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| From | Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: iPhone USB access |
| Date | 2024-12-21 13:00 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vk7aa3$6nvr$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vk5adn$3nscg$1@dont-email.me> <34s*i6A2z@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> <vk7854$12h8$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2024-12-21 12:24, Andrew wrote: > Theo wrote on 21 Dec 2024 12:52:51 +0000 (GMT) : > >>> 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? >> >> iPhones don't have a filesystem. >> >> Well, of course they do, but they really don't want you to see it. >> >> The way iOS works is it's very app-centric. Apps own their own >> buckets of >> data which only they can see. The way to move things between apps is the >> 'Share' function, rather than app B opening a file saved by app A. >> >> Of course files do exist outside the iOS world, so places like Photos, >> Videos, Music and Downloads have some kind of specialness in that apps >> can >> ask to open files from there (not generically - a photo app can't see >> Music). But apps can't open files from other random places, and >> especially >> not files in the buckets belonging to other apps. > > Has anyone here ever *seen* the iOS DCIM file system organization? > *If not, you're in for a big surprise!* > > Files all over the place, in almost randomly named folders (such as > _201901) with randomly named image file names (such as IMG1234.JPG). > <https://i.postimg.cc/PJ4hWyS0/Apple-Iphone.jpg> How are those "randomly named". It appears that they're named in the absolutely ordinary way of sequentially numbered. > > No other operating system refuses to allow you to name your image files. > Just Apple. > > Meanwhile, every other operating system (except Apple's) allows the user to > define how they want photo images to be named (using a sensible convention) > <https://i.postimg.cc/zfgrt8dC/Samsung.jpg> That doesn't show any proof that it's user configurable. It appears it's simply a YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS naming convention. And that seems pretty redundant as files already have creation/modification date/time metadata associated with them. :-) > > Some day Apple will care about the consumer. But that day hasn't arrived > yet. LOL!
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Re: iPhone USB access VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-12-20 21:35 -0600
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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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