Ahoy! I want to share files between iphone & pc. I just discovered that W11 home edition doesn't allow remote access. Microsoft wants $99USD to upgrade to pro. Does anyone know of alternative means? Thanks.

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[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS)

Alternatively to upgrading edition check out these apps:

[–] whereBeWaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

KDE Connect is such a great tool, I discovered it with the steam deck and I'm still wondering how I didn't find out about it earlier

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I tried MAS & got this error msg. Maybe I'll go offline, turn off antivirus, & try again. If I understand correctly, no remote-control apps will work unless that's enabled in Windows.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I disabled antivirus, tried again, and was told W11 home was already permanently activated. No upgrade-to-pro option. Oh, well.

[–] vildis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago

It's called change edition and it in the extra menu

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 15 points 10 months ago

Just use KDEConnect or LocalSend, it's not safe to use RDP to share files.

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Localsend ? https://localsend.org/it/download

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I love this app. Occasional bugs, but I can’t complain.

[–] alteredracoon@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

+1 for this. Most stable solution I’ve found for wireless file sharing.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I've just installed it on both devices. Thanks!

[–] SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

LocalSend is the dogs bollocks!

[–] Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Forgive me, but isn’t sharing files between pc and an iPhone and remotely accessing a windows computer, two totally different things?

To share files between iPhone and pc you just plug in a usb cable and or use iTunes.

To remotely access a pc there are web services like gotomypc.com (among others) and software services like vnc (among others).

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I've done the iTunes thing & find it cumbersome. Remote-sharing apps require that the OS permit remote sharing. W11 home version doesn't.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft Remote Desktop requires Winodws * pro, but Windows File Sharing doesn't.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Ooooh, I didn't know about that. Thanks!

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Upgrade to Linux. It's free and not filled with spyware like windows.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

One of these days... I like my apps. I understand there aren't as many available for Linux.

[–] TheCynicalSaint@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

You understand incorrectly.

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious about the apps now lol

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

There are thousands of programs for Linux... but you should be warned that relatively few programs run natively on both Windows and Linux. In some cases there are ways to run "Windows programs" on Linux, but in general such successes are special cases. If you absolutely must have Windows you can run it in a virtual machine... but you will most likely be happiest with Linux if you aren't chasing after such things.

I use Windows for work because our IT department only supports that... but I use cygwin and wsl to get a smidgen of my familiar Linux tools that I use on my personal computers.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

While RDP (exclusive to pro) is useful, why you use that for sharing files? Isn't better to use SMB (available on home)? It should be faster as you wouldn't need to connect to the whole desktop and use the tiny windows UI to choose the files one by one. Also RDP apps on iOS have full phone access? Seems weird that Apple could approve that, even on Android don't have that, only a sandboxed folder

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you want to transfer photos; just plugging the device via usb and enabling USB transfer should let you move them easily.

TeamViewer app should let you transfer files between both. Alternatively you can use Google Drive; or whatever cloud storage solution you have.

There also exists a seperate application from Apple if you want to syncronise music files.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. Done that. Trying to do it without the cable.

[–] Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

If that’s the case you can share a drive or folder on windows using smb. And then on iOS you can connect to that share with the files app. I use this all the time with my nas.

[–] exu@feditown.com 5 points 10 months ago

KDEConnect?

[–] kuroshido@ani.social 4 points 10 months ago

Leaving this here because it’s free and potentially solves your issue.

Snapdrop.net

It works similarly to airdrop and the only requirement is that the site is open on both devices on the same network.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

As the other comments have pointed out, you don't need to do this, but you can download the official iso from the Microsoft website and flash win11 pro to your machine with Rufus.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I just use a cloud service to do that. One drive or Google drive. It's not foss, but it works

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks. That works. Just looking for something a little less cumbersome.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried windows 10? Its largely better.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 10 months ago

Yes. I've used all of them, back to XP, & before that, MS-DOS. I bought a new computer a couple of years ago, & W11 came with it.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Keysfox. Google it. Buy a grey market key for 15 bucks.

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Wow! Thanks!