Hi,

is there a way to get access to the DCIM/APPLE* folders on an iOS device, without the need to install GVFS? Would it be possible with an app that depends on GVFS?

If I follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IOS#Manual_mounting it works for user apps [1], but it fails for system apps [2]. Without rebooting the device, it still works for user apps, after it failed for system apps [3]. I'm even not sure if any listed system app has got anything to do with the DCIM/APPLE* folders.

Until today I used Windows 7 running as a VirtualBox guest, to get access to those folders. iTunes file sharing still works, but access to DCIM/APPLE* folders doesn't allow to copy all items anymore. I likely could workaround this issue by moving photos and videos to another user app, such as Audio Share and then use iTunes file sharing, but doing so would be a PITA.

Fortunately there's something good with running into this issue. Until now I launched Virtualbox to share files between my Linux DAW and iOS DAWs, but seemingly I can access the iOS DAWs by command line, no need to run Windows in a VM. I wasn't aware of this before.

Regards, Ralf

[1] [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.steinberg.cubasis /mnt/ipro_cubasis/ [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.wavemachinelabs.auriapro /mnt/ipro_auriapro/ [root@archlinux mnt]# ls -hAl /mnt/ipro_* /mnt/ipro_auriapro: total 18M drwxr-xr-x 51 root root 1.6K May 22 19:57 Cubasis drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 704 Mar 30 16:49 'Groove Templates' drwxr-xr-x 40 root root 1.3K Mar 30 22:16 Heartbeats.Project drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 1.1K Apr 13 11:25 'IR Files' -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17M May 11 13:26 licht_raw_1.wav drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Mar 31 09:55 Loops drwxr-xr-x 60 root root 1.9K May 24 23:43 monoceros.Project drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 416 May 23 21:39 monoceros_ragrug_TMP_BACKUP_1.Project drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 416 May 24 23:10 Presets drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Mar 30 16:49 'Project Templates' drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 896 May 18 21:02 'Sampler Instruments' drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 May 22 19:57 .Trash

/mnt/ipro_cubasis: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 160 May 22 08:59 Audio drwxr-xr-x 32 root root 1.0K Jan 6 22:57 Effects drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Aug 24 2018 Inbox drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 128 Nov 28 2016 Instruments drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 Jun 3 2018 Midi drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 May 22 19:43 Mixdown drwxr-xr-x 41 root root 1.3K May 22 03:41 Projects drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Apr 28 19:57 .Trash drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 May 22 19:37 Trash

[2] [root@archlinux mnt]# ideviceinstaller -l -o list_system [snip] [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.apple.PhotosViewService /mnt/ipro_photo_and_video/ ERROR: InstallationLookupFailed

[3] [root@archlinux mnt]# ifuse --documents com.kymatica.AudioShare /mnt/ipro_photo_and_video/ [root@archlinux mnt]# ls -hAl /mnt/ipro_photo_and_video/ total 740K drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 256 Mar 22 20:07 AudioLayer_since_2019-03 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 737K Mar 22 12:25 'AUM Recordings.zip' drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 64 Mar 22 20:06 Inbox drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 224 Apr 22 19:20 Lichtecho drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 96 Mar 18 20:17 sample_archive_download_2019-03-18 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 192 Mar 17 22:18 sample_archive_downloads_2019-03-17 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 256 Mar 22 11:51 samples_freesound_2019-03-20