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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The files app isn't a file explorer. It's another app with the same restrictions as any other.

[–] shinratdr 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is not true. It’s not a full file explorer as it doesn’t give you total access to the system but it can access the shared storage of any app, interface with external drives, and access files downloaded in Safari directly. Which other apps cannot do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] shinratdr 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Other apps would download files to their own shared storage location, so they’re accessible too. Chrome asks you if you want to save to Files when you download, just tested.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Apple is such a crock of shit lol