Since, with freeware, you can instantly turn any iOS mobile phone or iPad into a read/write USB stick ... suitable for copying photos taken on that iOS device (or for copying feature-length movies over USB to that iOS device, for example), please see JF Mezei thread posted today for details.
Um, isn't that always in effect whatever any digital camera does anyway ? Or did the Lightning connect thing somehow cripple IOS wrt read/writability of pix from external devices ?
The Linux ifuse (fuse = Filesystem in USErspace) utility mounts an apple Iphone FS running IOS 9 perfectly well. IOS 13 not needed.
ifuse --help
Usage: ifuse MOUNTPOINT [OPTIONS] Mount directories of an iOS device locally using fuse.
-o opt,[opt...] mount options -u, --udid UDID mount specific device by its 40-digit device UDID -h, --help print usage information -V, --version print version -d, --debug enable libimobiledevice communication debugging --documents APPID mount 'Documents' folder of app identified by APPID --container APPID mount sandbox root of an app identified by APPID --root mount root file system (jailbroken device required)
Example:
$ ifuse /media/iPhone --root
This mounts the root filesystem of the first attached device on this computer in the directory /media/iPhone.
Exactly. I've been writing tutorials on how to do this, for free, for years.
o Simultaneously slide Windows Linux iOS Android files back and forth over USB at 7GB per minute speeds using 100% native devices (no proprietary software needed)
o How to read/write access iOS file systems on Ubuntu/Windows over USB cable
o How to easily archive your iOS device and/or how to use your iOS device as a free USB stick (read & write)?
o What's a good way to offload storage on an iPad directly to a 64GB USB flash drive?
o Easily turn an iOS device into a read/write USB stick - for free - in a few minutes
o Why doesn't Apple just let you manage your iOS file system natively on Windows?
o How to read/write access iOS file systems on Ubuntu/Windows over USB cable
o How to transfer iPad photos/videos to/from Linux/Windows over Wi-Fi LAN?
o Easiest way to move saved data from iPad mini to the Costco $300 128GB iPad 9.7" device?
o How to work around the new Apple iOS7 infinite loop of mistrust bug on Linux? etc.
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