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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Just use iOS files and SMB (was Re: How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:57:54 -0000 (UTC)
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Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:17:40 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
> 
> 
>>>> I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to
>>>> Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.
>>> 
>>> And does that surprise you?
>>> 
>>> That is a normal part of setting up a share: deciding what level of
>>> access those to whom it is shared will have.
>> 
>> Easy there, 51.  I was adding to your instructions for those in this
>> group who keep saying they can't write to the Windows shared folder.
> 
> Hi badgolferman,
> 
> Thank you for adding value so that billions of people can do what most of
> them don't know how to do - some of whom are on this very newsgroup now.
> 
> We want to always add value - so I appreciate that you explained how to get
> the SMB process to work so that people can copy a file from a PC to iOS.
> 
> This is especially important to me because I generally test everything
> before I post but I can't test SMB as it doesn't work in my environment.
> 
> One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want
> to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important.
> 
> 1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
> 2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS?
> 

No, I cannot. Only from the iPhone to the PC.