diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/mob.connect.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/mob.connect.ex
index b11dab7..49a6106 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/mob.connect.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/mob.connect.ex
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Mob.Connect do
     * `--no-iex`   — set up connections but don't start IEx (print node names instead)
     * `--name`     — local node name for this session (default: `mob_dev@127.0.0.1`)
     * `--cookie`   — Erlang cookie (default: `mob_secret`)
+    * `--ios-only` / `--android-only` — restrict discovery to one platform. iOS-only
+      development on a Mac with no Android platform-tools installed works without
+      this flag (adb's absence is handled gracefully), but `--ios-only` skips the
+      Android scan entirely — useful when a phone for another project is plugged in.
+      To make it the default for a project, set it once in `mob.exs`:
+
+          config :mob_dev, platforms: [:ios]
     * `--only` / `--device` (`-d`) — restrict to devices whose serial/udid contains
       the given substring. Repeatable. Without it, connect attaches to *every*
       running device, so a single slow or locked device (e.g. a plugged-in
@@ -117,7 +124,15 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Mob.Connect do
   def run(args) do
     {opts, _, _} =
       OptionParser.parse(args,
-        switches: [iex: :boolean, cookie: :string, name: :string, only: :keep, device: :keep],
+        switches: [
+          iex: :boolean,
+          cookie: :string,
+          name: :string,
+          only: :keep,
+          device: :keep,
+          ios_only: :boolean,
+          android_only: :boolean
+        ],
         aliases: [c: :cookie, n: :name, d: :device]
       )
 
@@ -131,7 +146,17 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Mob.Connect do
 
     Mix.Task.run("app.config")
 
-    {connected, _failed} = MobDev.Connector.connect_all(cookie: cookie, only: only)
+    # Platform filter: --ios-only / --android-only override the mob.exs default
+    # (`config :mob_dev, platforms: [...]`). An iOS-only Mac with no adb skips
+    # Android discovery entirely rather than crashing on the missing binary.
+    platforms =
+      case resolve_platforms(opts, MobDev.Config.platforms()) do
+        {:ok, platforms} -> platforms
+        {:error, message} -> Mix.raise(message)
+      end
+
+    {connected, _failed} =
+      MobDev.Connector.connect_all(cookie: cookie, only: only, platforms: platforms)
 
     if connected == [] do
       IO.puts("\n#{IO.ANSI.yellow()}No nodes connected. Nothing to do.#{IO.ANSI.reset()}\n")
@@ -146,6 +171,36 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Mob.Connect do
     end
   end
 
+  @doc """
+  Resolves which platforms to discover from the parsed options and the
+  `mob.exs` default.
+
+  `--ios-only` / `--android-only` win over the default; passing both is a
+  contradiction and returns `{:error, _}`. With neither flag, the `mob.exs`
+  default (`config :mob_dev, platforms: [...]`, both platforms when unset) is
+  used. Pure — exposed for testing.
+  """
+  @spec resolve_platforms(keyword(), [:android | :ios]) ::
+          {:ok, [:android | :ios]} | {:error, String.t()}
+  def resolve_platforms(opts, default) do
+    ios_only = Keyword.get(opts, :ios_only, false)
+    android_only = Keyword.get(opts, :android_only, false)
+
+    cond do
+      ios_only and android_only ->
+        {:error, "Cannot combine --ios-only and --android-only."}
+
+      ios_only ->
+        {:ok, [:ios]}
+
+      android_only ->
+        {:ok, [:android]}
+
+      true ->
+        {:ok, default}
+    end
+  end
+
   defp start_iex(connected, cookie, local_name) do
     IO.puts(
       "\n#{IO.ANSI.cyan()}Starting IEx (connected to #{length(connected)} device(s))...#{IO.ANSI.reset()}"
diff --git a/lib/mob_dev/config.ex b/lib/mob_dev/config.ex
index 3efb444..d5864a3 100644
--- a/lib/mob_dev/config.ex
+++ b/lib/mob_dev/config.ex
@@ -46,6 +46,42 @@ defmodule MobDev.Config do
     end
   end
 
