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Alan wrote:
On 2025-04-05 22:30, Marion wrote:
Apple products don't work in the real world so something as trivial
as copying a photo from Windows to iOS is almost impossible without
the net.
In a Windows/Android thread, we've been discussing how to use
screenshots to get past Android security, when Steve Sharf noted
that iOS lacks Android's security so we can successfully screenshot
iOS on Windows PCs.
<https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=58173&group=c
omp.mobile.android#58173> "Ironically, iOS doesn't have the
capability for apps to restrict screenshots. I've used an
iPhone, on at least two occasions, to do a screenshot of a
virtual ID card that I wanted to add to my Google Wallet.
Transferred the image from the iPhone to my Android phone."
So the plan is to install these apps on iOS & Android to do
cartooning.
iOS "Voila"
<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voil%C3%A0-ai-artist-cartoon-ghibli/i
d1558421405> Android "Voila"
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wemagineai.voila>
iOS "ToonMe"
<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toonme-ai-cartoon-face-maker/id150812
0751 Android "ToonMe"
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vicman.toonmeapp>
iOS "Photo Lab"
<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-lab-playground-ai/id6443653724>
Android "Photo Lab"
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vsin.t16_funny_photo>
The main problem now is how to perform the trivial task of copying
a photo from the Windows PC to the iOS device without using Apple's
iTunes abomination bloatware (& insecureware), or Internet servers.
Has anyone on this newsgroup ever copied a photo from Windows to iOS
without having to create an account on someone's server on the net?
Yup.
Turn on file sharing on your Windows PC on the same LAN as your iOS
device (Control Panel: Network & Sharing Center) and turn on Sharing
for some folder. Make sure you have a password on your user account
(local or Microsoft cloud-based).
Get the IP address of your Windows PC.
Launch the Files app on your iOS device and from the ellipsis in the
top right, choose "Connect to Server" and enter the IP address of
your PC.
When prompted, enter your PC user ID and password.
You're now connected to the server, and you can go straight into the
sharing interface in the Photos app to "Export Unmodified Original"
and navigate to that connected server.
Done.
I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to
Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.
I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to >>>Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.
And does that surprise you?
That is a normal part of setting up a share: deciding what level of
access those to whom it is shared will have.
Easy there, 51. I was adding to your instructions for those in this
group who keep saying they can't write to the Windows shared folder.
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:17:40 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to
Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.
And does that surprise you?
That is a normal part of setting up a share: deciding what level of
access those to whom it is shared will have.
Easy there, 51. I was adding to your instructions for those in this
group who keep saying they can't write to the Windows shared folder.
Hi badgolferman,
Thank you for adding value so that billions of people can do what most of them don't know how to do - some of whom are on this very newsgroup now.
We want to always add value - so I appreciate that you explained how to get the SMB process to work so that people can copy a file from a PC to iOS.
This is especially important to me because I generally test everything
before I post but I can't test SMB as it doesn't work in my environment.
One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important.
1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS?
Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:17:40 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to
Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.
And does that surprise you?
That is a normal part of setting up a share: deciding what level of
access those to whom it is shared will have.
Easy there, 51. I was adding to your instructions for those in this
group who keep saying they can't write to the Windows shared folder.
Hi badgolferman,
Thank you for adding value so that billions of people can do what most of
them don't know how to do - some of whom are on this very newsgroup now.
We want to always add value - so I appreciate that you explained how to get >> the SMB process to work so that people can copy a file from a PC to iOS.
This is especially important to me because I generally test everything
before I post but I can't test SMB as it doesn't work in my environment.
One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want >> to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important. >>
1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS?
No, I cannot. Only from the iPhone to the PC.
One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want >> to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important. >>
1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS?
No, I cannot. Only from the iPhone to the PC.
Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:57:54 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want
to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important. >>>>
1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS? >>>>
No, I cannot. Only from the iPhone to the PC.
Hmm... thanks for the reply but that's not what I asked but I do appreciate >> your response. May I clarify the question, since you tried it & I can't?
The first question is whether you can sit at the PC (with the iOS device
nowhere near you) and transfer the files while sitting at that PC.
The reason I ask is that's what everyone wants to do and that's what works >> just fine for all the normal people (who are not Apple trolls, of course). >>
The second question, no matter where you sit (so for this second question, >> it's OK to have the iOS device near you) is which direction did not work?
Can a file from the PC be copied to the iOS device in your tests?
No, I cannot push or pull files from the PC to phone. I can only push or
pull files from the phone to the PC.
On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:57:54 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
One question I'd like you to clarify is whether you can do what people want >>> to do, which Frank Slootweg also asked - and I concur it's very important. >>>
1. From the PC... (Windows or Linux but I think you're on Windows)
2. Can you *initiate* that file/folder transfer from the PC over to iOS? >>>
No, I cannot. Only from the iPhone to the PC.
Hmm... thanks for the reply but that's not what I asked but I do appreciate your response. May I clarify the question, since you tried it & I can't?
The first question is whether you can sit at the PC (with the iOS device nowhere near you) and transfer the files while sitting at that PC.
The reason I ask is that's what everyone wants to do and that's what works just fine for all the normal people (who are not Apple trolls, of course).
The second question, no matter where you sit (so for this second question, it's OK to have the iOS device near you) is which direction did not work?
Can a file from the PC be copied to the iOS device in your tests?
Can a file from the PC be copied to the iOS device in your tests?
No, I cannot push or pull files from the PC to phone. I can only push or
pull files from the phone to the PC.
On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:40:05 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote :
Thanks for showing everyone that all you want is a "win" where you canCan a file from the PC be copied to the iOS device in your tests?
No, I cannot push or pull files from the PC to phone. I can only push or
pull files from the phone to the PC.
Thanks for clarifying that you can't sit at the PC to initiate the process.
