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Date:      Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:02:38 -0700
From:      LuKreme <kremels@kreme.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <06845259-A0AC-42F9-9D05-EC8ECF8B55D5@kreme.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de>

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On Feb 16, 2018, at 02:47, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> 1. I won't buy a Mac.
>=20
> 2. I won't buy a new PC plus a license of "Windows".

Fair enough.

> 3. I won't give out any personal identification information
>   to Apple or MICROS~1 in order to "register".

Not necessary anyway, at least with iOS/macOS. Sure, there are many convenie=
nt features that don't work without setting up some sort of account, but it d=
oesn't require *your* information and if you don't need those features, the d=
evices are just fine without iCloud.

This is less true of google services on Android which often block off featur=
es to punish you for not using a google account.

> 4. I won't register at a "cloud" storage provider.

Then I have to wonder why you have an iPad?

This is trivial to do, but I think you've excluded all the trivial ways to d=
o it. However, given your constraints what I would do is setup a Synology wi=
th its "cloud" (as in, on your own device on your own network) and then sync=
 that to your FreeBSD with rsync or something. Synology Drive is supported o=
n iOS and works very well. I use it to move files from Dropbox to the Synolo=
gy for processing.

The one thing that is least likely to work is trying to get FreeBSD to talk t=
o the iPad directly. Even if you get it to work once, it can stop working at=
 any point since it is not at all supported.

--=20
My main job is trying to come up with new and innovative and effective ways t=
o reject even more mail. I'm up to about 97% now.=




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