+  # The platforms a project develops for. `:android` and `:ios` are the only
+  # valid entries; order is irrelevant.
+  @all_platforms [:android, :ios]
+
+  @doc """
+  Platforms this project targets, read from `mob.exs`
+  (`config :mob_dev, platforms: [:ios]`).
+
+  Defaults to both platforms when unset. The chief use is letting a Mac-only
+  iOS developer opt out of Android discovery/tunnelling once, instead of
+  passing `--ios-only` on every command. A `--ios-only` / `--android-only`
+  flag overrides this at the call site.
+  """
+  @spec platforms() :: [:android | :ios]
+  def platforms, do: parse_platforms(load_mob_config()[:platforms])
+
+  @doc """
+  Normalises a raw `:platforms` config value to a valid platform list.
+
+  `nil` (unset) yields both platforms. A list is filtered to the known
+  platforms (`:android`, `:ios`); unknown or malformed entries are dropped.
+  If nothing valid remains, falls back to both platforms rather than leaving
+  the caller with no devices to discover. Pure — exposed for testing.
+  """
+  @spec parse_platforms(term()) :: [:android | :ios]
+  def parse_platforms(nil), do: @all_platforms
+
+  def parse_platforms(value) when is_list(value) do
+    case Enum.filter(@all_platforms, &(&1 in value)) do
+      [] -> @all_platforms
+      valid -> valid
+    end
+  end
+
+  def parse_platforms(_other), do: @all_platforms
+
   @doc """
   Reads the `mob_dev` section from `mob.exs` in the current directory.
   Returns an empty keyword list if the file does not exist.
diff --git a/lib/mob_dev/connector.ex b/lib/mob_dev/connector.ex
index 8da74ed..a077120 100644
--- a/lib/mob_dev/connector.ex
+++ b/lib/mob_dev/connector.ex
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ defmodule MobDev.Connector do
     cookie = Keyword.get(opts, :cookie, :mob_secret)
 
     only = opts |> Keyword.get(:only, []) |> List.wrap()
+    platforms = opts |> Keyword.get(:platforms, [:android, :ios]) |> List.wrap()
 
     IO.puts("\n#{color(:cyan)}Scanning for devices...#{color(:reset)}\n")
 
-    devices = discover_all() |> filter_only(only)
+    devices = platforms |> discover_all() |> filter_only(only)
 
     if devices == [] do
       if only != [] do
@@ -93,9 +94,13 @@ defmodule MobDev.Connector do
     end
   end
 
