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