From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Feb 16 11:00:16 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F06F077A3 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:00:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=0x+x=fk=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from mail.sermon-archive.info (sermon-archive.info [71.177.216.148]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 842CE72C63 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:00:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srs0=0x+x=fk=mail.sermon-archive.info=doug@sermon-archive.info) Received: from [10.0.1.251] (mini [10.0.1.251]) by mail.sermon-archive.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3zjVXn2ZNyz2fjSX; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:00:09 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.2 \(3445.5.20\)) Subject: Re: File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <20180216113804.67857d13.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:00:09 -0800 Cc: krad , FreeBSD Questions Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <97949464-BE80-4D14-B060-4EDC885DBA41@mail.sermon-archive.info> References: <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180216113804.67857d13.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.5.20) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at mail X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:00:16 -0000 > On 16 February 2018, at 02:38, Polytropon wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:23:34 +0000, krad wrote: >> if its just file why not use an sftp client on the tablet to push = them to >> freebsd? Assuming you have control of the tablet. >=20 > You mean, across the Internet (or at least through WLAN)? > Interesting approach. Still, I did hope that the USB cable > could be used and control is exercised from a normal computer > (the one running FreeBSD). I don't think installing 3rd party > apps should be required just to get one's photos from the > iPad to a PC (see notes regarding not buying a Mac and not > buying a new PC and licensing a "Windows")... >=20 > I don't have much experience with iPads so I wouldn't even > know what to install, or how. It's not as easy as using > "adb install appname-apk" on Android. ;-) Installing an app in a iPad is quite easy. Use the App Store app and = search for what you want. However, you do have to be registered with an = apple id. I have tried to do what you need for a long time. The obvious = approaches are not supported. Connecting via USB to a Mac gives you = several options. The best is Image Transfer app on the Mac. However, = there is yet another way: Setup a dropbox account and you can easily = transfer the images through it to any computer that supports drop box. = I had to go this way for one client. It's not speedy, but it works. -- Doug