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Well, transferring files between an iPhone and a Windows PC is still far more of a pain than it should be. Still can't just treat the phone as a drive and put

Well, transferring files between an iPhone and a Windows PC is still far more of a pain than it should be. Still can't just treat the phone as a drive and put files on there. (edit: or trivially share a folder on the LAN over wifi, without even needing the USB cable, if you're considering the iOS device a 'real computer')

neoberg 4y ago
In the same way you can't treat a laptop as a drive and put files on there (transfer from another pc); because it's not a drive.
- hollandheese 4y ago
  Except you can on the Mac. Ever heard of Target Disk Mode?
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Yes when I want to transfer a few files between Macs my first thought is “let me use target disk mode”. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/transfer-files-mac-computers-target-disk-mode-mchlp1443/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/transfer-files-mac-...
ja27 4y ago
Seems pretty simple with iCloud for Windows.
- bluescrn 4y ago
  So transferring a file between 2 local devices should require sending it to a cloud server and back?
  - cube2222 4y ago
    To be fair, apple devices have airdrop for transferring files, which works much more seemlessly than any kind of network drives I've ever used (and I'm using one right now). The interface exposed is just not mounting a remote file system.
scarface74 4y ago
You can’t connect a laptop to another laptop and treat it like a drive. Why expect anything different from a phone that’s really a computer?
- bluescrn 4y ago
  If it was a real computer with a 'real OS', I'd be able to easily set up network shares and transfer files over wifi, without even plugging a cable in.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Well I can transfer files wirelessly via AirDrop to my Mac. You can do it with a third party app https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/iphone-transfer/transfer-files-from-iphone-to-pc-wirelessly.html https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/iphone-transfer/transfer...
  - chipotle_coyote 4y ago
    I've been using real computers with real OSes for a very, very long time, and when someone says "hey, could you send that file to me," I confess my first thought is not, "Why, sure! Let me just configure a network share that you can mount on your system to do it, because that is obviously the easiest possible way I have at my disposal!"
- hollandheese 4y ago
  Yes you can. It's called Target Disk Mode on the Mac.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Yes and you can also easily share files from an iPhone over Wifi on a Mac. That isn’t possible on a Windows PC either.

neoberg 4y ago

In the same way you can't treat a laptop as a drive and put files on there (transfer from another pc); because it's not a drive.

hollandheese 4y ago
Except you can on the Mac. Ever heard of Target Disk Mode?
- scarface74 4y ago
  Yes when I want to transfer a few files between Macs my first thought is “let me use target disk mode”. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/transfer-files-mac-computers-target-disk-mode-mchlp1443/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/transfer-files-mac-...

ja27 4y ago

Seems pretty simple with iCloud for Windows.

bluescrn 4y ago
So transferring a file between 2 local devices should require sending it to a cloud server and back?
- cube2222 4y ago
  To be fair, apple devices have airdrop for transferring files, which works much more seemlessly than any kind of network drives I've ever used (and I'm using one right now). The interface exposed is just not mounting a remote file system.

scarface74 4y ago

You can’t connect a laptop to another laptop and treat it like a drive. Why expect anything different from a phone that’s really a computer?

bluescrn 4y ago
If it was a real computer with a 'real OS', I'd be able to easily set up network shares and transfer files over wifi, without even plugging a cable in.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Well I can transfer files wirelessly via AirDrop to my Mac. You can do it with a third party app https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/iphone-transfer/transfer-files-from-iphone-to-pc-wirelessly.html https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/iphone-transfer/transfer...
- chipotle_coyote 4y ago
  I've been using real computers with real OSes for a very, very long time, and when someone says "hey, could you send that file to me," I confess my first thought is not, "Why, sure! Let me just configure a network share that you can mount on your system to do it, because that is obviously the easiest possible way I have at my disposal!"
hollandheese 4y ago
Yes you can. It's called Target Disk Mode on the Mac.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Yes and you can also easily share files from an iPhone over Wifi on a Mac. That isn’t possible on a Windows PC either.