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Why doesn't Apple just let you manage your iOS file system natively on Windows?
On 14 Aug 2018 06:41:08 GMT, NY wrote:
By the way, going back to the instructions you have for enabling Windows access over USB to part of Android's filesystem, are there any equivalent instructions for allowing Windows to access files on an iOS device (eg iPad). While it's not the method you expected, look at these three screenshots to see how you can get far more power than you ask for, if you want. This is a screenshot of iOS 11.2.6 connected to Linux over USB where you will note that there is access to three parts of the iOS file system: a. read-only access to the iOS DCIM folder b. read/write access to "some" of the better apps (mostly not Apple) c. a mount point on Linux of most of the above & more http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9181755linuxios_1.jpg Note that the third mount point provides read & write access to the iOS DCIM directory - so you can copy & delete your data easily: http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9234281linuxios_2.jpg In the older Linux, you had to manually mount to get this feature, but in the newer Linux, it's all now completely automatic and native: http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9819846linuxios_3.jpg Note those screenshots were with Ubuntu 17.10 where Ubuntu 18.04 makes it even easier, completely native, and more powerful. As you know, I currently own all the major consumer operating systems (except Mac, which I've used and hated), where I always simply expect them each individually and all combined to work well together, and where only the iOS devices are so restrictive as to be relegated almost to the "toy" category (due to iOS' extreme lack of basic functionality in the real world). Apple simply states that the real word is "not supported", nor ever tested. Nonetheless, I've found, from experience, that the *best* way to access iOS on Windows for both *read and write* is to dual boot to Linux, paradoxically - where the beauty of Linux is that it allows *simultaneous* read and write access to the entire Windows system (even though Windows isn't even booted!) and iOS file system. Notice, there are only 2 devices but this method gives *simultaneous* read & write access to all 3 file systems! 1. Windows (most recently tested on Windows 10) 2. iOS (most recently tested on iOS 11.2.6) 3. Linux (most recently tested on Ubuntu 18.04) There's an entire July 3rd, 2018 thread with the detail & screenshots. How to read/write access iOS file systems on Ubuntu/Windows over USB cable https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/IFC52JXBQ1c/siiB7o49CgAJ My wife took loads of photos on her iPad and we can't find any way of copying them onto a Windows device to archive them - apart from by attaching photos to emails and sending them that way, which isn't practical for a large number of photos. You should *already* have all that - if that's all you really want. If all you want is "read" only access of an iPad to Windows, and especially if all you want is read-only access to the DCIM folder, that should be trivial, even with iOS. Just plugging in the iOS device to Windows should, at the very least, show up insatntly like this - which I just did moments ago using my iPad for you. http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5944873storage00.jpg Maybe she installed the iTunes abomination by mistake? Out of the box, an Android device connected by USB to Windows shows up the card and internal storage, allowing you to navigate to DCIM and then select and copy files (photos). The iPad shows up but no folders are displayed. I don't ever install the iTunes abomination so if that's installed, maybe things work differently - but here's a sequence I've published in the past which should work if all you want is "read only" USB access to the iOS DCIM folder without installing *anything* on Windows. When you plug in the iOS device into Windows' USB port, you get an "Allow this device" query every time (you only get a query once with Linux, thank God): http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9396078storage01.jpg Assuming you do not have the iTunes abomination installed in Windows, when you plug in the iOS device the very first time, Windows will automatically install the necessary drivers and then ask you to choose how you want the iOS device "Internal Storage" to show up on Windows. http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1075420storage02.jpg Windows will then show the iOS device in your native Windows file explorer as just another disc drive, just like Android & USB drives show up. http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=1874111storage03.jpg You'll get a bar showing how much storage is available on that iOS device: http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9652440storage04.jpg And then you'll get read-only access to the DCIM directory: http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5630845storage05.jpg Under that DCIM directory are the idiotically named iOS folders and files and screenshots where you can copy them at will to your Windows disks. http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=6394866storage06.jpg In summary, as long as you do not have the iTunes abomination installed, you should be able to have read-only access on Windows to all your iOS camera pictures, videos, and screenshots simply by plugging the iOS device into your Windows USB port. http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=8762004storage07.jpg It's things like that which I *hate* about Apple - too bloody clever and proprietary. There probably is a way, but it will be very obscure and require you to do it "the Apple way", probably with special software installed on Windows. I have used the iTunes abomination in the past where I learned long ago to stay away from it like you would powdered cyanide. Since I gain all my cross platform functionality using the *native* operrating system software, I don't test with the iTunes abomination installed. So your results may be different if you installed the iTunes abomination. But, without the iTunes abomination, I have no problem with *read-only* access to *just* the iOS DCIM folder on Windows 10 over USB. I tried using iTunes on Windows, with the iPad connected by USB, but the device didn't show up in iTunes at all, in the way that an iPod would do. If it had shown up, I think iTunes would allowed me manual control over which files I copied. Yuck. I pity anyone who uses the iTunes abomination, where, many years ago (when nospam was still insisting QuickTime was a necessary component, if that gives you an idea of how long ago it was) I too tried the damn abomination where it was so restrictive in use model that I concluded it was an abomination - and I've been calling it that ever since. When I switched to SharePod freeware (before they went to the dark side), I was soooooooooo happy to be rid of the iTunes abomination that you can't imagine my joy of being able to do anything I wanted again. Back to your question, it's my humble opinion that your wife "should" be able to do what you're asking - without installing *anything* overtly on Windows (Windows will automatically install the necessary drivers). |
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