my ipad keeps blinking on and off in finder i cant trust it

Hi I am trying to connect my iPad 6th generation to my MacBook Air. It keeps flashing on and off in finder and I can’t click on it to trust. My MacBook runs Catalina 10.15.4

can anyone help please

iPad, iPadOS 13

Posted on May 21, 2020 2:27 AM

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Posted on May 21, 2020 2:51 AM

I would say it's 1 of 3 things


  1. lint and or dirt in the ios devices connector causing an unstable connection, I usually clean it out with a tooth pick or match
  2. a periodic defect charging cable causing an unstable connection
  3. a defect connector in the mac or in the ios device


one can divide and conquer troubleshooting by, testing with another table, testing with another computer, testing with another ios device to narrow down what the cause is.

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May 21, 2020 2:51 AM in response to Mohall

I would say it's 1 of 3 things


  1. lint and or dirt in the ios devices connector causing an unstable connection, I usually clean it out with a tooth pick or match
  2. a periodic defect charging cable causing an unstable connection
  3. a defect connector in the mac or in the ios device


one can divide and conquer troubleshooting by, testing with another table, testing with another computer, testing with another ios device to narrow down what the cause is.

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