Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hank Rogers Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,rec.photo.digital Subject: Re: Tutorial: How to copy a photo from Window to iOS without Apple restrictions Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 20:53:41 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: <3_2cnUD8E_Tghmr6nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@supernews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:53:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b6dda4de20b764195ddd82d02d47f0a5"; logging-data="2016971"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ORgNcVnuJbueqPd9ANEA2984cN696ghw=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 Cancel-Lock: sha1:yzwJb5ZQzeUBITXD5OjDpeMzaoI= X-Mozilla-News-Host: news://news.eternal-september.org In-Reply-To: <3_2cnUD8E_Tghmr6nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@supernews.com> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:183458 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:194268 rec.photo.digital:244308 Tyrone wrote: > On Apr 9, 2025 at 8:47:26 PM EDT, "Hank Rogers" wrote: > >> Tyrone wrote: >>> On Apr 9, 2025 at 6:22:22 PM EDT, "Hank Rogers" wrote: >>> >>>> Alan wrote: >>>>> On 2025-04-08 00:43, Marion wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 21:50:34 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote : >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I do not. Hence, SMB doesn't work (in that direction from iOS to >>>>>>> the PC). >>>>>> >>>>>> Aurgh. I keep writing it wrong(ly). Let me say it simpler... >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem isn't getting files _off_ of iOS. >>>>>> *The problem is getting files _ON_ to iOS.* >>>>> >>>>> Nope. SMB makes that simple. >>>> >>>> The "files" app doesn't work for me. >>> >>> Then you are clearly doing something wrong. It is designed to do this. >>> >>> What issues/errors are you getting? >> >> I have an iphone and an ipad. If I put a file on my network drive, I can >> see it and read it on my apple toys/gadgets. >> >> But I cannot change anything or add a file using the "files" app, which >> sees it as read only. I can use owlfiles app which works, unlike the >> apple "files" app. Apple's "files" app appears broken and has been for >> a long time. >> >> YOU tell me what to do to get apple's "files" app to work. I will damn >> sure try it. > > The whole point of the Files app is to see/copy files. Copy the file to your > iPad. You can then edit it/do whatever you want with it. The Files app is not > a text editor. > You misunderstood. Files cannot put a file onto the network drive. It can read them fine. Or even copy them. It cannot modify them because it thinks they are read only. How hard is this for you to understand? > > Of course, once edited/saved it is no longer a .txt file. It is now a .pages > file on the PC. That's why Pages loads it up for me on the iPad. So I can > edit/save iPad Pages files on a Windows PC network drive. Simple with SMB > networking. > I don't use "pages" and don't care at all about it. > This is all basic networking stuff. This is how it is supposed to work. WTH > are you doing wrong? > You tell me, genius. It works fine with owl files app on my apple toys and with any of a bunch of windows computers. Every one of them. I use it every day. But, maybe you should forget about helping solve my problem, because I found an app that actually does work on my apple toys. Besides, did you know that arlen is on the loose again? Better get your ass moving and track him down. If you don't protect apple, who will? nospam has been missing (or dead) for many months, so you're the best apologist left I guess. Good luck