Moral of the story: get a USB adapter
This is why you get a adapter stick that has C to micro, C to A, C to Thunder, and a card reader.
I do have a 2-ended USB drive with A and C and it’s glorious.
C to Thunder? aren’t they the same connector? unless you’re talking about lightning
kachow
Imagine being so insecure
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Man, you are the superior one, because you are still using a real Computer
I just have USB-C to USB-A adapter, for this kind of problems, and the reverse adapter as well.
I have an email account for this kind of problems
This is how an entire generation escaped having to carry floppy disks to school
You can also just get flash drives that are usb c. Even though I’m not a Mac guy, I thinks it’s been over 10 years since I’ve owned a computer (Inc phone) that doesn’t have usb c
Look at Mr. Two Dongles over here.
It’s good for phones as well
Just get a usbC flash drive. USB C is actually pretty good and you can easily get one that has both a and c.
I just dislike how easy to bend and break it looks.
Don’t buy cheap USB-C stuff?
Its studier then a I find weirdly enough.
lol what happened to emailing the presentation or sharing it on a cloud drive like Google
Americucks and their Apple.
Tell me about it, I worked there once. What a cult! They are essentially the Nike of computers.
Android and Microsoft are in majority use globally, but truth be told they’re all faceless tech companies run by billionaires who want to feed their never ending greed.
Can’t be an American story because Huawei is banned in the USA 🥹
Could you be more of a racist cuck shit stain. Go fuck off with that attitude.
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Damn look at you being every bit as ignorant and arrogant as the American average. I’m impressed.
Share using a webrtc website
go2rtc ftw
This guy techs
If I’m in a situation where it’s Apple or failure, I will gladly fail.
They have a lot of nerve using a USB standard that’s only 12 years old
USB-A is the common standard. Most devices are made with USB-A compatibility. Most portable media are USB-A.
I’m not even going after the vast majority of my hard stops when I pick technology, like the fact that there’s no proper (S)VGA and no full-size DisplayPort (and I mean proper DisplayPort, not an “HDMI” plug into a DisplayPort interface), or the lack of a hardware switch to fully disable power to all onboard radio and modem devices.
USB-A is the common standard. Most devices are made with USB-A compatibility. Most portable media are USB-A.
Well, per spec the client devices are supposed to have B ports (e.g. printers, scanners, external hard drives, etc. are all B), thumb stick are outliers in that they use A.
Well they used to at least, all the ones I’ve seen recently are A/C. A is legacy at this point.
So mad that my modern laptop doesn’t have a DIMM port, how am I supposed to use my 1992 era keyboard?
You mean DIN, not DIMM. DIMM is RAM. DIN is PS/2 and others. As far as how I use my old boards and trackballs, PS/2 to USB-A 1.0.
I’m proud to be incompatible with Apple
It’s rather Apple who is incompatible with the rest of the world. Any other bluetooth device can transfer files with other bluetooth devices.
My Mac studio m2 was the only computer I ever had that had compatibility issues with some USB cables
People talk about Apple hardware like it’s incredible, but honestly, no pc manufacturer would make that mistake
Butterfly keyboards. so saying apple is the pinnacle of hardware is stupid. They make dumb decisions just like everyone else.
Apple does honestly make good hardware. Their transition to ARM had a near zero chance of being successful but Apple managed to pull it off anyway. It’s truly impressive.
But when they fuck up, boy do they go big. The butterfly keyboards were absolutely insane. And don’t get me started on the last years software releases. I can’t practically multitask on my iPad anymore, screen space is wasted on the MacBook in Tahoe and the finder is worse than it’s ever been. Competition is supposed to save us but Microsoft is so smitten with AI they still can’t even get their start menu to work reliably. Meanwhile linux is gaining faster than anyone thought possible. Valve is doing to gaming on Linux what Ubuntu did to teaching neurotypicals how to use Linux.
Western tech gave up.
compatibility issues with some USB cables
I’d like to hear more about this. I have a theory that as great as USB-C is for consistency, the fact that it shares a connector with Thunderbolt (to say nothing about the different versions of Thunderbolt) introduces a level of uncertainly when looking at a USB-C connector.
- it can be a “charge-only” cable (USB 2.0)
- it can charge slowly, or quickly
- it can be a USB-C cable
- it can be Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4.0
- it can be active, or passive
- it can be Thunderbolt 4
- it can be Thunderbolt 5
I’m certainly not trying to discount your experience. I’m sure you ran into significant problems. But in general I continue to believe that the general public may not have the right “flavor” of USB-C cable to do what they are trying to do in a given situation.
It’s nothing to do with the standard I believe
The same cables and adapters all worked when I used them on my nuc for the same devices, and they wouldn’t even work with my mouse on the Mac studio.
My suspicion is that the shell of the case is a bit thick (as the port is recessed behind it), so some cables just failed to touch fully. As, some cables felt more snug and clicked into the port better
For the cost of the computer, it damned sure shouldn’t have that issue
Even worse, for the price of the computer, the power button should be on front, not buried on the back. That’s overcomplicating things for the sake of doing so
Reminds me of the original iPhone and the 3.5mm audio jack that was too “deep” for normal headphones.
