I use Phone Link that's built into Windows 10 to connect my Android phone.
I use this all of the time. I can answer/read texts. Pull pictures on/off the phone with click and drag. Add/remove files from folders. I can run apps in a virtual screen as well, but don't use this much.
I'm not sure you can connect Apple phones though. Too bad. This is VERY handy.
Connect your phone to your PC
Connect your phone to your PC
Apple phones connect via USB and act like a flash drive.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Connect your phone to your PC
I just use messages.google.com for texting from my laptop.
Photos go to Google Cloud, so I can just pull them from there. Same with Google Drive.
Photos go to Google Cloud, so I can just pull them from there. Same with Google Drive.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Connect your phone to your PC
All those different tools. Cables. That all seems very hard. Phone Link is better. 
Connect your phone to your PC
What's a cable?
Phone link is probably fine, but I started using these other things first.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Connect your phone to your PC
That all can be done with Apple too. Just replace Google with Apple.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Connect your phone to your PC
I still use a cable because fuck Apple's online services.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell