Mobile Image Mounter

ImageMounter connects to com.apple.mobile.mobile_image_mounter. It manages mounted images and contains helpers for developer disk images, personalized images, cryptex images, and TSS-backed manifest flows.

Use It For

Listing mounted images.
Looking up image signatures.
Uploading and mounting images.
Querying developer mode and personalization data.
Mounting personalized images through the RSD path.

Feature Flags

Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
idevice = { version = "0.1.64", features = ["usbmuxd", "mobile_image_mounter"] }

Enable tss for TSS manifest requests and rsd for RSD mounter usage.

Service Names

Path	Value
Lockdown service	`com.apple.mobile.mobile_image_mounter`
RSD service	`com.apple.mobile.mobile_image_mounter.shim.remote`

Rust Example

src/main.rs

use idevice::{IdeviceService, mobile_image_mounter::ImageMounter};

let provider = first_provider().await?;
let mut mounter = ImageMounter::connect(&provider).await?;

let mounted = mounter.copy_devices().await?;
println!("{mounted:#?}");

let developer_mode = mounter.query_developer_mode_status().await?;
println!("developer mode: {developer_mode}");

CLI Equivalent

Terminal

idevice-tools mounter list
idevice-tools mounter lookup
idevice-tools mounter mount --image ./DeveloperDiskImage.dmg --signature ./DeveloperDiskImage.dmg.signature
idevice-tools mounter unmount

For iOS 17+ personalized image mounting, the CLI also accepts --manifest and --trustcache.

Common Errors

Error	What to check
Mount fails	Check image type, image bytes, and signature or manifest inputs.
Personalized mount fails	Confirm the manifest, trust cache, and personalization data match the device.
Device stops responding	The source notes that Lockdown should be established and queried after creating a mounter client.