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Related - is there a way I can download pictures from an Iphone to a Linux computer locally? Not interested in using any form of cloud intermediary. Evidently,

Related - is there a way I can download pictures from an Iphone to a Linux computer locally? Not interested in using any form of cloud intermediary. Evidently, if I plug a cable from an Iphone into a computer, enter my password, this still represents a threat if it is not overseen by iTunes. The device is in my hand, connected to the intended destination, and it is non-trivial to retrieve my data. Just absurd behavior from Apple. Edit: I should add -the IPhone does mount. For instance, it lets me view my Firefox Downloads folder or VLC folder to which you could move media in and out of the device. However, access to my personal photos is a step too far.

542458 4y ago
Strange - you can connect an iPhone directly to a windows computer with no iTunes around. I wonder why that doesn’t work on Linux. In any case, I think there are apps around that make the iPhone serve a web interface to your files on your local network. Would that work? No cloud intermediary involved.
- fbdab103 4y ago
  I did see posts that there were applications which might function as the local webserver route. Lacking any alternatives, that is the option I am likely to pursue, but I hate installing additional applications. Especially if the only purpose is to workaround a deliberate Apple-knows-best decision. Which ultimately leaves me less secure than if Apple provided a first-party solution for local file transfer.
kps 4y ago
For photos, don't mount it as mass storage, use PTP.
aendruk 4y ago
Yep it’s absurd. Similar issue with transferring music to the device; I can drop MP3s on it but the music player is oblivious to them. For photos I ended up scheduling a nightly SMB push to my NAS via a third-party app named PhotoSync.
Awmusic12635 4y ago
Checkout https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html . Works great in my experience for this.
jdiez17 4y ago
You can use ifuse: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse
- fbdab103 4y ago
  This worked! Huge boon. For anyone following along, I am on PopOS. Installed the package (apt install ifuse), rebooted, and now it mounts like every other USB storage device on the planet.

542458 4y ago

Strange - you can connect an iPhone directly to a windows computer with no iTunes around. I wonder why that doesn’t work on Linux. In any case, I think there are apps around that make the iPhone serve a web interface to your files on your local network. Would that work? No cloud intermediary involved.

fbdab103 4y ago
I did see posts that there were applications which might function as the local webserver route. Lacking any alternatives, that is the option I am likely to pursue, but I hate installing additional applications. Especially if the only purpose is to workaround a deliberate Apple-knows-best decision. Which ultimately leaves me less secure than if Apple provided a first-party solution for local file transfer.

kps 4y ago

For photos, don't mount it as mass storage, use PTP.

aendruk 4y ago

Yep it’s absurd. Similar issue with transferring music to the device; I can drop MP3s on it but the music player is oblivious to them. For photos I ended up scheduling a nightly SMB push to my NAS via a third-party app named PhotoSync.

Awmusic12635 4y ago

Checkout https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html . Works great in my experience for this.

jdiez17 4y ago

You can use ifuse: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse

fbdab103 4y ago
This worked! Huge boon. For anyone following along, I am on PopOS. Installed the package (apt install ifuse), rebooted, and now it mounts like every other USB storage device on the planet.