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Installation Instructions

Windows

• Installer (.msi): Download and run the installer. Recommended for most users.
• Portable (.zip): Extract and run iDescriptor.exe. No installation required.
• Choco :

 choco install idescriptor --version=0.1.0

macOS

• Apple Silicon: Download the .dmg file for M1/M2/M3/MX Macs.
  Open the .dmg and drag iDescriptor to Applications.
  

After moving the app to Applications, run the code below

xattr -c ~/Applications/iDescriptor.app

Click here to learn more about why this is needed.

• Intel: Download the .dmg file for Intel-based Macs.
  Open the .dmg and drag iDescriptor to Applications.
  

  You shouldn't run into any issues on Intel Macs but if you do, check this out.

Linux

• AppImage: Download, and then run

  chmod +x iDescriptor*.AppImage

• Arch Linux: Install from AUR:

Features

Connection

Tools

AirPlay

Cast your device screen to your computer!

App Store

Download and Install Apps directly from the Apple Store!

You need to sign in with your Apple ID to use this feature.

Battery Information

Read detailed battery info from device

Simulate Location

Simulate GPS location on your iDevice!

Device Backups

EXPERIMENTAL

Backup your device (gallery, settings etc..) (iOS 13-26)

iFuse Filesystem Mount

Use your iDevice as a regular DRIVE!

Literally mount your iDevice filesystem and use it as a regular drive , read and write are both allowed. Don't try to import photos or videos because it won't work that way, use the Gallery Import feature for that.

Windows

Ubuntu / Linux

Gallery

See your Albums/Photos just like the Photos app

File Explorer

Cable Info

Network Device Discovery

SSH Terminal

Open up a terminal on your Jailbroken iDevice!

Live Screen

Useful if your device does not support AirPlay

More

Authentication Required ?

You might get this pop-up on any platform this is because this app uses secure backends to retrieve and store your Apple credentials. You can disable this in settings but it is not recommended and not safe for your Apple account. Also if you leave this enabled and sign in you can use the same credentials in ipatool without signing in again.

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Thanks

• libimobiledevice
• ipatool - We use a modified version here
• QSimpleUpdater - We use a modified version here
• UxPlay (for AirPlay) - We use a modified version here

Linux Udev Rules

iDescriptor will check for udev rules but in case it fails, you can manually add the udev rules by doing similar to the following:

@uncore  sudo cat /etc/udev/rules.d/99-idevice.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac", MODE="0666"

✘  Sun 6 Jul - 14:29  ~ 
@uncore  sudo groupadd idevice

Sun 6 Jul - 14:30  ~ 
@uncore  sudo usermod -aG idevice $USER

Sun 6 Jul - 14:30  ~ 
@uncore  sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
sudo udevadm trigger

For more info UDEV.md

Contributions are welcome!

Please check the Roadmap first to make sure what you’re contributing to is not already under development and does not conflict with our CI/CD or overall project direction.

We actively develop on dev branch, so please base your pull requests off of that branch.

You can also send a pr to main branch but it should be something related to building, translations, publish to some package manager or documentation.

Roadmap

Planned Features

This codebase is currently undergoing a major refactor and rewrite in qml and qmeta-qml branches

• Migrate to idevice-rs DONE ✅
• Wireless Connection Support DONE ✅
• Install IPA files directly from the app
• Virtual Location Support for iOS 17 and above DONE ✅
• Migrate to UCRT for better performance and stability Windows
• New UI/UX improvements Windows ✅
• Read gallery from Photos.sqlite DONE ✅
• Translations -> contribute to translations
• Device Backup DONE ✅ (EXPERIMENTAL)
• Download any version of any app from app store (under development)
• Implement sideloading
• Import music
• Companion app on device
• Interact from the CLI

You can always become a sponsor/donate to request/prioritize a feature or speed up the development process!

Damaged Error on macOS

If you encounter a similar "damaged" error when trying to open the app on macOS, you can resolve this by running the following command in the terminal:

xattr -c ~/Applications/iDescriptor.app

You need to run this because macOS blocks apps that are not signed by an Apple Developer ID. By clearing the extended attributes, you can bypass this security feature.

This not something specific to iDescriptor, for example check this out.

You can be more explicit and only remove the quarantine attribute like so:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/iDescriptor.app

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