Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-year-old USB 2.0 speeds

Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by josefresco on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @11:49AM (#37498316)

Up until a few years ago I still manually backed up my iPhone (x4) photos to my PC. The process was terrible, would fail frequently and was slow but I took my lumps because I wanted full control over my photos and wasn't ready to pay the Apple tax.

I pay the Apple tax now, and curse Apple each time they tell me my iCloud storage is almost full. I have TERABYTES of available local storage but Apple keeps my photos hostage in their shitty iCloud world.

I would gleefully go back to managing my own photos if Apple wasn't actively trying to prevent it. /rant

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by taylodl on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @12:07PM (#37498574)

You don't have to sync your photos to iCloud. No one is forcing you to. Just go to your Photos setting and disable iCloud Photos. Use your terabytes of local storage to your heart's content!

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by brundolf on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @12:09PM (#37498605)

Dropbox and other cloud storage apps can do photo backups on iOS. I use dropbox

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by buildbot on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @11:57AM (#37498431)

…just turn off optimized storage? …

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