Re: iPhone USB access

Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote:

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> Wrote in message:
 

Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> wrote:
 

VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> Wrote in message:
 

B00ze <B00ze64@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

I'm an Android user thinking of getting an iPhone, and I see articles
about apps that let ppl share files with their PCs, and I'm wondering
why is there such an app? If I plug an iPhone into my PC's USB port, do
I not get access to the iPhone's filesysten?

 
No. All you see are photos and videos from the camera.
 

https://discussions.apple.com/welcome

 
So you don't need to go there.

 
Apple likes their walled garden.  The article below mentions iTunes.
The OP didn't mention his PC's OS.  iTunes runs on Windows.  Maybe runs
under WINE on Linux.  By its name, not sure if it only allows access to
media folders, or to all folders.  Never bothered with anything Apple.
 
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/transfer-files-between-devices-iphf2d851b9/ios

 
Well, iOS is clearly off-topic as VanguardLH's first answer hints.
 So I'll just say, as someone who uses an Android tablet, an
 iPhone, Linux and Windows PCs  (though not a Mac) that the iOS is
 the most difficult to get stuff into and out off and and between
 apps - by design - especially if you don't want to use a cloud
 service such as Dropbox. I often use FTP.
 
But forget iTunes.

I see they also mentioned using their cloud service, iCloud, to transfer
files.  I've used Onedrive on my Android phone and desktop PC to
transfer files, but it is slow.  Since the phone has Android, it comes
with Google Drive which I also on my desktop PC, too.  I also have a
Dropbox account, but only used it to share small files.  My bandwidth is
asymmetric: upstream speed is a LOT slower (22 times slower) than
downstream.  Plus, the sync clients are designed to throttle themselves
to reduce impact on net traffic.  A USB cable is a lot faster, and a lot
less hassle, but not on an iPhone.

There are apps for both Android and Windows that use the local wi-fi to
transfer files; e.g., LocalSend.  Google came out with their Quick Share
(renamed from Nearby Share) app for Android and Windows.  Requires
Windows 10 x64, or later. 

https://blog.google/products/android/nearby-share-windows-android/
https://www.android.com/better-together/quick-share-app/

No Internet is involved.  No external servers are involved.  Just wi-fi
transfer between devices.  The 2nd article says Quick Share is already
installed on Android 6+, but I've not seen it.  Says I have to setup
"device visibility" in my Google account (for the phone and desktop to
see each other).  I've not yet tried local wi-fi file transfer since the
USB cable is so easy for local transfer.  For remote file transfer,
there are the slow cloud services.