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Strategies and advice for transitioning out of Apple's ecosystem of devices? (piefed.social)
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I transitioned to Linux a few years ago, which has piqued my partner’s curiosity. She's been genuinely interested and asks questions about it, but she is so deeply integrated I don't know where to start. She uses iCloud, an Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, a Mac desktop, plus whatever default proprietary software. She has a semi-technical background.

I want to help and be encouraging without overselling the ease of transition. There's always some friction with transitioning technology, and of course Apple makes that intentionally difficult. I came from a Windows ecosystem, so I'm lacking any direct insight for potential challenges.

Any advice or personal experiences on moving from the Apple ecosystem to Linux would be hugely appreciated!

(I can host services on my local server, so transitioning to something like Immich vs iCloud for photos is one option we've discussed).

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[–] 1 point 12 hours ago

Tether is a useful tool for keeping an iPhone, but switching off MacOS. The main features I use it for are:

  • Clipboard access between devices
  • Notifications/replies to Messages
    -General notifications

Works over a combo of bluetooth and wifi. It's not as neat as the MacOS / iOS version, obviously, I was a heavy user of the clipboard sync between phone and laptop and this works well enough to replace it. localsend can do some of the same, but I haven't found it all that reliable.

https://github.com/zackb/tether

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