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Aug 18, 2026, 11:14 PMIs there an easy way to move photos from my iPhone to my Linux box? There is not even a 'share to iCloud' button under Photos or Camera, and they are not visible under Files.
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Aug 18, 2026, 11:28 PM@bookandswordblog photos are automatically* uploaded to icloud, and from there you can download them.
*when the iPhone bloody wants to
- Aug 18, 2026, 11:32 PM
@bookandswordblog Otherwise, connecting my iPhone through cable to my Linux box and "trusting" the computer results in a mount point in Ubuntu where it automatically opens my photos.
- bookandswordblogbookandswordblog@scholar.socialAug 18, 2026, 11:37 PM
@adriano what kind of cable do you use? Macs don't have the standard USB ports I think, do you need a cable with two ends with different plugs?
- Aug 18, 2026, 11:38 PM
@bookandswordblog this one is a lightning-usb-c cable. I have an iphone and an ubuntu pc.
- bookandswordblogbookandswordblog@scholar.socialAug 18, 2026, 11:56 PM
@adriano I have a cable like that for my oither charger, but I can see only docs for my frowser on the photo when I plug it in. maybe I need a different physical port?
Unable to access "iPhone" Error initializing camera: -10. Timeout reading from or writing to this port.
- Aug 19, 2026, 12:00 AM
@bookandswordblog searching a bit it seems I must have done some of what is described here, https://askubuntu.com/questions/1422940/how-do-i-mount-an-iphone-on-ubuntu-22-04 but I don't recall anymore.
Aug 18, 2026, 11:39 PMHere's what I came up with for myself: https://benjaminhollon.com/musings/syncing-my-photos-from-ios-using-ifuse-and-rsync/
Happy to see what I can do to help you adapt this as needed…