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# iPhone Synchronization under Arch Linux
## Wired synchronization with libimobiledevice and ifuse
### Installation
```
sudo pacman -S libimobiledevice ifuse
```
**Install the necessary tools:** On your Linux system, install libimobiledevice and ifuse. The installation command depends on your distribution (e.g., sudo apt-get install libimobiledevice-utils on Debian/Ubuntu or use the AUR for Arch-based systems).
**Connect your iPhone:** Plug your iPhone into your computer with a USB cable.
**Trust the computer:** On your iPhone, tap "Trust" when the prompt appears and enter your passcode.
Mount the device: Open a terminal and create a mount point, for example, mkdir ~/iPhone. Then, mount the device with the command ifuse ~/iPhone.
**Access files:** Your iPhone should now appear as a mounted device, typically with a DCIM folder containing your photos and videos. You can browse and copy files from this folder to your computer.
### Script to synchronize the iPhone data to the Linux PC
Create a new file, e.g. `sync-iPhone.sh` with the content:
```
#!/bin/sh
program_list=("ifuse" "ldconfig" "rsync")
library_list=("libimobiledevice")
sync_folder="$HOME/iPhone"
sync_mount="${sync_folder}/.mnt"
sync_data="${sync_folder}/data"
# iteration thru list of programs
for program in "${program_list[@]}"
do
if command -v "${program}" >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "OK, ${program} exists."
else
echo "Sorry, ${program} does not exists,"
echo "you have to install all of these programs first: ${program_list[@]}"
exit 1
fi
done
# iteration thru list of libraries
for library in "${library_list[@]}"
do
if ldconfig -p | grep ${library} >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "OK, ${library} exists."
else
echo "Sorry, the library ${library} is not installed."
echo "You have to install the libraries first: ${library_list[@]}"
exit 2
fi
done
echo "Create the folder ${sync_mount} ..."
if mkdir -p ${sync_mount} >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "done."
else
echo "Folder ${sync_mount} already exists."
fi
echo "Mount the iPhone into that folder using ifuse ..."
if ifuse ${sync_mount}
then
echo "ok."
else
echo "did not work. Check your connection to the iPhone."
exit 3
fi
echo "RSYNC the iPhone ..."
FROM="$sync_mount"/
TO="$sync_data"/
while true
do
echo "** Synchronization from ${FROM} to ${TO} **"
read -n 1 -p"Sync iPhone and delete old files (y)es/(n)o/(c)ancel? " response
echo
case ${response} in
[Nn]* ) rsync -avP "${FROM}" "${TO}"; break;;
[YyJj]* ) rsync -avP --delete "${FROM}" "${TO}"; break;;
[Cc]* ) break;;
* ) echo "Please answer yes, no or cancel.";;
esac
done
echo "Memory usage on the iPhone:" && du -hs ${sync_mount}
echo "Unmount the iPhone ..."
if umount ${sync_mount}
then
echo "done."
else
echo "The umounting procedure did not work."
fi
echo "Remove temporary mount point ..."
rmdir ${sync_mount}
echo "done."
echo "Disk usage:" && du -hs ${sync_folder}
```
You have to set the executable flag to this file `sync-iPhone.sh` with
```
chmod +x sync-iPhone.sh
```
Now you can execute that script using
```
./sync-iPhone.sh
```

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#!/bin/sh
program_list=("ifuse" "ldconfig" "rsync")
library_list=("libimobiledevice")
sync_folder="$HOME/iPhone"
sync_mount="${sync_folder}/.mnt"
sync_data="${sync_folder}/data"
# iteration thru list of programs
for program in "${program_list[@]}"
do
if command -v "${program}" >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "OK, ${program} exists."
else
echo "Sorry, ${program} does not exists,"
echo "you have to install all of these programs first: ${program_list[@]}"
exit 1
fi
done
# iteration thru list of libraries
for library in "${library_list[@]}"
do
if ldconfig -p | grep ${library} >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "OK, ${library} exists."
else
echo "Sorry, the library ${library} is not installed."
echo "You have to install the libraries first: ${library_list[@]}"
exit 2
fi
done
echo "Create the folder ${sync_mount} ..."
if mkdir -p ${sync_mount} >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "done."
else
echo "Folder ${sync_mount} already exists."
fi
echo "Mount the iPhone into that folder using ifuse ..."
if ifuse ${sync_mount}
then
echo "ok."
else
echo "did not work. Check your connection to the iPhone."
exit 3
fi
echo "RSYNC the iPhone ..."
FROM="$sync_mount"/
TO="$sync_data"/
while true
do
echo "** Synchronization from ${FROM} to ${TO} **"
read -n 1 -p"Sync iPhone and delete old files (y)es/(n)o/(c)ancel? " response
echo
case ${response} in
[Nn]* ) rsync -avP "${FROM}" "${TO}"; break;;
[YyJj]* ) rsync -avP --delete "${FROM}" "${TO}"; break;;
[Cc]* ) break;;
* ) echo "Please answer yes, no or cancel.";;
esac
done
echo "Memory usage on the iPhone:" && du -hs ${sync_mount}
echo "Unmount the iPhone ..."
if umount ${sync_mount}
then
echo "done."
else
echo "The umounting procedure did not work."
fi
echo "Remove temporary mount point ..."
rmdir ${sync_mount}
echo "done."
echo "Disk usage:" && du -hs ${sync_folder}