• rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I’m honestly kinda shocked we’ve not managed to bridge the airdrop gap.

    Quickshare is hit or miss

    Wetransfer wasn’t bad but didn’t like corporate networks.

    Dropbox and Bitwarden send are OK, but you have to email/sms links.

    We should have blue tooth beacons and 900mhz Halow by now.

      • FrChazzz@lemmus.orgEnglish
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        16 days ago

        I use LocalSend ALL THE TIME between my Linux machines and my iOS devices. It’s faster than AirDrop.

        • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          16 days ago

          That makes sense. AirDrop rapidly switches the wifi radio between the network the device is connected to and the adhoc network of the sending device. It’s effectively running at half speed with a clever trick.

          Airdrops only problem is the proprietary nature of it but it’s a good solution that works very well. In the PC market, they still can’t get Bluetooth right. They never got Miracast right either. Microsoft half-asses everything they try which turns apples cool idea into the only way to do something.

    • MML@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      I’m not sure what I would send to an apple user that couldn’t be done over text, they don’t exactly tend to be tech literate.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        17 days ago

        Developers, photographers, project managers, they have their niches.

    • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      I just send a link to a public folder in my Nextcloud. You can also add huge files to your email with the Nextcloud plugin in Thunderbird. Still have to send a link but best option for me so far.

    • nicerdicer@feddit.org
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      17 days ago

      There is a way to share files across and between all platforms (Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux):

      Local Send

      As long as you are in the same network as the recipient you can share everything across this app. There are no limitations in file type or size. I use this app constantly to send files from phone to laptop or PC, and I can highly recommend it. It’s free.

      The recipient doesn’t even need the app, as you can provide a qr code that can be scanned by the recipient from your phone to start the download of the shared file(s).

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        17 days ago

        That does look really promising. I was trying other sites like that before, but every time i hit a corporate network, they failed to connect. this one looks more robust

  • Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    This is why you get a adapter stick that has C to micro, C to A, C to Thunder, and a card reader.

    • Kairos@lemmy.today
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      16 days ago

      Macs are actually pretty secure. Especially with their TPM stuff. It’s the everything else that sucks about them

      • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        15 days ago

        Emotionally insecure.

        But yes. My wife was an Apple girl for a long time. She just bought herself a used Pixel 9Pro XL (identical to mine) to use with Graphene OS, and gave me the green light to wipe her Macbook for Linux.

    • auzy1@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      My Mac studio m2 was the only computer I ever had that had compatibility issues with some USB cables

      People talk about Apple hardware like it’s incredible, but honestly, no pc manufacturer would make that mistake

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Butterfly keyboards. so saying apple is the pinnacle of hardware is stupid. They make dumb decisions just like everyone else.

        • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          16 days ago

          Apple does honestly make good hardware. Their transition to ARM had a near zero chance of being successful but Apple managed to pull it off anyway. It’s truly impressive.

          But when they fuck up, boy do they go big. The butterfly keyboards were absolutely insane. And don’t get me started on the last years software releases. I can’t practically multitask on my iPad anymore, screen space is wasted on the MacBook in Tahoe and the finder is worse than it’s ever been. Competition is supposed to save us but Microsoft is so smitten with AI they still can’t even get their start menu to work reliably. Meanwhile linux is gaining faster than anyone thought possible. Valve is doing to gaming on Linux what Ubuntu did to teaching neurotypicals how to use Linux.

          Western tech gave up.

      • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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        17 days ago

        compatibility issues with some USB cables

        I’d like to hear more about this. I have a theory that as great as USB-C is for consistency, the fact that it shares a connector with Thunderbolt (to say nothing about the different versions of Thunderbolt) introduces a level of uncertainly when looking at a USB-C connector.

        • it can be a “charge-only” cable (USB 2.0)
        • it can charge slowly, or quickly
        • it can be a USB-C cable
        • it can be Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4.0
        • it can be active, or passive
        • it can be Thunderbolt 4
        • it can be Thunderbolt 5

        I’m certainly not trying to discount your experience. I’m sure you ran into significant problems. But in general I continue to believe that the general public may not have the right “flavor” of USB-C cable to do what they are trying to do in a given situation.

        • auzy1@lemmy.world
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          17 days ago

          It’s nothing to do with the standard I believe

          The same cables and adapters all worked when I used them on my nuc for the same devices, and they wouldn’t even work with my mouse on the Mac studio.

          My suspicion is that the shell of the case is a bit thick (as the port is recessed behind it), so some cables just failed to touch fully. As, some cables felt more snug and clicked into the port better

          For the cost of the computer, it damned sure shouldn’t have that issue

          Even worse, for the price of the computer, the power button should be on front, not buried on the back. That’s overcomplicating things for the sake of doing so

          • blitzen@lemmy.ca
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            16 days ago

            Reminds me of the original iPhone and the 3.5mm audio jack that was too “deep” for normal headphones.

    • taiyang@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      What’s rather ironic is my Linux FOSS setup is more compatible than ever because it can open my students .notes and .pages files, while MS Word couldn’t.

      And naturally, I’m proud of using FOSS so I guess I’m proud to be compatible with everything.

        • taiyang@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          I’ve been using OnlyOffice, although I bet LibreOffice can open them too. That doesn’t convert files unless I save, but it doesn’t seem to me up the formatting either. I used to have to bulk convert using a Google drive plugin, which could help for bulk conversation but isn’t a FOSS solution.

    • placebo@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      16 days ago

      It’s rather Apple who is incompatible with the rest of the world. Any other bluetooth device can transfer files with other bluetooth devices.

        • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          17 days ago

          What do they run now, is it just non Google android or is it not android at all? First would be based, second then I would be kinda curious what they do

          • Phoenix3875@lemmy.world
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            17 days ago

            It’s complicated.

            Now there’s the “pure” HarmonyOS (previously known as HarmonyOS NEXT) that most recent Huawei phones now have preinstalled (at least as an option for foreign markets). It doesn’t have AOSP or Linux kernel and thus no compatibility. It just runs native apps (HAP).

            Then, historically there’s also a commercial version based on AOSP but removed Google services. You could buy it in a store back then, and it’s compatible with Android apps that doesn’t require Google services (up to a certain version?) Most Chinese apps don’t rely on Google services in the first place.

            There’s also the open source version OpenHarmony. It was never commercially available. It uses the Linux kernel without AOSP. I believe part of it was used for the pure HarmonyOS development. It’s said that the micro-kernel architecture was preserved for the pure HarmonyOS, which is quite interesting.

  • dan69@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    lol what happened to emailing the presentation or sharing it on a cloud drive like Google