File fransfer from iPad to FreeBSD

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Fri Feb 16 20:48:31 UTC 2018


On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:31:20 -0500, Greg Veldman wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 02:41:31PM +0400, antranigv wrote:
> > wondering,
> > 
> > is there an NFS or Samba/SMB client for iOS? what if you just transfer
> > it using the network?
> 
> I use FileExplorer for this purpose.  There is a free version
> and one that costs a couple of bucks, the main difference is the
> free one only supports one server connection (which should be
> sufficient for the use case at hand).  It can speak SMB and FTP
> directly to your FreeBSD host, and can access the photos on the
> device if you grant it appropriate perms to do so.

Another great app recommendation. I will note it and check
next week.



> Of course the device still needs to be sufficiently registered
> to be able to install apps from the store, which may or may not
> help you, Polytropon.

This is something I have to verify first. I have never checked
if the device is registered with Apple. I _assume_ it, but I
don't actually know.



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