iMac wont recognise iPhone

[Papa Goose]

Morning all,

I have a problem with my iMac not recognising my iPhone, it's been on and off for a while. I did hope the upgrade to Sequioa would resolve the problem, but nope.

I have tried:
- Switching cables,
- Switching ports,
- Switching iPhones,
- Restarting the mac,
- Restart the phones,
- Resetting the privacy on the phone
Nothing gets the iMac see the iPhone, and no option to trust the computer.

So I got my M2 MacBook Air, plugged in a USB adaptor and used both cables I tried on the iMac, got the trust messgae and the M2 sees the iphone no problem. So if the cables and phones aren't the issue, it's definately an issue with the iMac, but anyone have a clue as to what, and how to resolve it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[bogdanw]

Install MobileDeviceOnDemand.pkg & CoreTypes.pkg and reboot
https://swcdn.apple.com/content/dow...dfbk95h389ddde3scsi4/MobileDeviceOnDemand.pkg

https://swcdn.apple.com/content/dow...5rwrbstqb4kdfbk95h389ddde3scsi4/CoreTypes.pkg

Files discussed here https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/itunes-software-updates.2416893/

 

[Papa Goose]

Thanks bogdanw.
I Downloaded the 2 .pkg files you mentioned, did the install and both said successfully installed, and I shut down and restarted, plugged the phone in and still not recognised. So I emptied the bin, redownloaded, did the install and hit retart, still the same when I plugged the iphone in, it doesnt charge and it doesn't appear in music to sync it.

When I plugged it into my macbook and it worked I did get an update notice and it did that, but zero on the iMac. The previo thread you linked refered to High Dierra, I'm on Sequioa (via OCLP) does that impact things?

I just checked and the version of music on my iMac is 1.5.6.11 and the version of OS Sequoia is 15.7.7 if that helps. I can't see how to check for updates on music either?

 

[bogdanw]

The previo thread you linked refered to High Dierra, I'm on Sequioa (via OCLP) does that impact things?

No, the files are common for all macOS version. I ran the script in Sequoia 15.7.7 to get the links, so they are definitely the right ones.
OCLP patches might have an impact. https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/issues/497

I just checked and the version of music on my iMac is 1.5.6.11 and the version of OS Sequoia is 15.7.7 if that helps. I can't see how to check for updates on music either?

Music is updated with macOS, it's not separate.