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Running Apple iTunes on a container (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by deleted@lemmy.world 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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[–] fireshaper@social.belowland.com 5 points 10 months 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.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months 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.

[–] schmurian@lsmu.schmurian.xyz 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Could you please elaborate more about your setup?

Like what software you used with raspberry pi to backup your data.

I have no problem using windows to restore though.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Iphone can do wireless backup if both the iphone and pc are connected to the same network.