I wanted to restart my Mac in order to check whether this would clear a problem I was having. I got the message:
This makes no sense as it doesn't give any indication of which iOS device is involved, nor does it allow one to abandon the operation. Grrr.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
I managed to get out of this situation by having the device connected by cable to the computer. Then turn off the iOS device.Then disconnected the device from the computer. The device disappeared in the Finder and I was able to restart the computer. Then I restarted the device and reconnected it to the computer. When it showed up in the Finder, I clicked on sync and let it work. After that, everything worked for me. So far....
I is running Catalina 10.15.3 on my MacBook Pro and iOS 13.3.1 on my iPhone.
I spoke too soon.. argh!
I'm having the same issue also. Cannot quit finder even though no devices are syncing.
Same issue here. Everything you mentioned, didn't work....
That one really worked for me. Thanks!
I'm running on Catalina, with iOS 12.4.5 on my iPhone.
Thanks you, it's work on my Mac
Hi chris_g1,
All our iOS devices are configured to backup to our Mac and to sync both music and photos from our Mac. These processes are initiated automatically when an iOS device starts charging (if it can reach the Mac via WiFi). Prior to Catalina, we could restart the Mac even when an iOS device was syncing. That seems to no longer be possible.
Thanks
I haven't found a fix but I found a way to shut down the Mac.
To recall, the problem is the Finder is stuck "syncing" an iOS device, yet the iOS device wasn't syncing; try to stop the syncing on Finder doesn't work; relaunch the Finder and the problem still there.
The workaround is to relaunch the Finder, and while it was relaunching quickly shut down the Mac. You need to use the command+eject key on the keyboard to quickly call up the shutdown dialog.
You have to do these quick:
I manage to shut down the iMac in this way whenever the Finder stuck
If you see your iOS device in the right sidebar of your Finder window, and the 'completion circle' for syncing appears to be stuck, right click on the device name and select 'remove from sidebar'. You should be able to restart your machine.
"The Finder can't quite because an operation is still in progress on an iOS device"
