This is great advice. Can I ask if this direct install link looks like the right way to install Telegram, If I decided to go that route? https://software.opensuse.org/package/telegram-desktop It looks like it's a sort of SMS app that one can attach files to. I guess also one of the BIG reasons I asked this question in the first place is that there was extremely limited bandwidth 10 kilobits per second (during the time I was trying to help create adds with the iPhone) I wanted to be able to mount the phone and be able to sift through the media/pictures. I do not think their data plan is very good, they were over the monthly usage and throttled down. Now come to think of it they maybe could even upload the photos to my email inbox. Then would most likely the HEIC file be able to be opened by Okular or Gwenview etc? I may be mistaken but I read before that one-click installation of software on openSUSE is not the best route. I see Telegram on the link above has 2 options "Direct Install or Expert Download". Maybe it's in a repository. I see the Games repository is enormous😁. Great advice and thanks alot for any more thoughts. -pj On 5/1/21 2:36 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 01/05/2021 21.12, pj.world@gmx.com wrote:
Hello, I am trying to open Apple iPhone 'File.HEIC' types. I discovered
by installing GIMP 2.10.24 on my openSUSE TW computer (all updated-to current), that I can now open and then export an HEIC image-file into a
format now readable (by Okular and Gwenview) through Dolphin. I saved this particular testing file to the pc previously.
I didn't know before that by installing and using Gimp that I could then export the "HEIC" file types. I don't own an iPhone it's actually a aquaintance's. (So it's not super easy to do the mounting of the device
for testing). I followed an article here a bit and did have success in mounting the phone previously (Per login Instance basis, not permanent across powercycle). https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-iphone-6s-ios-11.html
Do some users have opinions on how to go about mounting an iPhone more easily? How far off or difficult is it to make openSUSE able to mount iPhones more easily or what is the preferred method now?
What is the preferred app for viewing these "HEIC" file types? For instance taking photos with iPhone then using the pc to more easily create adds for selling items online.
I don't have any Apple hardware to try with, but I would check with Linux tools that connect to cameras for downloading photos.
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