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Running Apple iTunes on a container (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I’ve an iPhone and Id like to backup my phone to my server running Debain 11 with docker installed.

So, is there a way to install and run iTunes either on the os it self or in a container?

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I don't think it's possible. iTunes requires a full OS install, so you'll have to just run it on a VM. And Apple has things locked down so much that the only way to do full iPhone/iPad backups is through iTunes.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I totally understand. However, I stumbled upon this repository https://github.com/shield007/wine-itunes-docker

    But last commit was 9y so 100% abandoned.

    Then I asked myself what if we can run on a container a lightweight wine version tailor made to be compatible with iTunes?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    iTunes requires usb drivers to sync with an iPhone. Wine does not support windows usb drivers so even if you get iTunes to work in wine, connecting to the iPhone with it won’t work. You might be able to use libimobiledevice to do a backup.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I use libimobildevice on my raspberry and it works in terms of backups. I haven‘t tried to restore it though. Hope this works too… :D

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