[ExI] iphone help

[William Flynn Wallace]

Adrian - the problem was that it did not say 'copy' - it said 'transfer'.
And that, as I said, is ambiguous.  That usually means, to me, take
something and move it to another location.    bill w

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 4:22 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 9:03 AM John Klos via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> > Got my wife an iPhone.  Want to transfer data from mine to hers.  Will
>> that
>> > copy, leaving my iPHone data still there, or will it erase my data?
>>
>> Simple answer: it'll leave your data on your phone. No part of Apple
>> transfers is destructive.
>>
>
> This is the norm for computers.  Copying and erasing are separate atomic
> actions.  Copying is usually sufficient, and in case of error, having a
> copy on both devices is almost always superior to failing to copy then
> proceeding with the delete so you have no copies.  So, erasing is usually
> not done as part of copying.
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