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Q: Wifi sync does not recognize device, unless I rename it.

Wifi sync with my iPhone 5 was working fine. Then, out of the blue, it stopped showing up in iTunes. I tried all the trouble shooting I would find here and on Google and nothing. Then I renamed it from "Marcelo's iphone 5" to simply "iPhone". Then it showed up! I tried renaming it to "Marcelo's iPhone" and it still showed up. So I decided to try the original name and changed it back to "Marcelo's iPhone 5" and it disappeared again... Why?

 

I want it named "Marcelo's iPhone 5" and nothing ele. My iPad is named "Marcelo's iPad 2" and it works fine. I want all my devices to follow this naming structure.

 

How can I make iTunes forget all my wifi sync devices so that I can name my devices whatever I want and still have it sync over wifi correctly?

 

I'm using iTunes 11.4 on a mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro

My iPad 2 and iPhone 5 are both using iOS 8.0.2

iPhone 5, iOS 8, iOS 8.0.2

Posted on Oct 3, 2014 10:14 AM

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