Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: badgolferman 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: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:40:05 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:40:05 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1089037"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tbFzIDsDJ/8ankaAehtBZsBA0KM= sha1:vbIrx+1S5ABKToec4Lbv2VX69wE= X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXqNI6znGw/n/CEm5BfVJU0vTi7Z2+KNquHkDfVERWJPtZeV9rCk034mIWjyZm16DkH1t5FZE= Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:194329 comp.mobile.ipad:76927 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:135200 Marion wrote: > On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:57:54 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote : > > >>> 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. > > Hmm... thanks for the reply but that's not what I asked but I do appreciate > your response. May I clarify the question, since you tried it & I can't? > > The first question is whether you can sit at the PC (with the iOS device > nowhere near you) and transfer the files while sitting at that PC. > > The reason I ask is that's what everyone wants to do and that's what works > just fine for all the normal people (who are not Apple trolls, of course). > > The second question, no matter where you sit (so for this second question, > it's OK to have the iOS device near you) is which direction did not work? > > Can a file from the PC be copied to the iOS device in your tests? > No, I cannot push or pull files from the PC to phone. I can only push or pull files from the phone to the PC.