-  defp discover_all do
-    android = Android.list_devices()
-    ios = IOS.list_devices()
+  # Only scan the platforms the project targets. An iOS-only Mac (no Android
+  # platform-tools) skips Android discovery entirely — both so it never shells
+  # out to a missing `adb`, and so a plugged-in Android phone for some *other*
+  # project isn't swept into this session.
+  defp discover_all(platforms) do
+    android = if :android in platforms, do: Android.list_devices(), else: []
+    ios = if :ios in platforms, do: IOS.list_devices(), else: []
     android ++ ios
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/mob_dev/tunnel.ex b/lib/mob_dev/tunnel.ex
index 109fdb7..f8f9160 100644
--- a/lib/mob_dev/tunnel.ex
+++ b/lib/mob_dev/tunnel.ex
@@ -304,17 +304,28 @@ defmodule MobDev.Tunnel do
   # Pure-Elixir timeout via Task — avoids depending on the GNU `timeout`
   # binary, which doesn't ship with macOS or BSD by default. Calls adb
   # directly via System.cmd/3 (no shell, no quoting concerns).
+  #
+  # Resolves `adb` up front via System.find_executable/1: an iOS-only Mac
+  # has no Android platform-tools, and `System.cmd("adb", ...)` *raises*
+  # `:enoent` for a missing binary (it does not return a non-zero exit). That
+  # raise inside the linked Task would propagate an exit to the caller and
+  # crash the whole `mix mob.connect`. Returning `{:error, ...}` instead lets
+  # every caller's existing error branch degrade gracefully (no forwards →
+  # empty port set, no-op cleanup), so iOS-only setups never touch adb.
   defp run_adb(args) do
-    task =
-      Task.async(fn ->
-        System.cmd("adb", args, stderr_to_stdout: true)
-      end)
-
-    case Task.yield(task, 8_000) || Task.shutdown(task, :brutal_kill) do
-      {:ok, {output, 0}} -> {:ok, String.trim(output)}
-      {:ok, {output, _rc}} -> {:error, String.trim(output)}
-      nil -> {:error, "adb timed out"}
-      {:exit, reason} -> {:error, "adb crashed: #{inspect(reason)}"}
+    case System.find_executable("adb") do
+      nil ->
+        {:error, "adb not found on PATH"}
+
+      adb ->
+        task = Task.async(fn -> System.cmd(adb, args, stderr_to_stdout: true) end)
+
+        case Task.yield(task, 8_000) || Task.shutdown(task, :brutal_kill) do
+          {:ok, {output, 0}} -> {:ok, String.trim(output)}
+          {:ok, {output, _rc}} -> {:error, String.trim(output)}
+          nil -> {:error, "adb timed out"}
+          {:exit, reason} -> {:error, "adb crashed: #{inspect(reason)}"}
+        end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/mix/tasks/mob_connect_test.exs b/test/mix/tasks/mob_connect_test.exs
index 516bab1..65278c8 100644
--- a/test/mix/tasks/mob_connect_test.exs
+++ b/test/mix/tasks/mob_connect_test.exs
@@ -9,4 +9,28 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Mob.ConnectTest do
     assert :ok = Connect.ensure_iex_started()
     assert {:ok, _} = Application.ensure_all_started(:iex)
   end
+
+  describe "resolve_platforms/2" do
+    test "no flags uses the supplied default" do
+      assert Connect.resolve_platforms([], [:android, :ios]) == {:ok, [:android, :ios]}
+      assert Connect.resolve_platforms([], [:ios]) == {:ok, [:ios]}
+    end
+
+    test "--ios-only restricts to iOS, overriding the default" do
+      assert Connect.resolve_platforms([ios_only: true], [:android, :ios]) == {:ok, [:ios]}
+    end
+
+    test "--android-only restricts to Android, overriding the default" do
+      assert Connect.resolve_platforms([android_only: true], [:android, :ios]) ==
+               {:ok, [:android]}
+    end
+
+    test "combining both flags is an error" do
+      assert {:error, message} =
+               Connect.resolve_platforms([ios_only: true, android_only: true], [:android, :ios])
+
+      assert message =~ "--ios-only"
+      assert message =~ "--android-only"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/mob_dev/config_test.exs b/test/mob_dev/config_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34ba588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mob_dev/config_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+defmodule MobDev.ConfigTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  alias MobDev.Config
+
+  describe "parse_platforms/1" do
+    test "nil (unset) defaults to both platforms" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms(nil) == [:android, :ios]
+    end
+
+    test "a single platform is kept" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms([:ios]) == [:ios]
+      assert Config.parse_platforms([:android]) == [:android]
+    end
+
+    test "both platforms normalize to a stable order" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms([:ios, :android]) == [:android, :ios]
+    end
+
+    test "unknown entries are dropped, valid ones kept" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms([:windows, :ios]) == [:ios]
+    end
+
+    test "an empty list falls back to both platforms" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms([]) == [:android, :ios]
+    end
+
+    test "a list with no valid platforms falls back to both" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms([:bogus, "ios"]) == [:android, :ios]
+    end
+
+    test "a non-list value falls back to both platforms" do
+      assert Config.parse_platforms(:ios) == [:android, :ios]
+      assert Config.parse_platforms("ios") == [:android, :ios]
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/mob_dev/tunnel_adb_missing_test.exs b/test/mob_dev/tunnel_adb_missing_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ef77e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mob_dev/tunnel_adb_missing_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+defmodule MobDev.TunnelAdbMissingTest do
+  # async: false — mutates the OS-process-global PATH. Kept out of the main
+  # (async) tunnel_test so it never overlaps a concurrent reader.
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
+
+  alias MobDev.Tunnel
+
+  describe "adb absent from PATH (iOS-only Mac)" do
+    setup do
+      original = System.get_env("PATH")
+
+      # Point PATH at a dir that has epmd (ports_in_use queries it too) but not
+      # adb, so we exercise exactly the missing-adb path.
+      dir = Path.join(System.tmp_dir!(), "mob_dev_no_adb_#{System.unique_integer([:positive])}")
+      File.mkdir_p!(dir)
+
+      case :os.find_executable(~c"epmd") do
+        false -> flunk("epmd not found on PATH — cannot set up the no-adb fixture")
+        epmd -> File.ln_s!(to_string(epmd), Path.join(dir, "epmd"))
+      end
+
+      System.put_env("PATH", dir)
+      refute System.find_executable("adb"), "fixture leaked an adb on PATH"
+
+      on_exit(fn ->
+        if original, do: System.put_env("PATH", original), else: System.delete_env("PATH")
+        File.rm_rf!(dir)
+      end)
+
+      :ok
+    end
+
+    test "ports_in_use/1 degrades to a MapSet instead of crashing on :enoent" do
+      # Regression: run_adb shelled out to a missing `adb`; System.cmd raised
+      # :enoent inside a linked Task, propagating an exit that killed the whole
+      # `mix mob.connect` for iOS-only Macs. It must now return the (adb-less)
+      # port set without raising — forwards simply read as "none".
+      assert %MapSet{} = Tunnel.ports_in_use()
+    end
+  end
+end