Re: File transfer between Linux and Apple iOS
From: "Jason White" <jason@jasonjgw.net>
To: "LUV-main" <LUV-main@luv.asn.au> Sent: Tuesday, 25 March, 2014 10:21:55 AM Subject: File transfer between Linux and Apple iOS
What's the best way to transfer files (images, media files, etc.) between a Linux machine and an Apple iPad running iOS 7.1?
It should preferably be achieveable from the shell and amenable to scripting.
e-mail? At least on the Linux side you can script that (auto-generating an e-mail with a file as an attachment) Setup a little local mail server and create an account for the iOS device. I tried once an SSH client on an iPad but it gave me some errors when trying to connect to the Ubuntu box. I was not persistent enough to figure out why (I hate Apple devices with a passion because of the lock-up/lock-in and complete surveillance issues - but the kids' schools insist:-( Regards Peter
On 26 Mar 2014, at 10:02, Peter Ross <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
e-mail?
At least on the Linux side you can script that (auto-generating an e-mail with a file as an attachment) Setup a little local mail server and create an account for the iOS device.
Good Reader even supports connecting to POP/IMAP servers and finds attachments and treats it as a remote filesystem. The UI of the app changed recently as well, and has become much more user friendly
hannah commodore <hannah@tinfoilhat.net> writes:
On 26 Mar 2014, at 10:02, Peter Ross <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
e-mail?
At least on the Linux side you can script that (auto-generating an e-mail with a file as an attachment) Setup a little local mail server and create an account for the iOS device.
Good Reader even supports connecting to POP/IMAP servers and finds attachments and treats it as a remote filesystem. The UI of the app changed recently as well, and has become much more user friendly
Isn't that dead? "Google closed Google Reader on July 1, 2013" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Isn't that dead?
"Google closed Google Reader on July 1, 2013" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader
Further to this, I'm looking for a solution that will transfer files between the two devices, without anybody's Web server/Web service in the middle. Has anyone here tried ifuse? Package: ifuse [...] Description: FUSE module for iPhone and iPod Touch devices iFuse is a FUSE filesystem driver which uses libiphone to connect to iPhone and iPod Touch devices without needing to "jailbreak" them. iFuse uses the native Apple AFC protocol over a normal USB cable in order to access the device's media files. Although iFuse is now in a working state it is still under heavy development and should be considered experimental. Homepage: http://libimobiledevice.org
On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:15, Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
hannah commodore <hannah@tinfoilhat.net> writes:
Good Reader even supports connecting to POP/IMAP servers and finds attachments and treats it as a remote filesystem. The UI of the app changed recently as well, and has become much more user friendly
Isn't that dead?
"Google closed Google Reader on July 1, 2013" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader
Good Reader (http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html), not Google. Was just updating info as it was mentioned upthread with it's capabilities.
Peter Ross <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
I tried once an SSH client on an iPad but it gave me some errors when trying to connect to the Ubuntu box. I was not persistent enough to figure out why (I hate Apple devices with a passion because of the lock-up/lock-in and complete surveillance issues - but the kids' schools insist:-(
On the positive side, their accessibility (specifically, speech access to the operating system and the supplied applications, as well as support for braille displays) is very well done indeed. It's all included by default and even documented in the user's guide. Speech and braille access software included in the operating system is a feature that the Linux community has also enjoyed for years. In contrast, for Microsoft Windows users, it has always been supplied by third-party developers, traditionally at the user's expense (except for a basic screen reader that Microsoft now include, but which isn't regarded as an adequate substitute for the third-party tools). The accessibility APIs in Linux are also well designed and comparable to the best of those available for other operating systems. The difference, of course, is that they aren't consistently and properly implemented by GUI applications, especially where custom controls are concerned. If you're Apple (with a limited range of products under your control), standards such as accessibility API support can be enforced from the top down, but obviously that isn't possible in a more open and decentralized environment. I think the accessibility community is partly responsible here: those APIs aren't well documented, and you won't find good tutorials explaining how to use them.
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