[PLUG] Trying to get my Apple Iphone connected to my linux computer

[American Citizen]

To all:

I could not get icloud for linux to work, but the snap installation was 
successful.

KDE Connect never saw anything on the LAN at all.

Finally, from a hint on the Apple Development website I went straight to 
the online

https://www.icloud.com/

logged in with my Apple ID and password, and immediately had access to 
all my photos and videos, and was able to download them to my linux system.

I will use the Icloud this way as the source file, not my Iphone.

Thanks for all the comments, for me this issue is now closed.

Randall

On 2/13/25 06:48, Patrick O'Connor wrote:
> https://libimobiledevice.org/
> I used this when I had an iPhone. It worked a few years ago. I was just moving photos over usb.
>
>
> Do you use kdeconnect on iPhone? It's pretty nice.
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kde-connect/id1580245991
>
>
> If you sync the files to icloud you can download them in the browser. There is this wrapper for icloud.
> https://snapcraft.io/icloud-for-linux
>
>
> I am shifting my photos management to immich on the home server. Have any of you all tried it? It's a contender.
>
> Patrick
>
> ---- On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:18:48 -0800 kingbeowulf at linuxgalaxy.org wrote ----
>
>
>> On 2/12/25 20:55, American Citizen wrote:
>>> I cannot get idevicepair to work, please see
>>>
>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IOS[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IOS]
>>> I cannot get the command  idevicepair to work
>>>
>>>>      cnf idevice
>>>> localhost:/ # idevicepair list
>>>> 2f18f3c102023eac82ed86492318b4a6b941bd17
>>>> localhost:/ # idevicepair -udid
>>>> f18f3c102023eac82ed86492318b4a6b941bd17 pair
>>>> ERROR: Invalid command 'f18f3c102023eac82ed86492318b4a6b941bd17' specified
>>>> Usage: idevicepair [OPTIONS] COMMAND
>>> Surely this should be so hard to do???
>>>
>>> My Apple Iphone 14 ISO 18.3 DOES recognize when the USB cable is plugged
>>> in and asks me to trust or not.
>>>
>>> I hit trust.
>>>
>>> But I cannot get beyond the pairing stage
>> Maybe check the command syntax and read the instructions again?  The
>> error message is clear enough: invalid command.
>>
>> If you only have ONE (1) iOS device attached, you do not have to specify
>> the UDID:
>>
>> $ idevicepair pair
>>
>> but if you want or need to specify UDID, then make sure you do it correctly:
>>
>> $ idevicepair --help
>> Usage: idevicepair [OPTIONS] COMMAND
>>
>> Manage host pairings with devices and usbmuxd.
>>
>> Where COMMAND is one of:
>>    systembuid   print the system buid of the usbmuxd host
>>    hostid       print the host id for target device
>>    pair         pair device with this host
>>    validate     validate if device is paired with this host
>>    unpair       unpair device with this host
>>    list         list devices paired with this host
>>
>> The following OPTIONS are accepted:
>>    -u, --udid UDID  target specific device by UDID  <--- *** this one ***
>>    -d, --debug      enable communication debugging
>>    -h, --help       prints usage information
>>    -v, --version    prints version information
>>
>> and thus
>>
>> $ idevicepair --udid pair
>>
>> OR
>>
>> $ idevicepair -u pair
>>
>> -ed