Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg 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: 10 Apr 2025 15:05:52 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net AGgEcI/3CWmfvLQjTPoEhAGyRS7tr9Xzfhx6Wk7BCfmlNsG+GD X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:jb3HGWIxq44gKsClYDCHDez/o/8= sha256:L8PX1BFH/4/XIZ5SbInjRw8R3Jbq8VMJqOwNr/P2DW8= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:183496 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:194298 rec.photo.digital:244336 Tyrone wrote: > On Apr 9, 2025 at 4:36:28?PM EDT, "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. > > Of course. I don't know why some people won't accept this fact. > > SMB is THE standard for networking. Its how Windows networks with Windows, > Linux and Unix. iOS - being Unix - does this just fine. Move ANY files you > want, back and forth. Simple, easy and fast. > > And you don't have to share an entire drive on Windows. You can share a single > folder which has the file(s) in question. I just share the whole drive > because its easier that way. Then - on the iPhone/iPad - you drill down to > where the file(s) you want are located. Just like you do in Windows or Linux > or Unix. All true, but often one wants to control/initiate the copy from the Windows system, i.e. from a real keyboard, 'mouse' and large display, instead of from a small phone/tablet with only a touch screen. For that, the iOS device needs to be a SMB *server* and work on the default SMB port (445), because on the Windows side you can not change the port number. Can an iPhone/iPad do that? If so, please give some pointers to such a SMB server for iPhone/iPad. Android can't do that. It has lots of SMB servers, but (non-rooted) Android doesn't let you use port numbers below 1024. That's why I use MTP or (Samsung/Google) Quick Share to get stuff from my Android devices to my Windows systems and vice versa. In both cases, the Android device is the server, which gets requests from the Windows client. So I can do everything from the comfort of my Windows laptop. In the second scenario, I don't even have to touch/see the Android device.