Where is the mount point for iPod / iPhone on Mac?

Question

I’m thinking about improving my programming skills by creating a music player to sync with my iPod / iPhone, but there’s no point even starting if I can’t even access the device! I spent all day on the Internet, but could not find what I was looking for.

I do not want to use ssh for iPod or Jailbreak, etc. I'm either looking for a way to access it myself, or using what I suppose will be a simple script. I know this is possible because you can use things like iPhone Explorer.

Thanks: -D

Answer 1

iOS devices do not have mount points because the computer does not view them as data disks. Instead, data is sent via usbmuxd, which connects directly via USB. There is a library called libimobiledevice that uses the reverse information developed by the jailbreak community so that you can communicate with iDevices (this does not require jailbreak, if you do not want full access to the file system, the jailbreak was just motivated to reverse engineer). According to their homepage, you will also need libgpod to sync music and video.

If you say "iPod", you mean iPods other than iOS, not iPod touch, then they are mounted like regular hard drives. They will appear on your desktop if you use disk mode or enable the option in iTunes, otherwise you can get them through the command line.

Answer 2

You can watch iphoneDisk: http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/

It uses MacFuse, so it is not supported under Lion, but it still works very well under Snow Leopard.

However, you may not be able to access everything on your iPhone, but you can at least access records, photos, and videos.

Answer 3

I answered a similar question for the iPhone. I'm sure this will also work for the iPod (although unverified). The concept is the same as the Apple USB device.

answer: use ifuse

https://superuser.com/a/1135668/653172

If you like to pay for things, maybe you can check iExplorer .