ifuse VS idevicerestore

I've been using ifuse on Linux for years.

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse

I type "ifuse /mnt/iphone" and there is a DCIM/###APPLE dir with the images and videos where I use "cp -a" to copy the files to my computer

That directory doesn't work with Möbius Sync however, it gives an error when you try to set it as the local path for sync. Also, I can't figure out how to access that from Linux via ifuse: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse/issues/58

> Also can't even copy files off device easily.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33898890.

> Can't put custom apps on devices easily.

You will, from May, thanks to the EU Digital Markets act.

> [...] simple tasks like....copying photos to a usb...browsing files on my phone on a pc.

You can do this with ifuse: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse - used it literally 2 days ago to back up a couple tens of GB of photos and videos. Works great.

ifuse is way betteer

Linux I use https://github.com/libimobiledevice/ifuse

Install idevicerestore Manually https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore [Remove the (libimobiledevice-glue-dev \) line from the first command for it to work]

Open Source Implementation: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore

Get ahold of another pc(it doesn't have to be a mac), run your favourite distro on in, and then follow this instructions: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore .

If you have a PC that can run Linux, you might be able to use iDeviceRestore as a substitute for the helper Mac: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore

Like the other comment says yes for macOS, imo however in a completely stupid way because if you wipe your internal SSD you need another Mac (or idevicerestore) to restore the firmware, if your internal SSD ever breaks you are completely fcked because you can't replace it (only maybe on the Mac Studio) and apple only allows you to boot from that (and *after that a different drive)

I tried using idevicerestore to restore my iPhone X from the ios 16 beta to ios 15.6 using the ipsw file, the command ran fine with no errors but my phone is now stuck on a black screen with the apple logo(no spinner or progress bar).

Unfortunately the guide is taken down by the developer, so the closest I can find the remains of the guide is from this link: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/idevicerestore/issues/237