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A cross-platform protocol library to communicate with iOS devices
14 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 3 stories, 11 comments · first 2016-06-22 · latest 2026-08-29
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…connection. it uses apple continuity service, what you put into UC is uploaded into apple cloud,.. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/... That's why I'm a bit confused now. > don't let the "KDE" fool you Being…
comment by kvemkon · 2026-08-29 · in Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux -
Have a look at https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice and iOS backup projects that are based on it.
comment by abcd_f · 2026-08-29 · in Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux -
It seems to be actively maintained, so I would assume it still works: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice
comment by Reason077 · 2024-12-15 · in macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive -
…it’s possible to use a Linux server instead of having to use iTunes on windows or buying a Mac.. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/...
comment by 05 · 2024-03-03 · in Class action lawsuit over Apple's 5GB iCloud limit and iOS backup restrictions -
Maybe something like https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice ? I'm not sure, I haven't tried to do this.
comment by css · 2023-08-01 · in Show HN: imessage-exporter, a CLI app and library -
…backup, which you can request from an iPhone from Linux using the open source libimobiledevice: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice Here's an overview of how to remove the various layers of encryption (starting from the…
comment by jdiez17 · 2022-12-07 · in Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups -
https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/... usbmuxd is responsible for wifi sync. However, it appears there is usbmuxd2 which is compatible with Linux and support wifi sync. I think you may be in luck! If you figure it…
comment by rubatuga · 2021-08-11 · in Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020) -
On Arch Linux, I installed libimobiledevice from source ( https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice ), as the newest version in Pacman didn't connect to my iPhone. I also installed usbmuxd via Pacman.
comment by grav · 2021-08-01 · in Scanning your iPhone for Pegasus -
…to be present, so you will probably want ideviceunback instead, which doesn't have this issue: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/... https://github.com/inflex/ideviceunback
comment by pabs3 · 2021-07-08 · in Libimobiledevice – Open-source library to communicate with iOS devices natively -
The blog post links to this libimobiledevice bug report: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/... (and the debugging has led them to the kernel driver side of things, not the libimobiledevice side of things)
comment by geofft · 2020-10-17 · in iOS 14 USB tethering broken on Linux: looking for docs and contact at Apple -
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Libimobiledevice 1.3.0 Releasedstory by flas9sd · 2020-06-16 · 1 comment
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Ask HN: What is your experience managing Apple devices from Linux?story by 1e-9 · 2020-05-23 · 0 comments
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Could you use a NAS or external drive on laptop for backup? An 8TB external drive costs $200. https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice
comment by walterbell · 2018-11-10 · in Users complain that Apple is 'nickel and diming' them -
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A cross-platform protocol library to communicate with iOS devicesstory by lahdo · 2016-06-22 · 0 comments