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Old February 22nd 18, 08:59 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,alt.windows7.general
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Default A simple way to transfer photos from your phone to Windows without installing anything on either

In article , PeterN
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On 2/22/2018 9:39 AM, ultred ragnusen wrote:
When I plug an arbitrary iOS iPad into an arbitrary Linux desktop (Ubuntu
16.04), the file system (that is available to the user) is "mounted" after
a bunch of needlessly repeated "Do you trust this computer" requests on the
iPad, but when I plug those same iPads into an arbitrary Windows 10 desktop
(without iTunes), nothing useful happens.

Why does that work beautifully on Linux, and not at all on Windows?

I don't know, so if someone can answer that basic question, it would be
helfpul for us all.

You need to install iTunes for Windows. It's a free DL from Apple.


he has an abnormal hatred for itunes, even though it's not required.

IIRC
iOS and Linux have a common ancestor. Unix.


only the core of ios is unix.