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[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (43 children)

I teach math to undergrads, and damn it's sad. They don't know how to send a PDF file from their phone to laptop, and upload it to Canvas. One guy ended up emailing it to me. They don't even know what a folder/directory is.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well, in his defense, I could save a file from 8 different applications and they end up in 8 different locations on my phone file system. You would think they would all go to Documents or Downloads...nope. apps dont let you pick locations, and if they do, you don't get to pick anywhere you want

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This sounds highly like an Apple FS issue.
Don't experience it nearly as much on my Android (Pixel 7).

Still salty about the google file explorer.

[–] nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Apple has a default share option of “Save to Files” where you can navigate where you want it saved. The default location is definitely application specific though.

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