---
name: "fsapfsmount"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libfsapfs-utils"
version: "20240429-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fsapfsmount"
---

# fsapfsmount(1)

mounts an Apple File System (APFS) container

## NAME

**fsapfsmount** – mounts an Apple File System (APFS) container

## SYNOPSIS

**fsapfsmount** \[**-f** *file\_system\_index*\] \[**-o** *offset*\] \[**-p** *password*\] \[**-r** *password*\] \[**-hvV**\] *source*

## DESCRIPTION

**fsapfsmount** is a utility to mount an Apple File System (APFS) container

**fsapfsmount** is part of the **libfsapfs** package. **libfsapfs** is a library to access the Apple File System (APFS) format

*source* is the source file.

The options are as follows:

- **-f** *file\_system\_index*

  mounts a specific file system or "all"

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-o** *offset*

  specify the container offset in bytes

- **-p** *password*

  specify the password

- **-r** *password*

  specify the recovery password

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

- **-X** *extended\_options*

  extended options to pass to sub system

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# fsapfsmount -f 1 -p Password /dev/sda1
fsapfsmount 20181214

```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libfsapfs/

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2018-2024, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

[fsapfsinfo(1)](/fsapfsinfo/1.md)