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| From | Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: iPhone USB access |
| Date | 2024-12-21 12:47 +0000 |
| Organization | news.eternal-september.org |
| Message-ID | <vk6dd4$1n6g$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> Wrote in message: > On 21.12.24 12:18, Dave Royal wrote: >> VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> Wrote in message: >> >>> Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote: >>> >>>> VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> Wrote in message: >>>> >>>>> B00ze <B00ze64@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm an Android user thinking of getting an iPhone, and I see articles >>>>>> about apps that let ppl share files with their PCs, and I'm wondering >>>>>> why is there such an app? If I plug an iPhone into my PC's USB port, do >>>>>> I not get access to the iPhone's filesysten? >>>> >>>> No. All you see are photos and videos from the camera. >>>> >>>>> https://discussions.apple.com/welcome >>>> >>>> So you don't need to go there. >>> >>> Apple likes their walled garden. The article below mentions iTunes. >>> The OP didn't mention his PC's OS. iTunes runs on Windows. Maybe runs >>> under WINE on Linux. By its name, not sure if it only allows access to >>> media folders, or to all folders. Never bothered with anything Apple. >>> >>> https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/transfer-files-between-devices-iphf2d851b9/ios >> >> Well, iOS is clearly off-topic as VanguardLH's first answer hints. >> So I'll just say, as someone who uses an Android tablet, an >> iPhone, Linux and Windows PCs (though not a Mac) that the iOS is >> the most difficult to get stuff into and out off and and between >> apps - by design - especially if you don't want to use a cloud >> service such as Dropbox. I often use FTP. > > Total nonsense. No reasonable person would do this. You can try but it > is only for people with a lot of spare time. > You're right: normal iPhone users would not do it. I mentioned it because it's the nearest equivalent to transferring (non-camera) files from an Android to a PC via USB. And I only do it to get certain files onto or off my iPhone without using a cloud service - iCloud, Dropbox, etc. Using a cloud service is the easy way to do it. Several iOS apps have FTP functions built it, such as my media player, foobar2000. >> But forget iTunes. > > iTunes does not exist in the Apple world any more for years now. > -- Remove numerics from my email address.
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iPhone USB access B00ze <B00ze64@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-20 21:50 -0500
Re: iPhone USB access VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-20 21:35 -0600
Re: iPhone USB access Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-12-21 07:37 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-21 03:51 -0600
Re: iPhone USB access Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-12-21 11:18 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-21 12:27 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-12-21 12:47 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-21 14:10 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-21 16:22 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-21 11:54 -0600
Re: iPhone USB access Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-21 19:19 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-21 14:25 -0600
Re: iPhone USB access Frankie <frankie@nospam.usa> - 2024-12-21 20:30 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-22 11:07 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-22 19:15 -0600
Re: iPhone USB access Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-23 14:40 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-23 16:59 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-21 12:25 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-21 08:39 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2024-12-21 11:25 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-21 12:29 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-21 18:04 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2024-12-21 18:37 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-12-21 10:41 -0800
Re: iPhone USB access Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2024-12-21 18:52 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-21 20:15 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-12-21 12:32 -0800
Re: iPhone USB access Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2024-12-22 18:57 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-22 17:07 -0500
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-23 00:56 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-12-22 18:46 -0800
Re: iPhone USB access Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-12-21 12:52 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-21 14:15 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-21 15:26 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2024-12-21 18:44 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-12-21 21:55 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-21 20:24 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-12-21 13:00 -0800
Re: iPhone USB access Quincy the fifth <quincythefifth@telekom.net> - 2024-12-21 21:26 +0100
Re: iPhone USB access Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-12-22 20:19 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Andrew <andys@nospam.com> - 2024-12-23 01:01 +0000
Re: iPhone USB access Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-12-22 17:17 -0800
Re: iPhone USB access B00ze <B00ze64@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-23 22:12 -0500
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