filesys. Not just to DCIM! 
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios180.jpg> Read & write all!
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios170.jpg> Anywhere you want
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios160.jpg> Any file you want
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios150.jpg> Copy Win10 to iOS
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios140.jpg> read & write iOS
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios130.jpg> iFuse mounts all!
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios120.jpg> iFuse mounts iOS
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios110.jpg> iFuse Windows mnt
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios100.jpg> iFuse is native 
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios090.jpg> Nobody knows this
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios080.jpg> The trick!
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios070.jpg> Look closely
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios060.jpg> Both read & write
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios050.jpg> Including DCIM
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios040.jpg> View iOS filesys
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios030.jpg> iOS mounts 
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios020.jpg> Allow access?
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios010.jpg> Trust Computer?
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios000.jpg> Ubuntu before iOS

Notice I copied huge feature-length films from Ubuntu to iOS sandboxes!
Alas, iFuse & AFC do not exist (AFAIK) on either Windows and Android.

If anyone knows of an AFC/iFuse implementation on Android/Windows, please
let me know as being able to do USB bidirectional file xfer is fantastic!

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