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submitted 3 days ago by Osm@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hi everyone,

I currently use Telegram to send photos, PDFs and text messages between my Android phone and my Debian laptop. It works, but everything goes through a third-party server, and I would like a fully local, privacy-friendly alternative.

What I need: Send photos, PDFs and other files in both directions (phone ↔ laptop) Send short text messages or clipboard content Works locally

Thanks for any advice and experience!

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[-] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Wow, thanks, I first thought that’s some trolling (from you), but then I thought that’s some trolling (from Apple). Apparently that’s better than just give us the clear cache option.

[-] morriscox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You're welcome. About how much space was cleared up for you?

[-] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I ended up with having two problems:

  • my iPhone has too much of empty space (over 70 GB right now)
  • I didn’t find the war and peace you meant (I assume that should be free and huge), only some songs for money

So I gave up on the task. All I need is to clear cache from built-in apps, like voice memos, as deleting them does not help. Deleting the AppStore app helps, it cleans the cache.

[-] morriscox@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago* (last edited 33 minutes ago)

It's the War & Peace movie. I don't have an iPhone anymore but I think that it is https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/war-and-peace/umc.cmc.184ycmkd2wegkyyvsypwb7m2b It doesn't show a file size for me, though.

this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2026
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