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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Which is great, but it doesn't solve the interoperability problem of being able to AirDrop files between someone's iPhone/MacBook and your Linux/Android

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Localsend doesn't support Airdrop.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Okay, but it is a good alternative to it that works cross platform without workarounds.

So yes it doesn't solve that specific problem but it is a good alternative to AirDrop.

Hopefully this workaround is allowed to continue, but we'll see.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, which is what I said. It's great, but an alternative solution is an alternative solution. If someone is sharing a file to a group with Airdrop, you are not receiving it with localsend.