Unable to export any vm-images from UTM-iOS
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Description
* UTM Version: 4.1.1
* OS Version: iPadOS 15.3.1
* Device Model: iPad Pro (M1)
* Is it jailbroken (name jailbreak used)? No.
* How did you install UTM? Trollstore
There is currently no way (that I know of) to export any virtual machine disk created in UTM iOS/iPadOS, for the purpose of:
- Saving a backup
- Modifying disk-size (no method of extracting the disk in order to implement `qemu-img -resize` from a host.
- disk repair, etc.
Most of these problems stem from not having a host terminal on iOS-based UTM (unlike its MacOS counterparts), nor a storage file system/folder associated with the UTM app that works along with iOS’s file storage. Needless to say, having these features would greatly benefit the cross-platform aspect of UTM and also would provide a lot of help when attempting to troubleshoot any VM-related issues.
I will say that I don’t know the extent to which having a functional host side on iOS is possible—seeing that _iSH_ and _a-shell_ have substantial limitations from being full-fledged terminals. But nonetheless, having a folder that works with iOS’s file storage, one that can also allow users to export disk-images will still significantly resolve many issues in the aforementioned. Thus, could an iOS folder-feature be implemented on UTM? Thanks.
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