Replace gphoto2 with pymobiledevice3 for iOS connectivity

gphoto2 stopped working on iOS 17+ (Apple tightened PTP access).
New approach uses pymobiledevice3 via AFC protocol — the same protocol
Finder uses to browse the iPhone.

- photophetch-ios-helper.py: bundled Python script (in JAR resources)
  that calls pymobiledevice3 AFC to list-devices, list-photos, pull, delete
- IosConnector: rewritten to shell out to the helper script instead of
  gphoto2. Extracts the script from JAR to a temp file on first use.
- AppConfig: gphoto2Path → python3Path
- AppState: IosConnector now receives python3Path

Prerequisites: brew install pipx && pipx install pymobiledevice3
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Kyle Bolen
2026-07-28 07:47:16 +00:00
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
photophetch-ios-helper.py
Thin wrapper around pymobiledevice3 AFC for PhotoPhetch iOS connectivity.
Called by IosConnector as a subprocess.
Usage:
python3 photophetch-ios-helper.py list-photos
python3 photophetch-ios-helper.py pull /DCIM/148APPLE/IMG_001.HEIC /tmp/dest.heic
python3 photophetch-ios-helper.py list-devices
Output is JSON on stdout. Errors go to stderr with exit code 1.
"""
import sys
import json
import os
from datetime import datetime
MEDIA_EXTENSIONS = {
'jpg', 'jpeg', 'heic', 'heif', 'avif', 'webp', 'png',
'dng', 'raw', 'arw', 'cr2', 'cr3', 'nef', 'orf', 'rw2',
'tiff', 'tif', 'bmp',
'mp4', 'm4v', 'mov', 'mpeg', 'mpg', '3gp', '3g2', 'avi', 'mkv', 'webm',
}
VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = {
'mp4', 'm4v', 'mov', 'mpeg', 'mpg', '3gp', '3g2', 'avi', 'mkv', 'webm',
}
def get_afc_service():
from pymobiledevice3.lockdown import create_using_usbmux
from pymobiledevice3.services.afc import AfcService
lockdown = create_using_usbmux()
return AfcService(lockdown), lockdown
def cmd_list_devices():
try:
from pymobiledevice3.usbmux import select_devices_by_connection_type
devices = select_devices_by_connection_type(connection_type='USB')
result = [{'udid': d.serial, 'name': getattr(d, 'label', d.serial)} for d in devices]
print(json.dumps(result))
except Exception as e:
# fallback: try lockdown
try:
from pymobiledevice3.lockdown import create_using_usbmux
lockdown = create_using_usbmux()
print(json.dumps([{
'udid': lockdown.udid,
'name': lockdown.display_name or lockdown.udid,
}]))
except Exception as e2:
print(json.dumps([]))
def cmd_list_photos():
try:
afc, _ = get_afc_service()
# List all DCIM subdirectories
try:
dcim_entries = afc.listdir('/DCIM')
except Exception:
print(json.dumps([]))
return
photos = []
current_year = datetime.now().year
for folder in sorted(dcim_entries):
folder_path = f'/DCIM/{folder}'
try:
entries = afc.listdir(folder_path)
except Exception:
continue
for filename in entries:
ext = filename.rsplit('.', 1)[-1].lower() if '.' in filename else ''
if ext not in MEDIA_EXTENSIONS:
continue
device_path = f'{folder_path}/{filename}'
# Get file info
try:
info = afc.stat(device_path)
size_bytes = int(info.get('st_size', 0))
# st_mtime is nanoseconds since epoch on AFC
mtime_ns = int(info.get('st_mtime', 0))
mtime_s = mtime_ns / 1_000_000_000 if mtime_ns > 1_000_000_000 else mtime_ns
date_iso = datetime.fromtimestamp(mtime_s).isoformat() if mtime_s > 0 else None
except Exception:
size_bytes = 0
date_iso = None
photos.append({
'devicePath': device_path,
'filename': filename,
'sizeBytes': size_bytes,
'dateIso': date_iso,
'sourceFolder': folder,
'mediaType': 'VIDEO' if ext in VIDEO_EXTENSIONS else 'PHOTO',
'isHeic': ext in ('heic', 'heif'),
})
print(json.dumps(photos))
except Exception as e:
print(f'Error: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
def cmd_pull(device_path: str, local_path: str):
try:
afc, _ = get_afc_service()
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(local_path), exist_ok=True)
with afc.open(device_path, 'rb') as remote_f:
with open(local_path, 'wb') as local_f:
while True:
chunk = remote_f.read(64 * 1024)
if not chunk:
break
local_f.write(chunk)
print(json.dumps({'ok': True, 'path': local_path}))
except Exception as e:
print(f'Error: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
def cmd_delete(device_path: str):
try:
afc, _ = get_afc_service()
afc.rm(device_path)
print(json.dumps({'ok': True}))
except Exception as e:
print(f'Error: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
print('Usage: photophetch-ios-helper.py <command> [args]', file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)
command = sys.argv[1]
if command == 'list-devices':
cmd_list_devices()
elif command == 'list-photos':
cmd_list_photos()
elif command == 'pull' and len(sys.argv) == 4:
cmd_pull(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
elif command == 'delete' and len(sys.argv) == 3:
cmd_delete(sys.argv[2])
else:
print(f'Unknown command: {command}', file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)