Browse iPhone file system through Finder with Bonjour?

[MattZani]

I remember there was a way to 'SSH' into an iPhone using Bonjour, the iPhone came up under shared on finder, and then you could do all your SSH'ing through the finder.

I cant for the life of me remember what its called though, i tried retracing my steps but no luck

 

[maturola]

I believe that by SSH you mean transferring files from/to the iphone to/from your computer. And While you can do that using SSH (you need SSH server running on the iPhone and a SSH client on your PC, on OS X is already build into terminal) is not exactly what you are describing.

you can use bonjour to "discover" a share in the iPhone for this, you need to have a program that can share the iPhone file system, on the JB side, there is iFile Web server that initialized WebDAV Service with Bonjour at the iPhone , from the Apple store Air Sharing (works great) and some other.

That way you can mount your iPhone like a local harddrive and exchange files.

You can also use PhoneDisk which does the same thing over USB (doesn't need bonjour)

 

[MattZani]

Well yes, I remember using a file sharing system that used bonjour to allow me to use Finder, no other app.

Its not iFile, it runs silently, im fairly sure.

Of course its Jailbroken, why i posted it in the hacks section, never understood people who ask that.

 

[fisherking]

fwiw, cyberduck works well, and is free.

(i can also 'see' my phone on my mac network, and can access files in the air sharing folder, but otherwise...nada...)

 

[murdercitydevil]

If you search Cydia for "netatalk" and install it, you'll be able to browse your iphone system files through finder, provided you're on the same wifi connection.

 

[tempusfugit]

If you search Cydia for "netatalk" and install it, you'll be able to browse your iphone system files through finder, provided you're on the same wifi connection.

+1

This is the only way to do what OP is talking about (browse iphone file system natively in finder)

I would also download the netatalk SBSettings toggle so you only appear on people's networks when you want. The icon in SBSettings will be AFP.

 

[maturola]

+1

This is the only way to do what OP is talking about (browse iphone file system natively in finder over the network)
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fix.

There are other options using USB or serial which if you are paranoid as I am, it is a better option since I don't really want a network service running on the background that can be exploit it.

 

[MattZani]

I use Cyberduck atm, but Netatalk sounds like the thing i was after!

 

[los318]

i use iFile when i'm not at a computer and Iphone Browser when i'm at a computer. I used SSH before but found IB easier to use. SSH is nice though when you cant find a cable. But for the 99% of the time, iFile and Iphone Browser do the job for me.

 

[sidewinder]

i use iFile when i'm not at a computer and Iphone Browser when i'm at a computer. I used SSH before but found IB easier to use. SSH is nice though when you cant find a cable. But for the 99% of the time, iFile and Iphone Browser do the job for me.

You mean sftp, not SSH. When people say they use SSH, that typically means they are using a terminal program with SSH to log into the shell.

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