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 beaugunderson on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @01:01PM (#37498934)

Every so often I transfer all of Wikipedia to my phone (using one of the Kiwix extracts, which are ~100gb). It takes forever (~1 hour). Until VERY recently (last few months) the Finder did not even have a progress bar for iPhone file transfers.

Personally I am very excited for this transfer to happen over USB3 in the future.

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by quenix on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @01:05PM (#37498976)

Wow, that’s an interesting (and unique) use case.

Out of curiosity, what client app do you use to actually view the snapshot on the iPhone?

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Re:Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-... by beaugunderson on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:59PM (#37500308)

The app itself is also called Kiwix: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kiwix/id997079563

The latest full snapshot (including low res images) is here and clocks in around 102gb: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/kiwix/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en...

I live on an RV and end up working off of solar power far from cell service, so when I run out of power for Starlink there's no internet and Kiwix is super handy for relevant reading material.

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