A new mandate from the EU may force Apple to open AirDrop and AirPlay, among other features, to Android and other platforms.
    • XNX@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      18 days ago

      Nope they only work on the same wifi. They dont use bluetooth to find a device and then send files directly to eachother over wifi. They connect over a wifi router

      • Anivia@feddit.orgEnglish
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        18 days ago

        Quickshare absolutely does find other devices over Bluetooth and then send the files over a direct wifi connection between the 2 phones. I’ve used it that way tons of times

  • FiniteLooper@lemm.eeEnglish
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    18 days ago

    To have these features be universal across all device types would be so amazing. iPhone, android, Mac, and Windows should all have the ability to transfer files and stream media. It should be simple

    • BigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      My girlfriend has an iPhone, and the storage is full. We’ve been trying to get all her pictures transferred off to delete some of the older ones off the phone and holy fuck is it a pain in the ass. Move them to her MacBook? Pain in the ass because of how they setup their Photos app. Move to a flashdrive via a dongle? Pain in the ass because it downloads from who knows where and fills the storage back up before I can start the transfer. Connect to my Windows PC? Lmao yeah right.

      So far I’ve just gotten Immich to backup all her pics to my server but due to the amount on her phone it takes forever then bugs out and stops transferring.

      iOS can eat my entire ass

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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        14 days ago

        Syncthing-Fork on a PC/Mac, Möbius Sync on the iOS device (it’s $5). Worth the five bucks. I keep multiple phones, hundreds of gigs syncing with Syncthing. It just works.

        Edit: Syncthing-Fork is for Android, SyncTrayzor for Windows, Möbius for iOS, Syncthing for Mac.