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I recently got an iPhone 6s. Is there a way to transfer files (music, photos, PDF, or really anything actually) between Ubuntu and the phone? It should not involve syncing via an internet service, as I may have the need to transfer large or private files. Also, I do not want to jailbreak the device.

There are a few results when searching for this on Google, but none seems very up to date.

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I don't know whether there's any difference between versions, but I can simply access the files of my iPhone 5s via the file manager when it's plugged over USB (using the AFC protocol).

I'm using iOS 9.2 beta, I have no idea whether it works on 9.1 or earlier. I can access the device from Nautilus' sidebar, if it doesn't show up, try navigating to the following address:

afc://<your iPhone's UDID>/

Also, most music players (at least Rythmbox, Banshee and Clementine) support music synchronization over AFC (Apple File Conduit).

EDIT: I just learned I can easily synchronize my pictures using tools like gThumb.

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it's plugged over USB (using the AFC protocol) how to connect like this – Kasun Siyambalapitiya Sep 25 '16 at 2:58
    
Just plug it in, and it should show up. If it doesn't, make sure you have the package gvfs-backends installed. – s3lph Sep 25 '16 at 20:35
    
I ran sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get install gvsf-backends then it notifies me that I am having the latest one installed. But when I connect iphone to Ubuntu, only I am able to copy the camera photos ( and other pdfs, pptx...) to my computer only, I cannot copy ones from my computer to the iphone. I even tried Banshee but it doesnot have devices tab in the left side. How to Sync music and videos from Ubuntu 16.04 to iphone 4s? – Kasun Siyambalapitiya Sep 26 '16 at 1:28
    
pretty sure it should be sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends – Chris Mar 15 '17 at 0:13
    
If you don't know the UDID, check out this answer. Also, if the phone's documents folder shows up automatically you can click it, press Ctrl+L and delete the colon and everything after it like it is shown in this picture. – totymedli Nov 22 '17 at 20:34

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