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NAME
       usbmuxd - Expose a socket to multiplex connections from and to iOS devices.

SYNOPSIS
       usbmuxd [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       usbmuxd stands for "USB multiplexing daemon". This daemon is in charge of multiplexing connections over USB to an iOS
       device.	To users, it means you can sync your music, contacts, photos, etc. over USB. To developers, it means you can
       connect to any listening localhost socket on the device. usbmuxd is not used for tethering data transfer which uses a
       dedicated USB interface as a virtual network device. Multiple connections to different TCP ports can happen in paral‐
       lel. The higher-level layers are handled by libimobiledevice.

       When usbmuxd is running (normally started, or stopped as a result of "udev" auto-insertion messages or by systemd) it
       provides a socket interface in "/var/run/usbmuxd" that is designed to be compatible with the socket interface that is
       provided on Mac OS X.

       You should also create a "usbmux" user that has access to USB devices on your system. Alternatively, you can  pass  a
       different username using the -U argument.

       Due to iOS 7 the daemon now also manages pairing records with iOS devices and the host in "/var/lib/lockdown" (Linux)
       or "/var/db/lockdown" (Mac OS X).  Ensure proper permissions are setup for the daemon to access the directory.

OPTIONS
       -U, --user USER
	      Change to this user after startup (needs USB privileges).

       -f, --foreground
	      Do not daemonize (implies one -v).

       -n, --disable-hotplug
	      Disables automatic discovery of devices on hotplug. Starting another instance will trigger discovery instead.

       -z, --enable-exit
	      Enable "--exit" request from other instances and exit automatically if no device is attached.

       -u, --udev
	      Run in udev operation mode (implies -n and -z).

       -s, --systemd
	      Run in systemd operation mode (implies -z and -f).

       -x, --exit
	      Notify  a	 running  instance to exit if there are no devices connected (sends SIGUSR1 to running instance) and
	      exit.

       -X, --force-exit
	      Notify a running instance to exit even if there are still devices connected (always works) and exit.

       -v, --verbose
	      be verbose (use twice or more to increase verbose level).

       -V, --version
	      print version information and exit.

       -h, --help
	      prints usage information.

AUTHOR
       The first usbmuxd daemon implementation was authored by Hector Martin.

       Now mainly developed by Nikias Bassen, Martin Szulecki and contributors (see AUTHORS file).

SEE ALSO
       idevice_id(1), iproxy(1).

ON THE WEB
       https://libimobiledevice.org

       https://github.com/libimobiledevice/usbmuxd

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