Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still privacy risks remaining

Re:Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still pr... by Silhouette on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:38PM (#20561955)

What methods would those be, please? I know a lot of people who would be very interested in the specifics of how to import or export things like calendar entries, notes, contacts and the like.

Apple has only just introduced the ability to transfer everything from one iPhone to another directly. You still infamously can't transfer many common data sets onto or off those phones through standard protocols, and Apple's proprietary software seems to have a poor track record, again pushing users towards iCloud.

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Re:Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still pr... by reaperducer on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @12:24AM (#20562128)

Since local was in your requirements, just plug your phone in to you computer and drag the data files out of the apps with iTunes. There's a whole interface for doing just this.

If the particular app you have in mind doesn't support that feature (most of the ones I use do), that's not Apple's fault.

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Re:Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still pr... by Silhouette on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:43AM (#20562596)

iTunes does not always work reliably, from direct personal experience.

And the fact that Apple's entire system uses a proprietary storage scheme and doesn't support standard protocols other than for a few specific cases like photos clearly is a decision that Apple has deliberately made.

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Re:Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still pr... by reaperducer on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @11:00AM (#20565399)

iTunes does not always work reliably, from direct personal experience.

IME, wirelessly iTunes can be flaky, though better than in the past. My direct personal experience is that if you use a wire, as stated, it's flawless.

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