Access to the iOS 11 file system. IExplorer - digging through the files of iOS devices with convenience
iTunes is, at times, an extremely inconvenient program. All sorts of synchronization, movie and music management - we can’t say that all this is implemented in the best possible way. About the difficulties of working with iTunes already there are many legends. Those who talk about a certain “slowness” of the application are also partly right. Often, you want to quickly transfer files to an iOS device and neatly organize everything into folders. You cannot, for example, view SMS messages or download music downloaded to your iPhone. But it doesn’t matter, that’s why third-party file managers were invented to work with iOS devices.
DiskAid is a file manager that provides access to content on your iOS gadget. Unlike iTunes, the program has several advantages. The application window is divided into two parts: left side– categories that you can switch between. They duplicate the standard ones iOS apps: photography, video, music, notes and so on. Right part– category content window. It displays content from the category selected on the left. For example, if you select a category with music on the left, then those downloaded to your iOS device will appear on the right. music files. The same is true for the other categories: select Camera Roll on the left, all photos on the right, Notes on the left, and their text on the right.
Of course, all data can be downloaded from the device. Photos, music, videos, etc. are “pulled out” in a couple of clicks, and you can copy them not only to local disk, but also immediately in iTunes. For many, “pulling” songs downloaded to their smartphone onto a guest computer is a big problem, which DiskAid solves in no time.
In addition, the smartphone does not need to be connected to the computer using a cable; one checkbox “Enable WiFi connection” on the application’s start window solves many problems. After enabling this option, the iOS device and your computer only need to be on the same network for them to communicate with each other.
But the most interesting thing that can really distinguish DiskAid from iTunes is viewing messages and call logs. The first possibility is convenient tool search necessary messages. If you forgot something that was once sent to you in an SMS message, use DiskAid and the built-in search to find necessary information possible in a matter of seconds. It’s the same with contacts; finding the right ones is not a problem.
It’s worth looking at it from the other side: what if your smartphone falls into the hands of an attacker? Even from a phone taken for a couple of minutes, you can quickly export all messages, which is not good, as you understand. Unfortunately, in in this case Locking your smartphone with a password won’t help either – DiskAid doesn’t give a damn about any passwords.
After reading this text, you have two options: if you are a simple user, you will have to watch your phone more carefully and not leave it unattended for a long time, and if you are an evil “hacker”, then now you know exactly how to quickly steal valuable information from any iOS device.
You can download DiskAid on the developer’s website (for OS X and Windows)
Among dozens of different file managers for i-gadgets, only a few can be highlighted. However, two programs are especially popular among users: the one we recently reviewed and the hero of this review - DiskAid.
DiskAid is one of the easiest file managers to use. While working with it, you will not be required to know the iOS file system, or connect additional plugins, or anything that could be confusing. Everything is very simple and clear.
By connecting your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to your computer via USB and launch DiskAid, you will immediately see a panel with partitions made in iOS style 7. This is where your acquaintance will begin, as well as all further interactions with the program. DiskAid provides the following features:
- Uploading individual photos and entire albums
- Manage your music library, including audiobooks, playlists and podcasts
- Download videos and TV shows from the iTunes Store
- View and export text messages, call history, contacts and notes
- Control file system directly
For lovers wireless technologies It is possible to connect the device to DiskAid via Wi-Fi. To do this, immediately after starting the program, click the Activate Wi-Fi button. This function DiskAid compares favorably with other file managers, which can only be used when connecting an i-device via a USB cable.
The amazing functionality and elegant design of the program is overshadowed by its paid nature. In order to take advantage of most feature sets, the user must purchase DiskAid on the official website for $29.90 (previously the program cost significantly less - $9.90).
But the free version of DiskAid can also become an indispensable assistant in managing an i-gadget, especially if your device is jailbroken. DiskAid, like any other file manager, reveals its full potential on a “jailbroken device.” Thanks to the program's functionality (available in free version) you will be able to manage all your tweaks and upload them to their directories necessary files. This can be useful in a number of cases, for example, when you want to download an original theme for WinterBoard that you found on the Internet.
How to jailbreak a device under iOS control 7 read in.
If you're looking for an easy-to-use file manager with a huge range of features, you simply must take a closer look at DiskAid. The program is constantly updated, supports all Apple devices and just looks very nice.
You've connected your iPhone or iPad to your Windows computer, but nothing Windows Explorer, nor in iTunes do you see everything that is in the memory of your device? How to connect an iPhone or iPad like a regular one external drive USB? And is this possible without jailbreak? Yes, using PhoneBrowse, for example.
PhoneBrowse is free tool for Windows, allowing you to view and manage files on iPhone, iPad and iPod without jailbreaking the devices. With this program, you can even add, delete or rename all types of files stored on your iOS device. All this in a rather simple but very pleasant user interface, stylized for Mac OS X.
