Has anyone here already run an iFuse (libimobiledevice) port on Windows?

[Andy Burnelli]

This is a question that only an _expert_ can answer.

Has anyone here already run an iFuse (libimobiledevice) port on Windows?
If so, can you help me to get up to speed on running it on my Windows 10?

If this question has _zero_ responses, that's OK.
It just means nobody knows more than I do - and that's fine.

In another thread I made the mistake of including the Apple newsgroup.
*How to copy files both ways anywhere you want to/from iPhone/iPad over USB
between Windows & iOS using Linux*
<https://groups.google.com/g/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/c/qmkDxzo4bN0>

That just invited the three Apple kooks to brazenly fabricate functionality
that simply does not exist - which is what they always do - so they're not
being asked to respond if they see this (because they just make it all up).
a. Lewis
b. nospam
c. Jolly Roger

Here are screenshots showing Android and Linux can do it (just not Windows):
a. Two-way file transfer (aka read _and_ write)
b. Into the entire iOS visible file system
c. (Often of very large files) over USB
<https://i.postimg.cc/NFkXsJ0X/files01.jpg> Windows, 1-way only, DCIM only
<https://i.postimg.cc/L8b18Zmx/files02.jpg> iOS "Files" does nothing useful
<https://i.postimg.cc/d3SGkdgr/files03.jpg> Android is two way, everything
<https://i.postimg.cc/QMk7tvZW/files04.jpg> Ubuntu is two way, everything
<https://i.postimg.cc/qqg61Rh8/files05.jpg> Ubuntu, movies _to_ iOS on USB
<https://i.postimg.cc/Jhmy9KH7/files06.jpg> Ubuntu uses iFuse for its magic
<https://i.postimg.cc/KjK4nHwf/files07.jpg> Ubuntu is two-way, everything

The Apple kooks _hate_ that iTunes can't do even this, one of the simplest
of operations over USB (which is two-way file transfer of large files into
the visible space of the iOS file system). So they fabricate it can do it.

And yet, iTunes can't possibly do it (even those kooks know it to be true).
Now back to Windows _without_ those rather odd Apple kooks on the thread.

The question remains a valid question of the Windows newsgroup.
The question remains a _difficult_ one to answer given it's a tough problem.

The linux people _solved_ the problem (with iFuse, libimobiledevice).
I'm hoping someone on the Windows group has _also_ solved this problem.

Do you have libimobiledevice already working on Windows?
If so, how did you do it (I'd like to try it for myself)?

BTW, if I knew the answer, I wouldn't be asking this difficult question.

Has anyone here already run an iFuse (libimobiledevice) port on Windows?
If so, can you help me to get up to speed on running it on my Windows 10?

My goal is to get on Windows the _same_ functionality I already have with
a. Android
b. Linux

If you have nothing to contribute, please do not respond.
It's ok if I know more than anyone else about this, as it's to be expected.

But I'm hoping _someone_ out there knows more than I do.
Otherwise I wouldn't bother asking the question again of this newsgroup.

[Andy Burnelli]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:46:37 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

> See my response in the other thread where you asked for help. I don't use
> FUSE, or have any iOS devices to get at their files, so my reply may not
> be at the expert level you require. Likely you'll have to delve into
> the Issues pages at the Github sites to get answers.

Thanks. I will respond over there when I have tested what you've suggested.
We've solved _many_ problems together, but this is one of the tougher ones.

The first step, always, is _understanding_ the problem set.
a. Ubuntu long ago beautifully solved the problem set (using iFuse)
b. Android also long ago handily solved the problem set (using MTP)
c. It's only iOS that needs a better 2-way Windows USB file xfer solution

Paul is likely correct that Microsoft doesn't have an interest in supporting
a Windows iFuse port for the reasons Paul already eloquently stated.

So we're on our own with those attempts at an iFuse-like port to Windows.

What I promise is:
a. If the trolls try to derail this thread, I will ignore them.
b. I will try to test _every_ viable feasible solution that is proposed.
c. I don't have any hopes of solving this alone (as I'm not a coder).

If I ever do come up with a solution, it will be in following someone else's
footsteps, but what I can do is write up a tutorial so others can follow me.
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