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Mac Book Pro won't sync with iPhone after installing Seagate backup software.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 22, 2019 9:54 AM

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kaz-k

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Jun 22, 2019 1:28 PM in response to Tesserax

I assume it's probably iTunes.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201253

Tesserax

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Jun 22, 2019 2:07 PM in response to lhuepper

... and if you are syncing via iTunes, as kaz-k suggests, are you doing so via USB or Wi-Fi? Also, is your iTunes Library/Media folder on your Mac or this external Seagate drive?

Tesserax

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Jun 22, 2019 10:12 AM in response to lhuepper

How were you syncing between your MacBook Pro and your iPhone before? ... iCloud?

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