XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:31:06 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:24:51 -0700, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/23/26 7:46 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> You claim Apple’s product line is “tightly integrated”, yet I   
   >>> mentioned elsewhere the problems a user had doing something as   
   >>> seemingly simple as moving raw-format photos from their Iphone to a   
   >>> Macintosh.   
   >>   
   >> Never said the word "perfectly".   
   >   
   > Maybe take out the word “tightly” as well?   
   >   
   > I can remember, back when my mum had an Ipod, the only way to transfer   
   > music from the device back to a PC was to use Linux. Apple’s Itunes   
   > could only do the transfer one way, in the opposite direction.   
   >   
   > Has that been fixed yet?   
      
   You could get the songs back from the iPod, but you needed special   
   software to do it. Yes, even at the time, Apple was warning us that they   
   had no interest in giving users any kind of control over their own   
   hardware.   
      
      
      
      
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