• Tutorial: How to send files between Apple operating systems & the real world using LocalSend

    From Marion@marion@facts.com to comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.mobile.ipad on Mon Apr 7 10:05:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    If you need to transfer files bidirectionally over your Wi-Fi LAN between
    Apple devices and any other common consumer OS, including iOS, try this.

    *Tutorial: How to send files between Windows & iOS over the LAN using LocalSend*
    <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=86116&group=alt.comp.os.windows-10#86116>

    That tutorial was specifically written to overcome the arbitrary
    file-transfer restrictions of the brain-dead toy iOS dumb-terminal
    operating system; but it turns out that the method works for everything.

    With this method, you can transfer files to/from Apple's restrictive
    operating systems & every common consumer operating system on the network.
    --
    The best way to visualize Apple's ecosystem is to think of it as a
    subterranean cavern with passageways to itself but none to the real world.
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