Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:44:48 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20180216214448.d638d2b9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20180216115635.73fcdb3df7e5dc0653974f79@sohara.org> References: <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180216115635.73fcdb3df7e5dc0653974f79@sohara.org>
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:56:35 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:47:03 +0100 > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > Did anyone succeed in transfering files _from_ an iPad _to_ > > a FreeBSD machine using the USB cable? The setting where this > > should work consists of a FreeBSD 10.3-p24 (32 bit) and an > > iPad 32 GB with iOS 11.0.3 15A432. > > Never tried it, but you could try photobackup which is free in > the app store, it uses rsync to back up the camera roll - there are a > couple of iPhone addicts in the house who use it to back up their photos to > the house NAS where a cron job links them into to directories by year and > month. The Android users use acrosync for the same purpose. Thanks for this specific (!) app suggestion! I will definitely try this next week (if I can conform there is a registration to the Apple app supply mechanism). Do you know if there is anything "non-obvious" that I have to prepare on the FreeBSD system for this to work? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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