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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 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I won’t call it a bad advice, because I’ve been struggling without LocalDrop, as there’s no similar thing for Linux world. AirDrop is surely works better, you can send files just being on the street, connected to no WiFi. However, I had a number of issues with it for family usage, while LocalSend just works seamlessly between my Linux computers and iOS devices.

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  • [–] 3 points 14 hours ago* (1 child)

    You misunderstood my point. LocalSend is great. It does exactly what it promises, and works well.

    But you're claiming "AirDrop = LocalSend" and that is not true and causes false expectations. People used to Apple think they can use it in all the same situations and for the same things, which they can't. Just because you mostly used it in the same network doesn't mean most people use AirDrop that way, and I know quite a few that mostly use it while out and about, meeting new people etc.

    The "Good advice" version is too tell them there is LocalSend, which can do quite a few things like AirDrop, but not all. Basically make it clear they need to be on the same network.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    Yeah, I shouldn’t have been lazy, and might write that ‘if you need to and files from one device to another, you may use LocalSend, which is similar to AirDrop, but does work only when you’re on the same network’ or something like that.

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