What is up with Apple and their non-standard ways?
I went to try and copy a few pictures and videos off an iphone via its USB charge/link cord plugged into a computer. The computer sees it but Apple has made its file system only accessible via some stinking iApp CRAP.
Any normal Samsung and other phones, tablets etc offer their file system up for the taking or adding. Both phone and card memory.
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It's called security. If people had free reign to access the files on these devices they would NOT BE SECURE. The files on iOS devices are automatically hardware encrypted to a 256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Financial institutions and the US Government normally use 128 bit AES encryption as good enough for security.
Samsung, except for their high-end special Knox security, and all other Android devices rely on third-party apps for software encryption, not hardware, and add it as an optional add-on. It's why there are millions of malware available for Samsung and all the other Android phones, tablets, etc., and you can count the malware for iOS devices that has come out in the last ten years on the fingers of one hand and they have all been blocked. . . and why it took months for the FBI to get into a three year old iPhone using an old OS used by the San Bernardino Terrorists. It's also why the CIA exploits to break into iOS devices released by Wikileaks are all for devices that are at least five years old and older, not modern up-to-date Apple devices. Security and privacy.
I have no problem with videos and photos and getting them off my iPhone. In fact, after I take them, they are already on my computer when I open my computer. It's done as soon as my iPhone and computer are on the same WIFI network automatically. . . and the same photos and videos are also available on my iPad. I don't even have to think about it. If I want to transfer a photo that was not currently taken, I use airdrop. instant transfer. Done. No need for fiddling with cables. The iApp software that does it is certainly not "CRAP" as it does it with ease and intuitively.
Must be a SUE. Stupid User Error. Mac’s just work don’t you know. /s/
The pictures folder is the one thing it does allow you to access the normal way.
You have to unlock the phone and press “trust this computer”. Maybe try ejecting it from itunes as well, and check that Windows isn’t still trying to install some sort of driver for it.