Download and install PhoneBrowse on your Windows computer, connect your device, and off you go. The tool will automatically detect the connected device and scan its file system. You will then see five different tabs, the first of which displays general information about the connected device, including battery percentage, OS version and memory status.
The process of adding and deleting files through PhoneBrowse is simple and fast. For this purpose, the “Import” and “Delete” buttons are provided. And you can add it like separate file, and the entire folder. To copy files from the device to your computer, there is an “Export” button. You can also create new folders and rename files. You can also view through PhoneBrowse file structure installed applications.
As mentioned above, the tool is available for free and works on various Windows versions– from XP to 8 and 8.1.
The file manager that many people are missing iPhone owners, iPad and iPod Touch simply can't get by anymore when it comes to controlling your device. An indispensable tool, even called more functional version iTunes seemed to be ideal, but not for utility developers. Not long ago, DiskAid was reborn, received even more features, became more convenient and is now known under the name iMazing.
iMazing is the same file manager for iOS devices as its direct predecessor DiskAid. However, the developers decided to change the name of the utility for a reason. iMazing is a file manager that has come to the forefront new level, allowing mobile phone owners Apple devices Take full control of your device.
Possibilities
A set of iMazing functions, like absolutely new utility, is the widest. Unique opportunities iMazing users receive when working both with the file system and individual applications, for example, the same Music, like iMazing reborn in iOS 8.4. But let's look at all the functions of iMazing in order.
Working with the file system
But there are always workarounds, and iMazing offers one of them. Without any interference in the operation of systems and without the need to jailbreak, the utility allows you to download to iPhone memory or iPad files any type. At the same time, iMazing offers many possibilities for transferring. Files can be copied to several connected devices at once, and connected to the file system via Wi-Fi.
Accordingly, there are no restrictions. However, there is no need to worry that the iPhone or iPad will be full and because of this iOS will start to work unstable - iMazing controls everything and will not allow the device to fail.
Working with applications
When you delete an application from your iOS device, all applications are automatically erased along with it. related files, which may turn out to be important documents. Applications, of course, allow you to email or cloud storage save Required documents However, this process can hardly be called easy.
At iMazing help you can make copies of any files from the standard ones, or third party applications installed on iPhone or iPad. At the same time, this is done extremely simply - on a document or even whole folder need to press right click mouse and select “Save to PC”.
Applications using iMazing can be copied entirely, for subsequent restoration to their original form. That is, you can make a backup copy of a game that you have not yet completed and delete it from your device in order to free up space. Afterwards, the game can be restored using iMazing on an iPhone or iPad without losing your progress. And this is just one example of how you can use the function of creating full backup copies of applications.
Backup
But not only applications can be saved as quality using iMazing backup copy. The utility makes it very easy to create a complete copy of iPhone or iPad, which can later be “rolled” back.
Unlike iTunes, iMazing backs up every app and all of its associated documents, as well as all your photos, videos, contacts, notes, reminders, and more. However, the most remarkable thing is that you do not have to look for access to this backup copy in the wilds of the system - you yourself choose the path where the full backup of the device will be saved.
Function Reserve copy iMazing has flexible settings. If necessary, you can select only certain information or files to be saved in the copy. This way you can make the backup copy much easier, leaving only important information in it.
Music
Allows iMazing to operate with your music collection very conveniently. Through the utility, you can either copy new songs and entire albums to the device, or upload music to your computer. Certainly, we're talking about only about those songs that were downloaded to the iPhone or iPad from a computer.
Working with music on iOS devices using iMazing is really pleasant, and most importantly, all this is done bypassing iTunes, which many still dislike. No one-time launch iTunes still cannot be avoided, since in the program settings you need to check the box “Give other programs access to XML file iTunes Library".
It is very convenient through iMazing to download not only music, but also podcasts or audiobooks downloaded outside of iTunes to mobile devices.
Messages and contacts
A separate point worth highlighting is iMazing’s work with text messages. SMS is now fading into the background, due to text messengers like WhatsApp or Viber, however, “SMS” is dear to many simply as a memory.
With iMazing, you can copy your entire text message history from your iPhone or iPad to your computer to important information was in the best possible condition. iMazing supports importing “SMS” as usual text format, and in CSV or PDF.
The flexibility of settings is worth noting here too - unnecessary text messages, or simply spam from taxi drivers or food delivery services may not be exported.
You can transfer contacts from your device to your computer in a similar way. Much more valuable information, even the thought of losing which makes many people’s hair stand on end, can be exported as an elegant vCards file, which can then be “eated” by any program, including Microsoft Outlook.
Photos
Well, where would we be without photographs? As an exemplary, if not perfect, file manager, iMazing can keep all your iPhone or iPad photos in a safe place. In this case, the program works both with locally saved pictures and photos located in iCloud.
Finding a specific photo using iMazing is also very easy. Small thumbnails and identification of previously created albums in the Photos application make the search process very convenient.
