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   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:00:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote :   
      
      
   >> 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!   
   >   
   > You are still somewhat limited to only the photo album and app-specific   
   > folders. Still works well for my usecase, since I only really use it to   
   > copy files into VLC.   
      
   Agreed. Linux has AFC & iFuse which makes working with iOS acceptable.   
      
   You are still limited compared to how every other operating system works.   
   But it's the best there is for USB bidirectional file transfer with iOS.   
      
   For those who don't know what we're discussing, in summary, iFuse is a FUSE   
   (Filesystem in Userspace) module for Linux that allows you to mount the   
   file system of an iOS device, enabling you to access its files as if they   
   were on a regular drive.   
      
   AFC (Apple File Conduit) is the protocol used by Apple devices to   
   communicate with computers for file transfer and other data exchange, and   
   it is the underlying communication method that tools like iFuse utilize on   
   Linux to interact with iOS devices.   
      
   If Windows had iFuse, it wouldn't have most of these problems with 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.   
   >   
   > I think some people have tried porting it, but because Windows doesn't   
   > have FUSE, it's more difficult.   
      
   Sigh. Understood. It's shocking the observation that Apple doesn't   
   "support" Linux, and by NOT SUPPORTING Linux, we end up with the best USB   
   bidirectional file transfer of all common consumer operating systems.   
      
   In an ironic way, that says a lot about what Apple does to   
   interoperability, as it means the less they touch it, the better.   
      
   Note: Around version 7 or so (as I recall), Apple *broke* something in the   
   USB bidirectional file transfer, but since Linux could recover without   
   Apple breaking it again, it only caused a hiccup for everyone for months.   
      
   We could look up what that was but it has been working well ever since.   
   Simply because Apple doesn't touch Linux.   
      
   A case in point about how Apple purposefully *breaks* interoperability is   
   when you connect an iPod to Windows, it works perfectly with the old   
   SharePod but WITHOUT the iTunes bloatware abomination installed.   
      
   Ask me how I know this:   
     itunes breaks everything   
      
   But, the instant you install iTunes, you *lose* all portability!   
   Fancy that.   
      
   Worse, Apple literally *bought* SharePod and then made it work *only*   
   inside of iTunes, which means you have to have the last known good version.   
      
   Poignantly, that last known good version of SharePod still works!   
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      
   Apple murdered interoperability.   
      
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