Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marion Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:11:49 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:11:49 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="92045"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: Alan Baker insisted this line can not be changed Cancel-Lock: sha1:1FleSIwG8jOv8hznR8zZhUwW4Lc= sha256:gu8QJ8wZlBcYXNDzn1VwQDTTiItbOYwreeDNQeVijzE= sha1:btaP0GUfJzL6cyFSojKTQZdd1zA= sha256:VAUIfhp1fRqYKnqkgwAuCr8uAf8RRVEhX49gEhPVGnc= Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.ipad:76957 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:194498 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:135230 On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:50:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote : >> Then use the far simpler method of connecting to your Windows machine via >> the Files app. Make sure you have Sharing enabled in Windows first. Simple >> and new apps required. > > Thanks, but I use Linux, and I already stated I'm fine with just using > ifuse and a usb cable. Or KDE Connect. I will agree with anyone who says something sensible that is logically defensible, where I agree with candycane that Linux iFuse is the way to go. What AFC/iFuse allows on Linux is bidirectional iOS transfers over USB! a. Note it's over USB (not over Wi-Fi or the cloud) b. Note you can WRITE to iOS over USB! When I used to dual boot my Windows desktop to Ubuntu, I was initially shocked at how *easy* it was to attain USB read access to iOS' file system! Linux, win10 & iOS together How does macOS work with iOS? iOS hacks very often will fail iOS requires hacks to copy Android is 2-way fast over USB iOS is only DCIM & only 1-way iOS is a dumb brick on Windows Ubuntu is two-way, everything Ubuntu iFuse is just magical Ubuntu, movies _to_ iOS on USB Ubuntu is two way, everything Android is two way, everything iOS "Files" is nothing useful iOS/Win is 1-way & DCIM only That's USB. Not SMB. Not anything else. It's USB file transfers with iOS! Since all that USB magic was done by iFuse, I desperately searched for a Windows implementation of iFuse - but alas - it doesn't appear to exist. That's sad because with tricks using Apple File Conduit (AFC) over USB that only one in a million people are aware of, you can write to iOS' filesys. Yes. Write. To much of the iOS filesys. Not just to DCIM! Read & write all! Anywhere you want Any file you want Copy Win10 to iOS read & write iOS iFuse mounts all! iFuse mounts iOS iFuse Windows mnt iFuse is native Nobody knows this The trick! Look closely Both read & write Including DCIM View iOS filesys iOS mounts Allow access? Trust Computer? Ubuntu before iOS Notice I copied huge feature-length films from Ubuntu to iOS sandboxes! Alas, iFuse & AFC do not exist (AFAIK) on either Windows and Android. -- KDEConnect isn't bad though. If anyone knows of an AFC/iFuse implementation on Android/Windows, please let me know as being able to do USB bidirectional file xfer is fantastic!