Finder iOS Update Check Problem

[cobra521]

Here's the process:

Connect iPhone (OS version 15.2.1, latest as of today) to Mac Pro 7.1 (OS version 12.1, latest version as of today).
Start Finder and sync the iPhone to the Mac Pro.
Click on "Check for Update" button.

When the OS version check is completed, a box titled "This version of the iPhone software..." appears.
Click "OK."
The box disappears as intended.

Then another identical box appears.
Click "OK" again.
The 2nd box disappears as intended, I suppose.

Then a 3rd identical box appears.
Click "OK" for a 3rd time.
The 3rd box disappears.

Lo, and behold! no more boxes appear ?

The behavior is the same if I connect my iPad and check whether the OS is up to date. Three more "OKs" and the boxes quit appearing.

This wonderful behavior appeared with the very 1st version of the Monterey OS, and continues to this day.

Anyone else have this neat Apple OS feature?

Sorry - it's annoying. I'd like to see it gone.

Tom

 

[BrianBaughn]

I've got that, too!

I hope they don't remove this feature. It's one of my favorite things to do now.

 

[cobra521]

Brian,

I have updated the iPad and iPhone to iOS 15.3, and the Mac Pro to MacOS 12.2.

I'm happy to let you know the bug - ahem - feature is still present. It still takes three clicks to get rid of the OK box after checking the version of iOS from the MacOS Finder for either the iPad or the iPhone.

You'll be pleased I'm sure...

Tom

 

[cobra521]

I've updated the iPad and iPhone to iOS 15.3.1, and the Mac Pro to MacOS 12.2.1.

The bug has successfully survived yet another update ?

 

[cobra521]

Now the iPad and iPhone are updated to iOS 15.4
The Mac Pro is updated to 12.3

And YAY! The bug survives! It still takes three "OKs" to get rid of the box; how marvelous...

 

[cobra521]

Well, luck holds: the "new" update, 15.4.1 keeps the three tap OK bug alive! Who'd have thought the Apple MacOS programmers and beta testers would be so benevolent as to retain such an entertaining bug? But they have - it lives to fight another day. Thank goodness.

 

[cobra521]

May UPDATE: The bizarre "three-tap" update behavior has been preserved, including today's update to Monterey 12.4 and iOS 15.5.

Time once again to wonder what other examples of careless/bug-ridden programming exist in Apple's software...

 

[cobra521]

September UPDATE: I'm once again overjoyed to report that the "three-tap" update behavior bug has survived yet another MacOS update, this time to 12.5.1!

WTG Apple "programmers."

 

[cobra521]

Just in case it needs repeating, here's a picture to illustrate the game Apple has invented and has made into a long-term diversion:

Happy to report it still takes 3 iterations of "OK" to make the box disappear...

EDIT: After updating the PC to MacOS Monterey 12.6 I'm ecstatic to report the "threesome" button click game has been preserved. I know the huge number of "OK" button press fanatics were hoping for this to happen ⛄

 

[cobra521]

Well, consistency seems to be the dominant theme for the small (Apple "coder") mind: Now showing in Ventura 13.0 and iOS 16.1; the immortal three click requirement to dismiss "This version of..." remains intact.

Whew! Thought maybe it had been eliminated, but no, it is still there.

 

[cobra521]

Ventura 13.1/iOS 16.2: the "triple click required" bug is still present. whoopeee

 

[cobra521]

The Apple would-be coders continue their um, less than observant ways of coding: for Ventura 13.2 and iOS 16.3 the three-clicks to get rid of the "OK" box is still there...

 

[bogdanw]

I haven't updated an iOS device using a Mac in a long time. Does the preparation of the update take less time than when using OTA?

 

[cobra521]

Bogdan,

I use the Mac to back up my iOS devices, so it's convenient to check for and install their updates at that time. No idea whether it's quicker, sorry.

The triple OK is a nuisance to me at most, unless I happen to think about the sloppy/incomplete coding and beta testing that keeps that error in the OS. It always makes me wonder if there are also other more debilitating errors in there that are not so obvious...

Tom

 

[bogdanw]

Thank you for the response. OTA iOS 16.3 took a long time on my iPhone SE 2.
I didn’t trust Finder for this operation and I just updated an old iPhone 6 to iOS 12.5.7 using Apple Configurator. It was significantly faster, as Apple Configurator does unzip the iOS update, but I don’t know if that applies to iOS 16 as well. I’ll test when iOS 16.3 will be available
https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-configurator/id1037126344

 

[bogdanw]

A word of advice, update the software needed to connect the iOS device to a Mac before attempting to install iOS 16.3.1
These are the links

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/49/27/032-06683-A_QRHIJ4BQOQ/jf8jwh5ejfbm5a11c2wqj2a6ahu6hb0qx1/CoreTypes.pkg
https://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/49/27/032-06683-A_QRHIJ4BQOQ/jf8jwh5ejfbm5a11c2wqj2a6ahu6hb0qx1/MobileDeviceOnDemand.pkg

I was updating an iPhone SE 2 to iOS 16.3.1 using Apple Configurator, all was going well, the update was being unzipped, then stoped with the error message “A Software Update is Required to Connect to your iOS Device”. I’ve installed it, restarted the update, it was performed, but now the iPhone is slowly going through “Attempting Data Recovery”.

 

[cobra521]

Bogdan,

Interesting...

I've used the Mac Pro to update my iPhones and iPads for a number of years through a wired connection - either Lightning or USBC. This is the first time I've heard of this problem so not sure what its cause could be.

I very much hope you don't lose any data!

Tom

 

[bogdanw]

No data has been lost, just time But I’ll rather consider it just another lesson learned ;-)

 

[cobra521]

Bogdan,

Very interesting...

Kinda confused: I've not thought about using configurator to update any of my devices. The only time I used it was to reinstall the OS after an SSD update for my Mac Pro 7,1. I put in higher capacity SSDs from Apple and had to use that software and hardware to reinstall MacOS.

If I want to update my iPhone or iPad I simply connect my Mac using the appropriate cable and locate the device in Finder. If I click on the device in Finder I get a screen that allows me to back up the device, with an option to 'Check for Update'. If it does, I click on the box to download and install iOS and away it goes - no configurator needed.

Hope this is clear,

Tom

 

[cobra521]

Well, just to follow up on this interesting 3X OK behavior, I'm pleased to report it's gone! I updated the Mac Pro to Sonoma 14.4 (23E214) and the iPhone to iOS 17.4 and now one press of the OK button makes the little box go away.

I just wish some of the more serious bugs would go away, such as the random failure to mount PCIE-based SSDs.

Small relief.

Tom