Yeah, that’s more experience than occasionally using your partner’s phone. That said, when I QA my apps on a test phone, I tend to use it very differently than if it was out and about with the phone. I’m primarily staying within the confines of the software I’m developing.
Maybe you’re different, but I’m usually not downloading apps and spending hours on the phone outside of the stuff I’m pushing.
When I was doing that I often had to get screenshots/videos that I needed to report the issues and sharing files in iOS sucks if you’re not using their ecosystem. We’re in 2024 and you can’t just plug your iphone to a usb port and just view the damn files on the thing.
They’ve been doing scummy stuff since forever. Like when the iPod touch 2nd gen had Bluetooth but you could only use it for the removed Nike+ features some shoes had back then. It was inaccesible if you wanted to share files for example. Back then it was also a new “feature” when they finally decided to let people use a custom wallpaper.
Seriously, Apple is a like the capitalist equivalent of a toxic relationship. Maybe this video better illustrates my point.
You can import photos directly, over USB, via the stock photos apps in Windows or MacOS.
On Windows:
Start > photos > import > from a usb device
My point remains, a lot of the comments here are people that seems to be ranting about something that they don’t spend much time with at all, and according to this community’s name, this is apparently a user group of “apple enthusiasts.”
You do realize that you’re telling me to use an “app” when it would be a lot easier if it just showed up as an external drive in the file explorer, right? Not to mention that media is just an example. What if I want to use it as a thumbdrive for random files? It’s very stupid limitation and there’s no way to justify it.
this is apparently a user group of “apple enthusiasts.”
Fair point. Just saying that you don’t need to be in the ecosystem to get the photos.
The fact that MS has that integration in the photos app, and the not file browser, is annoying. Apple handles Android phones the same exact way. It’s a mirror image of how MS integrates with iOS.
On MacOS you have to open the photos app to get Android photos, and on Windows you have to open the photos app to get iPhone photos. Default file browser integration exists, but only for the mobile platform they’ve invested in. MS has it out of the box for Android, Mac OS has it out of the box for iPhone.
If you want something else, you need to download some other file management apps or extensions.
No, it doesn’t. You need a 3rd party app (like Android File Transfer) to access general files and that’s because Apple decided to make it harder for their users to use an android with a Mac. Why? Because they want to sell you an iPhone.
If you connect an Android device to a linux or windows pc, it simply shows up as an external device. No apps needed.
Default file browser integration exists, but only for the mobile platform they’ve invested in. MS has it out of the box for Android, Mac OS has it out of the box for iPhone.
Again, what? Windows did not invest in Android (they even tried to create their own mobile OS) and this has absolutely nothing to do with that. The only reason why you can’t access your files from an iPhone or your Android files from a Mac is because Apple makes it deliberately inconvenient. There are no other reasons.
Android uses a standard communication protocol. There was no specific android “integration”. It’s like saying that a thumbdrive working on a given OS requires specific integration for each manufacturer.
Yeah, that’s more experience than occasionally using your partner’s phone. That said, when I QA my apps on a test phone, I tend to use it very differently than if it was out and about with the phone. I’m primarily staying within the confines of the software I’m developing.
Maybe you’re different, but I’m usually not downloading apps and spending hours on the phone outside of the stuff I’m pushing.
When I was doing that I often had to get screenshots/videos that I needed to report the issues and sharing files in iOS sucks if you’re not using their ecosystem. We’re in 2024 and you can’t just plug your iphone to a usb port and just view the damn files on the thing.
They’ve been doing scummy stuff since forever. Like when the iPod touch 2nd gen had Bluetooth but you could only use it for the removed Nike+ features some shoes had back then. It was inaccesible if you wanted to share files for example. Back then it was also a new “feature” when they finally decided to let people use a custom wallpaper.
Seriously, Apple is a like the capitalist equivalent of a toxic relationship. Maybe this video better illustrates my point.
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You can import photos directly, over USB, via the stock photos apps in Windows or MacOS.
On Windows: Start > photos > import > from a usb device
My point remains, a lot of the comments here are people that seems to be ranting about something that they don’t spend much time with at all, and according to this community’s name, this is apparently a user group of “apple enthusiasts.”
You do realize that you’re telling me to use an “app” when it would be a lot easier if it just showed up as an external drive in the file explorer, right? Not to mention that media is just an example. What if I want to use it as a thumbdrive for random files? It’s very stupid limitation and there’s no way to justify it.
enthusiast =/= blind
Fair point. Just saying that you don’t need to be in the ecosystem to get the photos.
The fact that MS has that integration in the photos app, and the not file browser, is annoying. Apple handles Android phones the same exact way. It’s a mirror image of how MS integrates with iOS.
On MacOS you have to open the photos app to get Android photos, and on Windows you have to open the photos app to get iPhone photos. Default file browser integration exists, but only for the mobile platform they’ve invested in. MS has it out of the box for Android, Mac OS has it out of the box for iPhone.
If you want something else, you need to download some other file management apps or extensions.
No, it doesn’t. You need a 3rd party app (like Android File Transfer) to access general files and that’s because Apple decided to make it harder for their users to use an android with a Mac. Why? Because they want to sell you an iPhone.
If you connect an Android device to a linux or windows pc, it simply shows up as an external device. No apps needed.
Again, what? Windows did not invest in Android (they even tried to create their own mobile OS) and this has absolutely nothing to do with that. The only reason why you can’t access your files from an iPhone or your Android files from a Mac is because Apple makes it deliberately inconvenient. There are no other reasons.
Android uses a standard communication protocol. There was no specific android “integration”. It’s like saying that a thumbdrive working on a given OS requires specific integration for each manufacturer.