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Asked: 2026-05-18T22:11:24+00:00

I want to transfer data from my desktop pc/mac to my iphone app. To

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I want to transfer data from my desktop pc/mac to my iphone app. To do so I think, that email is a good way. Workflow:
MAC sends email with data, iphone received email, application read the email (and the attached data) and works with it.

So now I search for a way to access (read only) the email inbox of the iphone via cocoa. Is there any framework to to so?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Nope, in general it’s not possible for one application to access the data of another in iOS.

    A few options:

    • Put a web server on either the desktop or iPhone and download/upload the data
    • Use a public web-service to (temporarily) host the data
    • Encode the data as a URL and send that by email. Then the user would press the link which would start your app and import the data
    • Allow the user to copy data over to the Documents directory of your application (iTunes file sharing). This is how Apple does it in Pages, Keynote, etc.
    • DropBox (which has an API available)
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