Wi-Fi sync on your iPhone not working for ya?
Wi-Fi Sync only works when plugged in?
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Works fine for me. You seem to be confusing "you" and "I".Wi-Fi Sync never, ever, works when you need it to...
iCloud is not WiFi sync. WiFi sync takes place between iTunes on your computer and your device. Automatic downloads take place between each device and Apple's servers. The point of automatic downloads is that you don't have to sync (WiFi or wired) to have your purchases on your devices.So you're sitting at the cafe, and you find a new song. So you drag it into iTunes and try to sync over Wi-Fi. It is here where the entire concept of iCloud breaks down.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386And what's more, why is it syncing over Wi-Fi now, when it couldn't before?
Whenever the computer and the iOS device are on the same network, the iOS device will appear in iTunes, and you can sync it. The iOS device will sync automatically when all of the following are true:
- The iOS device is plugged in to power
- iTunes is open on the computer
- The iOS device and the computer are on the same Wi-Fi network
Again, check the requirements.And the iCloud tabs thing, never works. If you have a page open on your iPhone and you want to open it on your Mac, you go to Safari, click the little iCloud tabs thing, but nothing ever shows up.
This is iCloud for me. This is how it's always happened. Why is this happening?
Lack of understand and possible improper setup. Don't overlook the Apple site and Google searches (how I found these) as resources.Why is this happening?
Hotspot restrictions aren't the issue. Read the OP again. WiFi sync works when the USB cable is plugged in. If the restrictions were the problem it would not work either way.I'm not really sure what iCloud has to do with the fact that the open(!) wifi you're on has restrictions...
Wi-Fi Sync has been broken ever since iOS 6.
I don't know what Apple changed, but ever since the release of iOS 6, the feature has been a complete mess for countless people. I have the exact same problem with Wi-Fi Sync and when I looked into it, I discovered that it is incredibly common.
I really hope that iOS 6.1 fixes this.
*Edit*
To the user above me, your statement about the device needing to be plugged in is absolutely incorrect. For battery purposes, Apple always recommends that you plug in the phone when doing any sort of wireless updating, but it has never been an actual requirement. On iOS 5, I used to sync my iPhone's music library over iTunes all the time without plugging it in. As long as I had over 20% battery life, it would let me sync. With iOS 6, the feature is broken, in that the Sync button is grayed out 90% of the time, even though it shouldn't be.
"quit/close" itunes and reopen it. iTunes will look for the known iDevices in the same wireless network and detect them. Try sync now. It always works for me..So you're sitting at the cafe, and you find a new song. So you drag it into iTunes and try to sync over Wi-Fi. It is here where the entire concept of iCloud breaks down.
I'm ready to sync. But my Mac and iPhone cannot recognize that these devices are both on the same Wi-Fi network. iCloud is always like this.
So you sit there and press the Sync button on your iPhone, and then it says, "Looking for Macbook Pro..." but then it never finds it. And the Macbook does not recognize your iPhone in the least.
So what do you have to end up doing? You have to go into your bookbag, get the USB cord and sync manually. It is only now that iCloud begins to sync you iPhone to iTunes over Wi-Fi, when it's plugged into the computer.
I know it's because I had the Sync to Wi-Fi box checked, but if the cord is plugged into the computer, then why would I want it to sync over Wi-Fi? And what's more, why is it syncing over Wi-Fi now, when it couldn't before?
Hotspot restrictions aren't the issue. Read the OP again. WiFi sync works when the USB cable is plugged in. If the restrictions were the problem it would not work either way.
I've never understood why people will spend 30+ minutes for something that cost a dollar.
So you're sitting at the cafe, and you find a new song. So you drag it into iTunes and try to sync over Wi-Fi. It is here where the entire concept of iCloud breaks down.
I'm ready to sync. But my Mac and iPhone cannot recognize that these devices are both on the same Wi-Fi network. iCloud is always like this.
So you sit there and press the Sync button on your iPhone, and then it says, "Looking for Macbook Pro..." but then it never finds it. And the Macbook does not recognize your iPhone in the least.
So what do you have to end up doing? You have to go into your bookbag, get the USB cord and sync manually. It is only now that iCloud begins to sync you iPhone to iTunes over Wi-Fi, when it's plugged into the computer.
I know it's because I had the Sync to Wi-Fi box checked, but if the cord is plugged into the computer, then why would I want it to sync over Wi-Fi? And what's more, why is it syncing over Wi-Fi now, when it couldn't before?
This is iCloud for me daily.
And the iCloud tabs thing, never works. If you have a page open on your iPhone and you want to open it on your Mac, you go to Safari, click the little iCloud tabs thing, but nothing ever shows up.
This is iCloud for me. This is how it's always happened. Why is this happening?
I get this issue too. I think it maybe an issue with my wifi network at home. I have a pretty cheap router.
Yep, never works for me either. The devices show up in iTunes and when I press sync it can never locate them.