[ExI] iphone help

[Adrian Tymes]

Right.  I'm saying that, when applied to computers and electronic data,
"transfer" usually means "non-destructively copy".  This is different from
its default meaning when applied to physical goods.

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 3:32 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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