Use iPhone file browser to explorer iPhone file system

Introduction

Let us first understand the structure of the iOS file system. And what can we do with the iOS file system.

iOS File system

For ordinary users, there are two forms of iOS file system: jailbroken system and non-jailbroken system

Files system on Jailbreak device

On the jailbroken device, we can access the real root directory “/” of the system. Using a GUI application (such as Filza File Manager) on iPhone, the directory structure looks like below:

/
    User
    .fseventsd
    dev
    Applications
    Library
    bin
    sbin
    etc

File system Non-jaibreak device

However, if it is on a non-jailbroken device, we cannot access the root directory “/”. We can only access the media root directory, which contains important user data, such as photos, voice records, purchased books and songs, etc.

Currently, the vast majority of iPhone users are using non-jailbroken systems, so how to read content such as the media root directory becomes very useful.

There are many softwares that can read media data on an unjailbroken iPhone, such us iCopyAssistant for Mac. Which can copy files of the media root directory of iPhone to mac computer.