XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-04-15 11:32, Marion wrote:   
   > On 15 Apr 2025 16:13:38 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >>> That would be OK if it worked. The transfer is one-way, iOS to   
   >>> Windows,   
   >>   
   >> Bullshit. It's a standard SMB connection where either side can add/edit   
   >> files to the share. How in the world do you people not know this?   
   >   
   > While the Files app eventually added an SMB client, the real problem to   
   > solve if we ever want Apple devices to work in the real world is to be able   
   > to transfer files bidirectionally between iOS & Android/Linux.   
      
   Funny... ...this is your thread and the subject is:   
      
   "How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers"   
      
   >   
   > While setting up an SMB server on Linux isn't all that difficult, since   
   > most Linux desktop owners will also have root access, it won't be that   
   > simple to set up an SMB server on Android (since most are not rooted).   
   >   
   > Hence, the real problem with Files:SMB is that it doesn't work in the real   
   > world, whereas, the suggestion of using LocalSend does work in the real   
   > world.   
   >   
   > That, in a nutshell, is the fundamental difference between the subterranean   
   > caverns of the underground Apple "ecosystem" and the real world above it.   
      
   How much do you want to be that Files in iOS will accept the standard   
   URL scheme of appending a port number to an IP address with a colon?   
      
   :-)   
      
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