AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe
By Apple Inc. (Signed)
Overview
AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe has 2 known versions, the most recent one is 17.818.5.2. AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The average file size is about 34.53 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Apple Inc. by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Apple Mobile Device Support, MobileMe Control Panel and Panneau de configuration MobileMe have been observed as installing specific variations of AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 6.77 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 5.96 KB per minute for reads and 1.15 KB per minute for writes.
What is AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe?
This is the bootstrapper/helper portion of the Apple MobileDeviceHelper iTunes sync. AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe is installed along with the latest version of Apple iTunes and is used to sync your iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPod or iPad with iTunes when you connect your device to your computer. If you are running Windows XP, before the installation of Service Pack 2, this service was required for use with the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service.
Details |
File name: | AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe |
Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
Description: | MobileDeviceHelper |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\apple\mobile device support\applemobiledevicehelper.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
Expiration date: | Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe.)
Apple Mobile Device Support is required and used for the synchronisation between an Apple mobile iOS devices (iPod, iPhone or iPad) and a PC through iTunes. If uninstalled, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod ...
Users who wished to sync their MobileMe data with a PC had to download and install Apple's MobileMe Control Panel. To install, the user first had to download and install the latest version of iTunes, ...
MobileMe (replaced by iCloud) was a subscription-based collection of online services. MobileMe allowed users to track the location of their iOS devices via the web portal at me.com. MobileMe had two ...
All file variations of AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
45.45% |
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Windows XP Home Edition |
36.36% |
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Windows XP Professional |
18.18% |
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