diff --git a/desktop/app/src/reducers/connections.tsx b/desktop/app/src/reducers/connections.tsx
index 23f747a03..fe97666b2 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/reducers/connections.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/reducers/connections.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ const INITAL_STATE: State = {
   staticView: WelcomeScreen,
 };
 
-const reducer = (state: State = INITAL_STATE, action: Actions): State => {
+export default (state: State = INITAL_STATE, action: Actions): State => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case 'SET_STATIC_VIEW': {
       const {payload} = action;
@@ -444,33 +444,6 @@ const reducer = (state: State = INITAL_STATE, action: Actions): State => {
   }
 };
 
-export default (state: State = INITAL_STATE, action: Actions): State => {
-  const nextState = reducer(state, action);
-
-  if (nextState.selectedDevice) {
-    const {selectedDevice} = nextState;
-    const deviceNotSupportedErrorMessage = 'iOS Devices are not yet supported';
-    const error =
-      selectedDevice.os === 'iOS' &&
-      selectedDevice.deviceType === 'physical' &&
-      !iosUtil.isAvailable()
-        ? deviceNotSupportedErrorMessage
-        : null;
-
-    if (error) {
-      const deviceNotSupportedError = nextState.errors.find(
-        (error) => error.message === deviceNotSupportedErrorMessage,
-      );
-      if (deviceNotSupportedError) {
-        deviceNotSupportedError.message = error;
-      } else {
-        nextState.errors.push({message: error});
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return nextState;
-};
-
 function mergeError(
   errors: FlipperError[],
   newError: FlipperError,
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/utils/CertificateProvider.tsx b/desktop/app/src/utils/CertificateProvider.tsx
index afc202712..7f594503d 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/utils/CertificateProvider.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/utils/CertificateProvider.tsx
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export default class CertificateProvider {
   logger: Logger;
   adb: Promise<ADBClient>;
   certificateSetup: Promise<void>;
+  store: Store;
   server: Server;
 
   constructor(server: Server, logger: Logger, store: Store) {
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export default class CertificateProvider {
       this.ensureServerCertExists(),
       'ensureServerCertExists',
     );
+    this.store = store;
     this.server = server;
   }
 
@@ -261,7 +263,13 @@ export default class CertificateProvider {
     return tmpDir({unsafeCleanup: true}).then((dir) => {
       const filePath = path.resolve(dir, filename);
       promisify(fs.writeFile)(filePath, contents).then(() =>
-        iosUtil.push(udid, filePath, bundleId, destination),
+        iosUtil.push(
+          udid,
+          filePath,
+          bundleId,
+          destination,
+          this.store.getState().settingsState.idbPath,
+        ),
       );
     });
   }
@@ -386,7 +394,13 @@ export default class CertificateProvider {
     return tmpDir({unsafeCleanup: true})
       .then((dir) => {
         return iosUtil
-          .pull(deviceId, originalFile, bundleId, path.join(dir, csrFileName))
+          .pull(
+            deviceId,
+            originalFile,
+            bundleId,
+            path.join(dir, csrFileName),
+            this.store.getState().settingsState.idbPath,
+          )
           .then(() => dir);
       })
       .then((dir) => {
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/utils/iOSContainerUtility.tsx b/desktop/app/src/utils/iOSContainerUtility.tsx
index 20b52bb9a..0ecd983b8 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/utils/iOSContainerUtility.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/utils/iOSContainerUtility.tsx
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import {notNull} from './typeUtils';
 const unsafeExec = promisify(child_process.exec);
 import {killOrphanedInstrumentsProcesses} from './processCleanup';
 import {reportPlatformFailures} from './metrics';
-import config from '../fb-stubs/config';
+import {promises, constants} from 'fs';
 
-const idbPath = '/usr/local/bin/idb';
 // Use debug to get helpful logs when idb fails
 const idbLogLevel = 'DEBUG';
 const operationPrefix = 'iosContainerUtility';
@@ -29,8 +28,14 @@ export type DeviceTarget = {
   name: string;
 };
 
-function isAvailable(): boolean {
-  return config.isFBBuild;
+function isAvailable(idbPath: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!idbPath) {
+    return Promise.resolve(false);
+  }
+  return promises
+    .access(idbPath, constants.X_OK)
+    .then((_) => true)
+    .catch((_) => false);
 }
 
 function safeExec(command: string): Promise<{stdout: string; stderr: string}> {
@@ -61,12 +66,14 @@ async function targets(): Promise<Array<DeviceTarget>> {
   );
 }
 
-function push(
+async function push(
   udid: string,
   src: string,
   bundleId: string,
   dst: string,
+  idbPath: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  await checkIdbIsInstalled(idbPath);
   return wrapWithErrorMessage(
     reportPlatformFailures(
       safeExec(
@@ -75,18 +82,20 @@ function push(
         .then(() => {
           return;
         })
-        .catch(handleMissingIdb),
+        .catch((e) => handleMissingIdb(e, idbPath)),
       `${operationPrefix}:push`,
     ),
   );
 }
 
-function pull(
+async function pull(
   udid: string,
   src: string,
   bundleId: string,
   dst: string,
+  idbPath: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  await checkIdbIsInstalled(idbPath);
   return wrapWithErrorMessage(
     reportPlatformFailures(
       safeExec(
@@ -95,15 +104,24 @@ function pull(
         .then(() => {
           return;
         })
-        .catch(handleMissingIdb),
+        .catch((e) => handleMissingIdb(e, idbPath)),
       `${operationPrefix}:pull`,
     ),
   );
 }
 
-// The idb binary is a shim that downloads the proper one on first run. It requires sudo to do so.
+async function checkIdbIsInstalled(idbPath: string): Promise<void> {
+  const isInstalled = await isAvailable(idbPath);
+  if (!isInstalled) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `idb is required to use iOS devices. Install it with instructions from https://github.com/facebook/idb and set the installation path in Flipper settings.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+// The fb-internal idb binary is a shim that downloads the proper one on first run. It requires sudo to do so.
 // If we detect this, Tell the user how to fix it.
-function handleMissingIdb(e: Error): void {
+function handleMissingIdb(e: Error, idbPath: string): void {
   if (
     e.message &&
     e.message.includes('sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified')