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I have been having a huge problem getting pics and videos out of my partner's iPhone. We don't have a Mac or Windows to run iTunes. The only way I have found is to upload pics to Google Drive but then I have to keep the app open on iPhone until all pics are uploaded and bringing Google in between doesn't feel well.

Is there a way to transfer pics from iOS to Android wirelessly and locally similar to Xender or Nearby Share on Android.

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Do you have a Linux machine ? If so, use libimobiledevice to connect your phone with a cable. the Arch Wiki walks you through syncing your pictures [0] from an iOS Device to a Linux machine.

For wireless / through LAN:

If you want to transfer pictures/files/practically anything that can be uploaded through a web browser, you may use something like [1] snapdrop, it allows you to transfer files securely on a LAN Network, using WebSockets.

[0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IOS

[1] https://snapdrop.net/

Edit: specified (not)wireless

Another way:

I mount a shared directory (from my NAS) with Files, and save a copy there (connected with Wifi).

The other device can then access it similarly.

You could also connect both apple ids as a family and have iCloud sync them maybe?

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