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

On Apr 14, 2025 at 2:05:31 PM EDT, "Tom Elam" <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/9/2025 1:11 PM, 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.

Connect to your Windows machine using the Files app on iOS.
 
Done.

 
That would be OK if it worked. The transfer is one-way, iOS to Windows,
unless there is a setting I'm missing. The iPhone drive appears to be
read-only to Windows File Manager.

The transfer is both ways. 

In the Files app, you connect to the Windows shared drive/folder. Again, in
the Files app, you then copy to/from Windows. The controls are on the Windows
side. The share needs read and write permissions to copy TO Windows. Copying
FROM Windows to iOS needs only read permission on the Windows share.

Since it works, it is indeed OK.