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Transfer items to your Mac, or they will be removed from your phone - Why do Apple make an issue out of this? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I get this prompt sometimes when I connect my phone to my computer. It doesn't tell me what items it's referring to, but I know I don't want anything on my computer that isn't there already. But it looks like if I don't go ahead with it, the mystery items will be removed from my phone.

Anybody know what the thinking is behind this? Maybe it's just a sync setting I've set myself, but it reads like some kind of crazy ransom note :)

I chose 'Don't Transfer' in the end. I have no idea what the consequences are. I don't notice any differences on my phone.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I get that message when I'm turning off iCloud stuff. It's basically making sure I know I'm deleting whatever was being shared in iCloud off my phone. Since that's what I do want, I say yes and it goes about its business.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I’m familiar with that one too, yes.