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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by scarface74 on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:24AM (#33502321)
> Apple thought too little of their users to allow them to store files on their phone?

So where do you think these files that are used are stored?

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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by awestroke on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:25AM (#33502834)
I was actually wrong on this. iPhone still does not have proper files. I can't add files on my iPhone and have multiple apps read them.
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Re:Apple Execs on iMessage for Android (2013) by scarface74 on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:09AM (#33504360)
You definitely can. You can attach any standard USB drive to an iPhone/iPad and it shows up in the Files app as a storage source along with every other data storage provider you have installed (Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Google drive, iCloud, the local device, etc.)

Every app that reads and writes files shows your standard file picker that lets you load and save files that can then be shared across applications. This has been the case for years.

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