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Re:Dumb Pipe by Liquix on Sunday July 27, 2025 @05:53PM (#44705067)
I love LocalSend for quick transfers between your own devices, just werks on every OS.

https://github.com/localsend/localsend

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Re:Dumb Pipe by voidmain0001 on Sunday July 27, 2025 @09:13PM (#44706251)
One limitation of iOS is the inability to use Bluetooth to transfer an image/video file to a Bluetooth receiver such as Windows. The Apple documentation requires a wired connection. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/120267

If LocalSend is running on iOS and Windows does LocalSend have the ability to send photos?

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Re:Dumb Pipe by sampullman on Sunday July 27, 2025 @10:06PM (#44706531)
It should work, though I haven't actually tried it. That's not a limitation of iOS, just Apple's own syncing app/protocol. LocalSend is basically an http client/server with network device discovery, as far as I know.
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Re:Dumb Pipe by future10se on Monday July 28, 2025 @09:53AM (#44710895)
> If LocalSend is running on iOS and Windows does LocalSend have the ability to send photos?

Yes, I use it all the time.

Both devices need to be on the same network (LAN / WiFi), however. LocalSend does not use Bluetooth.

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