iOS Software Download Progress in Finder

Connecting a phone to Finder and viewing it in finder, then downloading an update will not time out at 15 minutes. (Forced recovery may be different).

The point of this thread is simply the loss of an "estimated time left" and timeline display

If yours does time out then you should really open a new thread of your own. You will not get confident help for a slightly different problem at this end of an old thread

I was frustrated at this too but I also lost the spinny wheel when i maximized and then minimized the window so there was no activity telling me anything. Saw your post and tried the terminal command. Now I can see that I should not interrupt the restore. Thanks.

I found that you can also track this in Activity Monitor. If you keep an eye on the network traffic for the process called: AMPDeviceAgent you can get live data usage.

It is still not how I want to do it (a spinning set of errors is only helpful in know that something is happening), but I think this workaround is better than manually issuing terminal commands.

Another useful alternative to using the terminal is to open Activity Monitor to the "Network" tab. Look for a process called "AMPDevicesAgent". the "Rcvd Bytes" column should be an approximate representation of the download size, provided you haven't downloaded multiple things in one session.

The easiest way is to go in finder, go to the search bar and type itunes, locate the Itunes folder, find the subfolder iphone software updates, the IPSW file is there and you can see the file size (in list view).Hint expanding and collapsing the subfolder with refresh the file size.

There is one more way, go to finder, then in search bar- search for a folder name iPad Software Update/ iPhone Software Update, in this folder you will find a Safari download link. That’s your file downloading as a safari link and by selecting you can see how much it has been downloaded and compare the approximate size to the last update you had.

I don't think apple employees are using apple products... if they were using them they would have never removed it or added it in any of the updates.

Many more problems like restoring an up to date firmware, its either impossible or with turnarounds, nothing is simple anymore with apple.

Not defending it. It's just a very small annoyance compared to other policy changes historically.

Using Activity monitor, (Network tab) is more accurate in real time

Estimated time remaining was notoriously inaccurate anyway

This is ridiculous! No progress bar and complicating previously uncomplicated processes like creating ringtones is insane... this needs to be fixed or put back the way it was before... while I'm at it, can we please discuss reprogramming spaces back to the way it was with Mac OS Lion and before mission control. Thanks

FWIW, with well over a billion iDevices that are active in the world,

only a tiny fraction of those owners even come close to a computer

let alone own own.

You should be thankful Apple hasn't removed iDevice backup/sync/updates

from macOS altogether.

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?????

This was very helpful. I then searched my Mac in a separate finder window for “Restore.ipsw.download” (as that is what I was downloading - an iOS update because my phone was in a rebooting loop. That showed me the total download was 5.38 gb. The terminal script you provided showed a total of 5.9 gb download before it processed the update, so they were close in size and gave me a good sense of how long it would take. My problem wasn’t resolved with this but that is a separate issue.

Whereas the script is useful for people with a good technical knowledge, this download can be monitored by less technically minded people by opening Activity Monitor to the "Network" tab. Look for a process called "AMPDevicesAgent" in the "Rcvd Bytes" column and watch the GB’s count up

Thank you! You really are a genius! I got it all sorted out. The real culprit was poor WiFi so I switched to my hot spot and used my data - and it Only took 2 tries from there! I have a very happy grand daughter now!