iOS Software Download Progress in Finder

It wasn't any use, and calculating time remaining was totally inaccurate.

Since the thread started they added progress bar for sync and we have rotary pie for backup.

Check activity monitor/network for a really accurate progress.

It is a nothing problem

Actually, there are NO indicators when the software is being downloaded. When it's finally downloaded, then the two arrows circling appear in Finder next to the iPhone indicator. Grrrrr. Fix this APPLE! Why is there no longer an indicator to even show the download is happening?????

You know what “Assume” makes of u and me.

It is a design change. Only a problem if you don’t like it. So without a problem there is no solution.

Howeve one workaround is to use Apple Configurator 2 for which has a progress bar for some data movements if that floats your boat.

There is no workaround for Sync. Just observe the circular arrows and the pie.

Make a feature request at Apple.com/feedback for replacing the progress bar - I have.

They will read that, but not this thread.

FWIW, You need to go to folder ~/Library/itunes. not itunes

Easier to use Activity Manager and look n Network

AMPDevicesagent will give a running total of received bytes

Instead of using a while loop, you can use the watch command.

watch -n 2 "ls -l ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone\ Software\ Updates"

10.15.4 I noticed more progress indication under the panel recently. This is while the circular arrows are going round

The pie chart shows progress of backup backup.

I haven't seen what shows while downloading an update but presumably we are 2/3 back to meaningful progress indication?

The spinning icon usually changes to a pie chart Progress icon.

Don't complain here as we're all users like yourself and can't do anything about it. Tell Apple via Feedback - macOS - Apple 

tried to put the command in I just get repeat lines of code

Waynes-MacBook-Air:~ Wayne$ ls -lhrt ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone\ Software\ Updates

total 2785696

-rw-r--r--  1 Wayne  staff   1.3G Nov  1 14:12 iPhone10,3,iPhone10,6_13.2_17B84_Restore.ipsw.download

Waynes-MacBook-Air:~ Wayne$ 

Yes the pie works for part of regular sync but iOS updates just have the circling arrows for most of the download process in my experience and with middling internet speeds can be for half an hour or more.

While there is a small circle progress indicator in the Finder side bar next to your iOS device plugged in, Apple has made a huge mistake not proving more information for the download, such as estimated time remaining or a percentage. This is very frustrating and quite honestly a bonehead move by Apple, continuously changing processes for the worse. I hope in a future update the add an estimated download time and percentage when hovering over the attached device in the Finder side bar. (not holding my breath they will fix this any time soon)

This helped. Thank you so much.

Pretty annoying that Apple removed it. Hope they get it back in the future.

What the hack is wrong with Apple? Is it that hard to put simple download progress there? 5 min job for junior programmer. MacOs really looks like there is just one programmer writing entire system.

I sent Apple feedback on this issue in both the Catalina Public Beta

and after the final release.

Apparently my one voice isn't enough. So...

Feedback - macOS - Apple

I've at iOS 13.2.2. It starts out with rotating arrows until the download actually starts and the it's the pie hard.