---
name: "ideviceimagemounter"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libimobiledevice"
version: "1.4.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ideviceimagemounter"
---

# ideviceimagemounter(1)

Mount, list, or unmount a disk image on the device.

## NAME

ideviceimagemounter - Mount, list, or unmount a disk image on the device.

## SYNOPSIS

**ideviceimagemounter** \[OPTIONS\] COMMAND \[COMMAND OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Mount, list, or unmount a disk image on the device.

## COMMANDS

- **mount PATH**

  Mount the developer disk image at PATH. For iOS 17+, PATH is a directory containing a .dmg image, a BuildManifest.plist, and a Firmware sub-directory.

  For older versions PATH is a .dmg filename with a .dmg.signature file in the same directory, or with another parameter pointing to a file elsewhere.

- **list**

  List mounted disk images.

- **unmount PATH**

  Unmount the image mounted at PATH.

- **devmodestatus**

  Query the developer mode status (iOS 16+)

## OPTIONS

- **-u, --udid UDID**

  target specific device by UDID.

- **-n, --network**

  connect to network device.

- **-d, --debug**

  enable communication debugging.

- **-t, --imagetype NAME**

  the image type to use, default is 'Developer'

- **-x, --xml**

  use XML output

- **-h, --help**

  prints usage information

- **-v, --version**

  prints version information.

## AUTHOR

Nikias Bassen

Man page written to conform with Debian by Julien Lavergne.

## ON THE WEB

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice