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User profile for user: Gerben Wierda
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So, Apple has stopped supporting to backup my iPhone on my macOS?

I have iOS devices that are kept at the latest versions. I have macOS machines that currently still run Mojave and for the time being cannot be upgraded.


When I connect my iPhone, I now get "A software update is required to connect to [name] iPhone". What is unclear to be if that is an OS-update (so I'll get booted to Big Sur which I do not want) or if it is just a component.


What is clear to me that — as is — we can no longer backup our iOS devices and company policy forbids backups to iCloud. In effect: no more backups. That worries me.


So is it indeed the case that the 'update' is a full macOS update? Or is it just the update of a component (which I do not expect or it would have been part of a regular patch).

Posted on Nov 26, 2020 2:38 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2020 2:43 PM

No, it is not an upgrade to Big Sur, or any other version of Mac OS. It is simply a small iTunes update. I encountered the same message a few weeks ago. The file was downloaded and installed within a few minutes. After which I was able to connect, backup, and update my iPhone.

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