Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:00:09 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: krad <kraduk@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD Message-ID: <97949464-BE80-4D14-B060-4EDC885DBA41@mail.sermon-archive.info> In-Reply-To: <20180216113804.67857d13.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20180216104703.555e9987.freebsd@edvax.de> <CALfReyfMiHZKWEHoqWFmez2J_6x3MuBkCbOwm3KQDHxgzPGe%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <20180216113804.67857d13.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> On 16 February 2018, at 02:38, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> 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
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