Sadly you are right. However some of us are Apple haters for various reasons…mine developed years ago when I had to give up my work blackberry (remember them) for an Apple phone for an overseas posting. Reason being the security service in said country was able to get at the Apple data but not Blackberry at the time. Did not inspire confidence.
Back more on topic hopefully the software glitch fixed…occasionally I have same issue with my samsung and the solution is reboot of both pc and phone and then the usb link works fine…
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I loved my Blackberry The Company’s demise is an interesting case study.
All MNCs morph and Apple too. The leading principles that Jobs had no longer seem toprevail in the organisation. But nevertheless the products, for a dyed in the wool old techie like me with not much else to think about , are far superior to the competition. Jobs vision was simplicity the Apple ethos (I don’t know if that was Jobs driven) was interoperability.
First of all a VERY big “thank you” to @Panache for the detailed post in answer to my question. I had seen something like that online when searching for solutions but nothing like as detailed. Also, they all talked about altering USB preferences but didn’t go on to say that this is only enabled in Developer options. I followed the steps ( 7 slow taps? Unbelievable!) It now works perfectly and as soon as I connected my phone to the laptop the internal storage and SD card appeared in my file manager. I shall post the particular scruffy picture I wanted in a minute.
The second thing I want to say is less important but I think I should explain. Like @SuePJ I am not paranoid, nor am I particularly stupid, or resistant to modern developments. I have made the choices I have about where and how to store and handle my data based on a lifetime as a systems developer and troubleshooter. My desire to have things as much under my control as possible and not too reliant on IT “giants” is a personal one around reliability. Other people evaluate the current unstable world situation differently from me and that is fine!
Additional note for @panache - given the timing of the particular problem I am sure you are right about it having arrived with the last update. It’s a while since I tried to transfer files but it had worked before.
This is the picture I wanted to share with my mates on here. In the midst of the wet (very wet and grey) Normandy countryside there is a patch of something cheerful!
A propos of not very much, the UK’s system to detect radioactive materials at ports and airports is called Cyclamen and I always wondered where it came from. Now I know, but now I wonder why that was chosen.
Also ex-smokers, who are generally the most anti-smoking and/or the most snobbish about what is being smoked nowadays - I do admit to being in both these camps.
While open APIs are all very well, IMO robust interoperability requires end to end control. And I like my interoperability robust Glitch after glitch or workarounds or things “sort of” working together does my head in. I’m up for a challenge, but not if it keeps breaking again and again.
Unfortunately that does facilitate monopolistic opportunities and potential exploitation. Maybe Apple is twiddling around on the edge of that, their premium pricing or Appstore control for example. I don’t know, but I’d hope the threat of (and in some cases actual) legal action by regulators would keep them by and large on the straight and narrow.
The Company’s demise is an interesting case study.
, are far superior to the competition. Jobs vision was simplicity the Apple ethos (I don’t know if that was Jobs driven) was interoperability.
I’m up for a challenge, but not if it keeps breaking again and again.