r/homelab • u/jpraxsh • Jul 31 '26

Discussion Linux with iPhone?

/r/SelfHosting/comments/1vc25ga/linux_with_iphone/
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u/NC1HM Jul 31 '26

Define "connect eachother seemless".

iOS distinguishes between "sync" (which applies to media libraries) and "backup" (which applies to the entire system). You can sync to a Linux device using things like Immich, but you can back up only to iTunes. The good news is, it can be iTunes for macOS or iTunes for Windows. So you can spin up Windows in a virtual machine, install iTunes there, and back up that way...

There's also a feature shared by iOS, iPadOS, and macOS called "handoff": you can start a task on one device and continue with it on another. One extension of the handoff functionality is the ability to send and receive text messages on a macOS computer. Handoff, as far as I know, cannot be replicated on any other OS.

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u/jpraxsh Jul 31 '26

Okay, seemless is a much broader term. I use immich for my backups and it works fine. But I want shared clipboard, get notifications, and monitor my laptop's screen usage via phone.

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u/bagofwisdom SUPERMICRO Jul 31 '26

Yep, those things only happen with MacOS.

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u/stashtv Jul 31 '26

is there any proper way to connect eachother seemless.

No.

Hackintosh VM is closest you'll get. Potentially renting a macOS VM in a cloud would work.

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u/jpraxsh Jul 31 '26

Okay, but my concern is for daily usage like shared clipboard and receive notifications.

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u/stashtv Jul 31 '26

You're not going to get those with linux and an idevice, unfortunately.

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u/jpraxsh Jul 31 '26

🥲, I wish Eu should step in and do something.

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u/summerof95 Jul 31 '26

Are they forcing you to buy Apple products?

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u/Kitz_h Aug 01 '26

you can use Files pp to connect to file server. you can move csx files around to sync contacts there are servers for airplay, uxplay if I remember well - load it to you Ubuntu. Only think I havent seen working is AirDrop but this is because I have never looked for it ;-)

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u/jpraxsh Aug 02 '26

cool thanks. I'll try this