Re: How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 05:50:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote :

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?

 
You theoretically can with ifuse if you set up WSL.

First off, thank you very much for understanding the problem-set issues.
Apple has made something trivial, like copying photos, almost impossible.

What's refreshing is you seem to understand that something that simple,
isn't simple, simply because the Apple ecosystem is like a deep cave.

You can easily travel inside the cave, but you can't easily interact with
the real world outside of that deep subterranean cave that Apple built.

Hence, I thank you for that iFuse within the Windows Subsystem for Linux,
suggestion, where I wrote a tutorial long ago how to set up WSL on Windows.

But currently, on this Windows 10 desktop, WSL is not set up.

Even so, I'm well aware that iFuse on Linux works great, and, in fact, I've
published tutorials for how to turn any iOS device into a dumb USB stick.

Here are screenshots I made for one tutorial, which proves iFuse works.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/NFkXsJ0X/files01.jpg> iOS/Win is 1-way & DCIM only
 <https://i.postimg.cc/L8b18Zmx/files02.jpg> iOS "Files" is nothing useful
 <https://i.postimg.cc/d3SGkdgr/files03.jpg> Android is two way, everything
 <https://i.postimg.cc/QMk7tvZW/files04.jpg> Ubuntu is two way, everything
 <https://i.postimg.cc/qqg61Rh8/files05.jpg> Ubuntu, movies _to_ iOS on USB
 <https://i.postimg.cc/Jhmy9KH7/files06.jpg> Ubuntu iFuse is just magical
 <https://i.postimg.cc/KjK4nHwf/files07.jpg> Ubuntu is two-way, everything
 <https://i.postimg.cc/3xcCBngd/files08.jpg> iOS is a dumb brick on Windows
 <https://i.postimg.cc/mDx3xkp4/files09.jpg> iOS is only DCIM & only 1-way
 <https://i.postimg.cc/9MGdc2s7/files10.jpg> Android is 2-way fast over USB
 <https://i.postimg.cc/cChf8mx1/files11.jpg> iOS requires hacks to copy
 <https://i.postimg.cc/pVJf72fN/files12.jpg> iOS hacks very often will fail
 <https://i.postimg.cc/g269S8rT/files13.jpg> How does macOS work with iOS?
 <https://i.postimg.cc/s2x0f9Js/files14.jpg> Linux, win10 & iOS together

Here are screenshots from an even older tutorial using iFuse with iOS
where you can actually write to iOS' protected file system if you know how.
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios180.jpg> Read & write all!
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios170.jpg> Anywhere you want
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios160.jpg> Any file you want
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios150.jpg> Copy Win10 to iOS
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios140.jpg> read & write iOS
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios130.jpg> iFuse mounts all!
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios120.jpg> iFuse mounts iOS
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios110.jpg> iFuse Windows mnt
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios100.jpg> iFuse is native
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios090.jpg> Nobody knows this
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios080.jpg> The trick!
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios070.jpg> Look closely
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios060.jpg> Both read & write
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios050.jpg> Including DCIM
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios040.jpg> View iOS filesys
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios030.jpg> iOS mounts
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios020.jpg> Allow access?
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios010.jpg> Trust Computer?
 <http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=18_ios000.jpg> Ubuntu before iOS

The problem, of course, with iFuse, is then I have to set up either WSL on
the PC, or even harder, I have to set up a dual-boot GRUB menu on my PC.

I am hoping to find some kind of software that allows easier transfer.

But, I'm pretty sure a simpler way exists, as I can't be the first person
in the world who wants to copy a photo from Windows to the iOS device
without needing the Internet (or insecure iTunes bloatware on the PC).

In summary, your idea of using iFuse inside of WSL on the PC would work.
But I'm hoping to find a simpler solution using a local Wi-Fi server app.

Has anyone ever copied a photo from Windows to the iOS device w/o the net?
(and w/o the itunes abomination, or net servers, or having to use Linux)