M1 Mac synced with iPhone/iPad

FWIW, I had updated my M1 MacBook Air on 12/14 to macOS 11.1.

On 12/17, backed up, synced, and then downloaded and installed

iOS 14.3 on my iPhone 11 Pro all via USB connected to my M1

MacBook Air and all went smooth and have seen no such issues

with apps opening. Also, even before that, syncing and downloading

apps while connected to the M1 MBA did not create any issues.

It doesn't fix your situations but just relaying my experience and

a sequence of events. Perhaps the sequence of upgrade events

that you may have done might have had some effect?

I got a m1 and a iphone 12 mini - nothing but sync problems...

Dear Apple, what you doin here?

You ever thought about the pricing your products compared to what you get.

i feel all get more complicated every year...... but okay..

For me, not even the photo import is working - 12 is on the mac and nothing happens, it tages ages "import preparing"

That was faster on my MBP2010 - i dont understand!?

Thats small things that just have to work....

Really frustrated, Photos is such a strange program, and even in 2020 its not working..

Im having the same issue with my iPhone 11 Pro and M1 MacBook Air

The second I "trust" the computer on my iPhone, I can't open any apps that weren't already open and are in memory.

hope this will be an easy fix for apple.

Hello all, Ive been dealing with this problem since 12/7 when I did my first sync to my new Mac Mini M1. Software is Big Sur 11.1 using iPhone 11 Pro Max iOS 14.3. My wife updated her phone first, it's an iPhone 8Plus that had absolutely no storage, so we just moved everything onto the mac and updated to the newest version 14.3. My phone was synced mere minutes afterward. I don't have any issues with Apps crashing, but I am unable to install new apps or update existing apps. I have tried every solution that everyone on the community has tried to no avail. I just haven't contacted Apple Support yet. Will be watching like a hawk for Mac and iPhone updates, or a solution.

Thanks,

Have the same iPhone 12 Pro Max and I have the 2020 MacBook Air M. It shows all my iMessages and even sms messages with Android Contacts but it just won't sync the contact photos. it just shows everyone as just a number no photos like in my phone. this must be an M1chip issue I hope they fix this with a software update.

I'm having the same issue. non apple apps crash as soon as I sync iPhone X to m1 MacBook Pro but they work fine if I sync to windows 10 laptop. I have tried everything at this point so I won't be syncing until this is resolved.

I have a large music library of artists not available on Apple Music / Spotify I have ripped from physical media I own and there is no way for me to get these onto my device other then manually sync. The issue is simply stopping you being able to use your device in the intended way if you don't use a streaming service.

iCloud syncing works for the majority of use cases, but there are still cases where you need to sync with the Mac.

If you don't have an Apple Music subscription, there is no convenient way to get your iTunes library onto your device without syncing.

If you're a developer, you need to be able to connect to your Mac to get your apps on your device for debugging.

If you don't have a large iCloud Storage subscription, you may want to sync to get your photos off your iPhone and onto your Mac. Same for taking backups of your device.

iCloud is a great workaround, but it doesn't fully solve the problem.

I like the Dido song "Life for rent"! Listen to it for the content. I Like to own the music and media the music is on! I don't stream music. Apple Microsoft, spotify, Pandora.Amazon and many others want to force you to stream from them at a charge of course. I buy Music CDs and transfer to FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec.). It is a lossless Media, Much better than mp3 which looses some fidelity. When you rent an apartment you are loosing money when compared to buying a Condo or Co-op apt. The cloud is similar also. The cloud flourished just as Hard drives became cheap. Store the music you buy on Hard drives, SSDs or USB sticks or your phone with Carplay or your cars infotainment system.

I was wondering if it might be something with our Apple ID's. Others have reported that everything works without issue using the same software and devices. I did try syncing with a new account on the Mac that was not logged in to an Apple ID, but the phone was logged in on my Apple ID, and the Mac was logged in as well but on another local account...

I'll see if I can test this on my devices. I'll also mention it to my advisor when I have my next call.

I can confirm, that 14.4. doesn't solve this issue.

Additionally I found out, that my M1 isn't listed on iCloud.com as one of my devices. But on appleid.com all devices are listed. Can anyone confirm this on his account?

Have not yet tried 14.4 (waiting for Big Sur 11.2 as support suggested). I can confirm that I'm seeing the same regarding the devices though. All my devices are listed correctly on appleid.apple.com, but my M1 Mac is not listed on iCloud.com under "Account Settings".

As I mentioned above, I did create a second Apple ID which is working. If I look on iCloud.com under that ID, the M1 Mac is showing up. So perhaps that is part of the cause?

That is so frustrating! I'm having the same issues with the devices of a good friend. When I called Apple Support last week, the lady said, the problem is completely new to her and that she hasn't found anything in the database.

Therefore I hope, that the communities effort and publications on 9to5mac help solving the problem. I will stay tuned and already say thank you to everyone on touch with Apple Support.

Thanx for giving us that update on it CodeMonkeyZimbu and responding to the thread I created. Glad to know others are reaching out and getting Apple's attention on this as well. I myself decided not to try syncing my iPhone 11 with my M1 Mac Mini until I hear that this specific issue has been addressed with a firmware update.

Thanks for the report CodeMonkeyZimbu

can you confirm also that the issue I've had with the App store has been fixed? This is where it would offer an update, start the download but cease the download and reset the update as 'Available'. In other words, it would not update apps.