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

Marion <marion@facts.com> wrote:

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 10:45:21 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman 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?
 

 
Email it to yourself.

 
Hi badgolferman,
 
Thanks for trying to help out, where the whole point of having a local
network is to be able to transfer files across your own private LAN.
 
Keep in mind this problem only happens with iOS.
No other operating system prevents something this simple but iOS.
 
Anyway, after a few hours of testing software, I was able to copy a photo
from Windows to the iPad without needing to use the Internet at all.
 
As I am want to do, I added more value in this post than all the Apple
trolls have added, combined, to this newsgroup, in their entire lives.
 *Tutorial: How to copy a photo from Window to iOS without Apple restrictions*
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=19950&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#19950>
 
The beauty of that method is that billions of Windows & iOS users can now
transfer any file from Windows to the iOS device using only their Wi-Fi.
 
Everything stays on their LAN, which is how file transfer should be.
(Only Apple forces people to live in a cave just to transfer files.)
 
I found a whole bunch of other horrid things about iOS in that process.
For example, you can't possibly get the version of the Vysor software!
 
That's absurdly ridiculous that Apple won't tell you the Vysor version.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/7LssFdjb/vysor-ios.jpg>
 
I tried tapping on the "Vysor" entry in the Settings.
I tried looking at Vyso in my App Store profile "Purchased" list.
I tried the app settings itself...
 
All to no avail.
Only Apple can make something so simple as getting the version, impossible.
 
What's worse, I found out that Steve was wrong, unfortunately, when he said
that iOS doesn't have the capability to restrict screenshots in apps.
 
This is the link to what Steve said recently:
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=58173&group=comp.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."
 
I was wrong also, so I'm not blaming Steve for being wrong.
But he was wrong nonetheless.
 
He needs to update his Word document on iOS versus Android differences.
Protecting from screenshots is no longer only on Android. It's on iOS too.
 
Since he filters me most likely (which means he remains ignorant), maybe
you can gently ask him to update his document to include that new datum.

Looks like your method requires a server be installed on Windows. That
might work for you but most people won’t want that.

My work iPhone 14 which is controlled by the company won’t even allow cut
and paste of text from Outlook to any other app, including Notes. I can’t
copy a video meeting code from Outlook to Google Meet to join a meeting. If
I click on the code it won’t allow automatic transfer of the code to the
external app. It will only allow codes to be automatically transferred to
Microsoft Teams. So there are obviously ways to restrict pasting from one
app to another in iOS.