You’ll need to tap to say you trust the Mac you’ve plugged your iPhone into. Then you’ll see a message in your iPhone asking you if you Trust this Mac. Your Mac will ask if you trust this iPhone.Īnd you’ll need to click the Trust button. When this is the first time you’ve plugged in your iPhone. So open your iPhone so you can see its Home screen. It’s a setting in your iPhone/iPad that’s doing this. You’ll see it under Locations but it seems greyed out.
Your iPhone and or iPad could be set to not talk over USB without unlocking first. Or opened with your Touch ID or Face ID.ĭo the same if your issue is with your iPad. Or depending on your OS X version it doesn’t appear under Locations at all. Or iPad doesn’t appear in Finder on your Mac. Shows Up In Sidebar But iPhone Not Appearing In Finder Window Is it running a different version of MacOS? Can you upgrade your Mac to that version of MacOS? Your issue could be you have a more modern iPhone. What’s the difference between that Mac and your Mac? Try your iPhone on another Mac.Ĭan another Mac, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air see your iPhone? Try the same if your trouble is with your iPad. Not sure how to do that? For restarting on all the iPhone models check this Apple document at this link.īy now your iPhone should have at least appeared under the Locations heading. Do a full shutdown, restart and power on of your iPhone iPad. Restart your iPhone.Ī stuck iOS setting on your actual iPhone could be the issue. You can go further and carry out a SMC reset on your Mac. Or iPad to turn up in a Finder app window on your Mac. A wait of at least 10 seconds for your Mac’s internal registries to reset. Try a new cable and see if your Apple iPhone magically turns up. At this point it’s best to replace your iPhone’s or iPad’s USB cable.Īnd if you’re using a USB C to USB type A adaptor for your Mac. It’s pretty common for the cable to break on the inside but look perfectly fine on the outside.
You could have a physical issue with your cable. It’s a simple thing to do and may just fix your iPhone not showing up on finder. Or you may have forgotten to eject the last device you used. Or the other USB device just didn’t Eject itself properly. Sometimes the software on the USB port gets hung up. This is a good idea when you’ve had another device plugged into the USB port on your Mac. Then check the box again and your iPhone often shows up. And see if your Apple iPhone or iPad appears in your Mac Finder window.
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