Re: Just use iOS files and SMB (was Re: How to copy a photo from Windows to iOS without needing Internet servers

On 2025-04-10 04:06, badgolferman wrote:

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.
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In a Windows/Android thread, we've been discussing how to use
screenshots to get past Android security, when Steve Sharf noted
that iOS lacks Android's security so we can successfully screenshot
iOS on Windows PCs.
<https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=58173&group=c
omp.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."
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So the plan is to install these apps on iOS & Android to do
cartooning.
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iOS "Voila"
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<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/voil%C3%A0-ai-artist-cartoon-ghibli/i
d1558421405> Android "Voila"
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wemagineai.voila>
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iOS "ToonMe"
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<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toonme-ai-cartoon-face-maker/id150812
0751 Android "ToonMe"
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vicman.toonmeapp>
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iOS "Photo Lab"
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<https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-lab-playground-ai/id6443653724>
Android "Photo Lab"
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vsin.t16_funny_photo>
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The main problem now is how to perform the trivial task of copying
a photo from the Windows PC to the iOS device without using Apple's
iTunes abomination bloatware (& insecureware), or Internet servers.
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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?

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Yup.
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Turn on file sharing on your Windows PC on the same LAN as your iOS
device (Control Panel: Network & Sharing Center) and turn on Sharing
for some folder. Make sure you have a password on your user account
(local or Microsoft cloud-based).
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Get the IP address of your Windows PC.
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Launch the Files app on your iOS device and from the ellipsis in the
top right, choose "Connect to Server" and enter the IP address of
your PC.
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When prompted, enter your PC user ID and password.
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You're now connected to the server, and you can go straight into the
sharing interface in the Photos app to "Export Unmodified Original"
and navigate to that connected server.
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Done.

  I had to modify the Windows shared folder security permissions to
Read/Write in order to allow writing from the iPhone to the PC.

And does that surprise you?
That is a normal part of setting up a share: deciding what level of access those to whom it is shared will have.