ifuse(1)

💖 ifuse(1) — General Commands Manual 💖

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because this one is genuinely iconic: ifuse is the lil tool that mounts directories off your iOS device right here on your computer using fuse. yeah. your phone. your files. locally. no cap 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ifuse — mount directories of an iOS device locally using fuse. literally that's the whole job. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ifuse MOUNTPOINT [OPTIONS]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the tea 🍓: ifuse mounts directories of an iOS device locally using fuse. By default it's the media directory that gets mounted — but if you want more, the options are right there, and you can also mount the sandbox container of an app, an app's documents folder, or even the root filesystem on jailbroken devices. main character options only, obviously. 👑

Example, because we love a demo:

$ ifuse /media/iPhone --root

This mounts the root filesystem of the first attached device on this computer in the directory /media/iPhone. (first attached = the one it grabs, not a menu, jsyk ✨)

And here's the part people forget: regular users are able to unmount fuse mounts using "fusermount -u MOUNTPOINT". write that down bestie 📝

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -o opt,[opt...] — mount options. yeah just pass them through, the classic -o situation 🎀
• -u, --udid UDID — mount a specific device, picked by its UDID. no more "which one is it" energy 🙈
• -n, --network — connect to a network device. wifi vibes 🌈
• -h, --help — print usage information. the lil cry-for-help button, love her 💜
• -V, --version — print version.
• -d, --debug — enable libimobiledevice communication debugging. when things are weird, turn this on and let it yap 🗣️
• --documents APPID — mount the 'Documents' folder of the app identified by APPID. just the docs, just for that app 🍓
• --container APPID — mount the sandbox root of an app identified by APPID. the whole lil house, not just one room 🏠
• --list-apps — list installed apps that have file sharing enabled. window shopping, but for apps 🛍️
• --root — mount root file system (jailbroken device required). yeah this one's locked behind a whole jailbreak, don't try it on a stock phone fr fr 🔥

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

• Julien Lavergne (man page)
• Martin Szulecki
• Matt Colyer
• Nikias Bassen

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• fusermount(1)

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🌐 ON THE WEB 🌐

• https://libimobiledevice.org
• https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was ifuse(1) from the General Commands Manual — go mount something, unmount it with fusermount -u MOUNTPOINT, and slay 💖✨🎀