• MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    They don’t know how to send a PDF file from their phone to laptop

    With USB cable? Because outside of that it gets complicated and/or vendor-specific quickly.

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        5 months ago

        I wish I could downvote you more.

        “Regular people having trouble with file management? Why don’t they just use this obscure, unintuitive program that they clearly won’t know how to use!”

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          5 months ago

          “Share to <name of linked machine>”

          Oh no, so unintuitive!

          There’s a moment at which people have to accept that they just cannot use some things. Either they’re willing to learn how to use them, or they do without. It’s quite simple.

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      With usb cable most of people doesn’t even know where to start. They have no idea of where the document is saved. Plugging the phone to the computer doesn’t show a “recent files” list but the whole directory hierarchy. Maybe they even used some proprietary note taking app that doesn’t create a file and they don’t realize that

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      Sure, but they own their devices. They should know it. It’s a pretty regular thing to do, since most classes in my university use Canvas.

      Also, many of them had both devices from Apple. I may dislike Apple, but Airdrop should work pretty well for this.

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        5 months ago

        You’d be correct on that Airdrop assumption. I get most of Lemmy reflexively hates Apple, but Airdrop between two Apple devices you own is about as braindead simple as it’s possible to be.

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      5 months ago

      Bluetooth file sharing has worked for me on every device I own. Not sure if it works on Apple devices, but it probably does.

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      5 months ago

      If you have the luck that Android prompts you if you want to enable file transfer or just charge your device.

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        5 months ago

        If i remember right, it’s long-press on the notification, no? Currently on toilet, can’t check.

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          5 months ago

          Afaik last time I connected my phone via USB I needed to pull down zhe notifications and there was a silent option offered to switch the type of USB connections.