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Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY

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On 29 Oct 2026, Maria Sophia wrote in
<11c0rcu$eh8$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>:
> Paul wrote:
>>> What I do, is fire up the Cx file manager in Android, select
>>> "network", then start its internal FTP server. Then reach that
>>> server from Linux with any standard tools in my LAN.
>>> 
>>> It works for me, easy and fast, because I am used to these kind
>>> of tools. And the computer source of the files I'm now
>>> transferring doesn't have BT configured.
>> 
>> Between windows machines and between windows and Linux, the
>> Bluetooth Send worked from either end. It was something that
>> worked earlier in the life of their hand-hewn BT stack.
>> 
>> The Bluetooth TCP/IP stack on the other hand, that wasn't working
>> until relatively recently. And maybe that would be part of what
>> the CX Explorer is doing.
> 
> Just to note the initial problem was the clipboard, but, of
> course, the clipboard can be pasted into a file on most platforms
> other than iOS.

The clipboard can be pasted into a file on iOS. Of course. In fact,
in iOS 27 they made it even easier -- maybe something that already
existed on Android. Don't know. But even before that it was easy.
> 
> On iOS the clipboard can be pasted into a file too, as Nick
> Charles kindly suggested, but you have to do it the Apple way,
> which isn't always intuitive.

Hold and get a menu or, now, just see it above the keyboard. How can
you get easier on a small touch screen?

> Luckily, with Vysor or scrcpy the Android/desktop clipboard is
> shared. 1. Click one is copy the clipboard (on one platform) 2.
> Click two is control-V on the keyboard (on the other platform)
> <https://i.postimg.cc/ZRCTyRx0/scrcpy35.jpg>

That works on iOS to macOS (well, Command+V, which is the norm there
and easier to use on most keyboards, AND Command does not cause
problems with terminals).

> Luckily, with Vysor, even iOS can be two steps with Windows.
> <https://i.postimg.cc/TYvqdxCT/vysor35.jpg>
> But, it's about 20 steps (or so) on iOS if you use the Apple way
> to do it.

On iOS you copy and paste. It "just works".
> 
> If anyone on the Apple ng can get that down to the 2 clicks that
> it should be, that would be an improvement over the kludge way
> Apple does things.

Select. Copy. Move to where you want it. Paste.

Done.



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Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-28 16:01 -0400
  Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-28 21:19 +0100
    Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-28 21:01 -0400
      Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-10-28 22:19 -0400
        Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-28 23:00 -0400
          Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 03:01 -0400
            Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-29 14:14 -0400
              Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 11:57 -0700
          Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-29 12:03 +0100
            Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 11:24 -0400
              Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-29 21:05 +0100
                Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-10-29 16:31 -0400
                Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-10-29 21:20 -0400
                Re: How to copy text on the iPad to the Windows PC THE EASY WAY Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-29 18:45 -0700

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