Why iMazing and not iTunes?
Previously, iTunes seriously frightened users - many could not even transfer their favorite music to iPhone or iPad on their own, let alone the recovery process mobile device from a backup. Now the situation is gradually changing because Apple started make your multimedia combine easier.
However, it becomes easier only gradually and is not the most convenient control process multimedia files, constant synchronization and albeit infrequent, but mistakes in iTunes work, continue to alienate regular users.
And this is precisely the main advantage of iMazing over iTunes. Yes, not even in the range of functions that iMazing can offer, and iTunes, due to its closed nature, does not. It is simplicity that makes iMazing is better applications from the giant Apple.
In addition, one cannot help but highlight the speed of iMazing. Imagine the situation - you urgently need to download a file to your iPhone and leave your home or office. In iTunes, the process of downloading a file to your device cannot be called long, but before and after that, you will need to endure synchronization, which can take a long time, depending on the last time you connected the device to the computer. In iMazing, you just need to drag the mouse necessary files into the program window and be ready to rush to urgent matters as soon as the loading bar crosses the finish line.
Bottom line
iMazing is a worthy successor to DiskAid. The utility has become even faster, learned to work with iOS 9, and also acquired a number of interesting features. A convenient, visually pleasing interface, full availability in Russian and the simplicity with which iMazing fulfills all requests sent to it make iMazing the best file manager for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
iMazing is a paid utility, however, with a promotional code from our portal: APPLEIPHONEGETSIMAZING, you can get a 30% discount on your purchase licensed version programs for one user. You can purchase iMazing for Windows and OS X at
When working with a jailbroken iOS device, problems may arise that can only be solved by modifying the files. And for this you need to know basic structure file system, understand where everything is and which files are responsible for what, where programs and tweaks are installed and how they interact with each other. We'll talk about all this.
Main directories and files
iOS - UNIX-like operating system and uses a very similar file system structure to UNIX and OS X. The "folder" here is called a "directory", and the file system "grows" from the root /. The ~ sign denotes the user's home directory. IN normal mode this is the directory /var/mobile/ , in root user mode - /var/root . Some directories are standard for UNIX systems. This is /boot - here in UNIX the system kernel and RAM disk are located (in iOS the kernel is located in the /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kernelcaches/kernelcache directory), /etc - settings for low-level services, /tmp - temporary files, /bin - commands to run using the terminal, /mnt - mount point for external file systems (flash drives, etc. are connected here).
The directories that are most interesting to us are /System, /Library and /var. This is where the operating system itself (the first directory), system data (the second), application settings and their data (the third) are stored.
Standard (pre-installed) applications are located in the /Applications directory. This is where they are located executable files Cydia, Zeusmos and some other app programs that require a jailbreak to install. There are many more files here than there are icons on the iOS desktop, since some internal services are also located here, highlighted as individual applications(built into iOS service Facebook, Print Center and some others). On an unjailbroken device, this directory is updated only when the entire firmware is updated, but some applications from Cydia are installed in it, like the Cydia store itself.
Downloaded from App Store applications are stored in /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application , each in its own subdirectory. The names of these subdirectories are encoded, and in order to understand what kind of application it is, you need to go into the directory and move to the next one. Applications not installed from App Store, are also usually found here. Each application is assigned a subdirectory in the /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application directory, within which the application stores its settings and data created during operation. We will look at its structure in more detail later.
System updates are downloaded to the /var/mobile/MobileSoftwareUpdate directory. They can be removed via standard application"Settings". All wallpapers are stored in /Library/Wallpaper and system sounds- in /System/Library/Audio/UISounds, music and video from the computer - in /var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/Music.
The directory /var/mobile/Library/caches/com.saurik.Cydia is especially worth mentioning. This is where tweak deb packages are stored until Springboard is restarted. If you need to download a tweak to your computer, you can get it from here. Also, during installation, tweaks often create additional directories where they store their own data. Usually such directories are mentioned in the tweaks' documentation.
Programs for working with the device’s FS directly
There are several programs for working with the FS of a device after jailbreak.
- iTools is a program for Mac and Windows that allows you to add and delete files to the file system. This is where its functions end. An advantage for many may be the bookmarks bar to the left of the FS viewing window, where you can find programs, tweaks, ringtones or device wallpapers.
- iFunBox - has significantly more features. With its help you can create directories, delete, rename files or export them to a PC. The only thing that is surprising is the lack of search in the FS.
- Filza File Manager - allows you to view file metadata directly on the device, rename, move, delete them, and open many types of files. There is a built-in search for folders and simultaneous work with several files.
- iFile is superior to Filza in many ways File Manager. Some opportunities are only available after payment full version program, however, the interface in the utility is more convenient and understandable.
Of course, you can work with the file system using the terminal. There is full support UNIX commands, so that managing the FS will be very fast and convenient.
Application directories and sandboxes
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