Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default.
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks agoI just plug a cable from my iPhone to my Linux mint laptop and view/transfer what photos I want through my file browser… seems real easy.
moody@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
You could use KDE Connect and do it wirelessly as well. Who needs cables for anything but charging these days?
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I use the cable to charge my phone. Am I the only person still doing this?
moody@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
I was mostly joking, but KDE Connect has made phone-to-PC transfers much more convenient for me. I’ve only tried it between Android and Linux, but once connected, it basically nounts my phone as a drive that I can browse or copy/paste to and from.
Generally, I only use a cable to charge, and I rarely need/want to transfer files at the same time as I want to charge.
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
That looks pretty good - might investigate if I can use it without WiFi, i.e. just using mobile data.
I’m a bit weird as I’ve never had any IT training but have been using all types of computers for about 40-ish years. Back in the day I had a psion 5mx running epoc OS. To transfer a Word (Not to be confused with MS’s Word) file I had to convert it to .txt or .rtf and then save it to a compact flash 8mb memory card. Remove that card from the psion, plug in the CF card reader to my iBook (dual boot OS 9.1.2 and Mac OS X) and import the text. For some reason these files were always read only so then you open a new Jotter file and copy and paste the text over. Absolute ballache. Easy file transfer is a holy grail of digital living.