Install
In Tinyphone for Mac, Settings, Install Command Line Tool links tinyphone into /usr/local/bin. Remove Command Line Tool takes it out again. The tool works on the phone on this Mac’s cable.
Reading
| command | what it gives |
|---|
tinyphone phones | the phones on the cable: iOS, supervised, ours or not |
tinyphone inspect | every profile, app and property the phone carries |
tinyphone modes | the phone’s saved modes, the active one starred |
tinyphone history | what this Mac did to the phone, newest first |
tinyphone profiles list | the phone’s own profile list |
tinyphone backups | the backups on this Mac |
tinyphone doctor | Apple Configurator present, this Mac’s identity, the phone paired |
Changing the phone
| command | what it does |
|---|
tinyphone apply --preset kid | a mode onto the phone, then the phone read back; kid, easy, focus or dumbphone |
tinyphone apply --mode mode.json | your own mode, as the JSON the Mac app saves |
tinyphone profiles remove <id> | one profile off the phone |
tinyphone profiles sweep | every profile of ours off the phone |
tinyphone backup | the phone backed up into this Mac’s MobileSync folder |
tinyphone restore | the phone’s own backup back onto it; --source <udid> for another |
tinyphone fresh --preset kid | erase and set the phone up again; asks you to type the phone’s name, --yes skips it |
Flags
| flag | for |
|---|
--ecid <ecid> | which phone, when more than one is on the cable (tinyphone phones lists them) |
--text | lines for people instead of JSON |
--setup | apply the mode as setup leaves it: the App Store and Safari kept, so the apps that stay can be installed |
Exit codes
| code | means |
|---|
0 | done |
1 | failed |
2 | the phone is locked: unlock it and run again |
3 | this Mac’s supervision identity was refused |
4 | Apple Configurator’s cfgutil is missing |
5 | no phone on the cable |
6 | bad arguments |