What’s rather ironic is my Linux FOSS setup is more compatible than ever because it can open my students .notes and .pages files, while MS Word couldn’t.
And naturally, I’m proud of using FOSS so I guess I’m proud to be compatible with everything.
What are you using for .pages? I have .docx covered but have a backlog I planned to convert someday.
I’ve been using OnlyOffice, although I bet LibreOffice can open them too. That doesn’t convert files unless I save, but it doesn’t seem to me up the formatting either. I used to have to bulk convert using a Google drive plugin, which could help for bulk conversation but isn’t a FOSS solution.
Skill issue. I have LocalSend on all my devices.
Reportedly Quickshare is now compatible with airdrop. I’m 0 for 1 right now. Could have been a skill issue. I was using hotspot at the time, which apparently interferes.
I believe it only works for a small subset of Pixel devices. At least for now.
works for Samsung Galaxy devices too
Skill my foot. If any of my technology is compatible with Apple tech, I’ll intentionally break it until it isn’t.
So you complain about the walled garden but the wall is actually a moat you dug yourself?
At this point I’m just amazed.
I’m with you. People like this are why nobody likes Linux users.
Read the original post again
TBH, IDK what you mean.
Why?
apple is still better than google tbh
i use grapheneOS but its just the truth
I dunno, isn’t it kinda pointless to compare a stroke with brain cancer? Sure, you can have preferences, but they’re both horrible.
yes, very true, and well put
Nah. Ad blocking is shit. There’s no revanced or morphe or whatnot. Many things are better, but too many things are worse.
that isn’t true, i used to use iphone and it had uYou+extras which is basically a modified youtube app with sponsorblock and adblock, and there are other things which are similar, and adguard is also pretty solid
wHaTaBoUt
what kind of phone do you have
Xiaomi 😎
how do you like it?
Has more bloatware than samsung and more spyware than facebook. Not the person you talked with first, but I also have a xiaomi and it’s borderline unusable if you don’t use adb to uninstall some of the ad shit. They throw ads on gallery, video player, music player, wallpaper, calculator, file browse.
sounds pretty bad, is it compatible with android apps?
Did you get one of the really cheap ones? I have heard they are cheap for a reason (e.g. they get the money from elsewhere, AKA selling you).
Octo core, 8GB ram (+8GB “virtual” whatever that means), 1TB storage, Leica optics and a mind blowing 120watt charger (that I rarely use, but when I do… Hold your hat!).
It’s just a very good phone IMO, no bling, but also no specific downside. Maybe the one thing is a not vert good file manager, but I use FX so I don’t really relate.
the other xiaomi user pointed out that its basically just android, with google play services and all, so you’re just any other android user pretty much, right?
Google automatically screens and blocks spam calls. That alone is enough for me to put it above Apple.
iOS does this too
“yes all of my personal data is being used by an evil wizard plotting world domination but he has some convenient spells that the bog witch simply does not offer”
pure copium
why would it be copium when i dont even use apple bruh
I’m honestly kinda shocked we’ve not managed to bridge the airdrop gap.
Quickshare is hit or miss
Wetransfer wasn’t bad but didn’t like corporate networks.
Dropbox and Bitwarden send are OK, but you have to email/sms links.
We should have blue tooth beacons and 900mhz Halow by now.
I use LocalSend. It apparently works on Macs too but I’ve never tried that. Windows/Linux seems to work fine though!
I use LocalSend ALL THE TIME between my Linux machines and my iOS devices. It’s faster than AirDrop.
That makes sense. AirDrop rapidly switches the wifi radio between the network the device is connected to and the adhoc network of the sending device. It’s effectively running at half speed with a clever trick.
Airdrops only problem is the proprietary nature of it but it’s a good solution that works very well. In the PC market, they still can’t get Bluetooth right. They never got Miracast right either. Microsoft half-asses everything they try which turns apples cool idea into the only way to do something.
I can say LocalSend from iOS to Fedora works flawlessly.
There is a way to share files across and between all platforms (Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux):
As long as you are in the same network as the recipient you can share everything across this app. There are no limitations in file type or size. I use this app constantly to send files from phone to laptop or PC, and I can highly recommend it. It’s free.
The recipient doesn’t even need the app, as you can provide a qr code that can be scanned by the recipient from your phone to start the download of the shared file(s).
That does look really promising. I was trying other sites like that before, but every time i hit a corporate network, they failed to connect. this one looks more robust
I just send a link to a public folder in my Nextcloud. You can also add huge files to your email with the Nextcloud plugin in Thunderbird. Still have to send a link but best option for me so far.
Not a bad idea. Nextcloud interface was just so damn slow last time I tried it. 7th gen intel running containers, everything else is fine, nextcound was taking 10 seconds to finish loading a page :(
IDK I just rent server space for 5$/m for 1tb and it’s super fast.
Wow, where are you getting $5/m with 1TB that’s fast?
Hetzner storage share. Librecloud is also good.
outstanding price, thank you!
I’m not sure what I would send to an apple user that couldn’t be done over text, they don’t exactly tend to be tech literate.
Developers, photographers, project managers, they have their niches.
Getting a flash drive with both a and c on it was a great investment
