Well, that's the question, really: Why do I have to unlock my iPhone when I connect it to my iMac Pro using a lightning cable? Why don't both machines recognise each other as being mine?
Thanks
iPhone XS, iOS 15
If the passcode requirement is truly that annoying, you can circumvent manual synchronization by using iCloud.
The free tier of iCloud supports 5GB of storage. Photos taken on your phone would be automatically uploaded to iCloud when your phone is connected to WiFi.
Your entire library would then be available to all of your Apple devices signed in with your Apple ID without manual synchronization.
If the passcode requirement is truly that annoying, you can circumvent manual synchronization by using iCloud.
The free tier of iCloud supports 5GB of storage. Photos taken on your phone would be automatically uploaded to iCloud when your phone is connected to WiFi.
Your entire library would then be available to all of your Apple devices signed in with your Apple ID without manual synchronization.
It's a security measure.
When you connect your iPhone to a new computer, you'll be promoted to "Trust This Computer" on your iPhone. Unless you erase your machine or iPhone or change your trust setting you should only be prompted once.
About the 'Trust This Computer' alert on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Learn about trusted computers and find out how to change your settings.
What the trust settings on your device mean
When you connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a computer or other device for the first time, an alert asks whether you trust the computer:
Trusted computers can sync with your device, create backups, and access your device's photos, videos, contacts, and other content. These computers remain trusted unless you change which computers you trust or erase your device.
If you choose not to trust a computer, you block its access to content on your device. You'll see the trust alert every time that you connect your device to that computer.
I kind of understand that, thank you.
Neither the phone nor the computer are new, and have had a 'relationship' for several years, but it's just mildly irritating that, when I connect my phone to the Mac, Photos starts up automagically but I need to unlock the phone before I can upload the images, yet iTunes doesn't start up automagically and synchronises without any prompting.
Is that a trust thing? I don't get the "Trust this computer?" prompt.
Thank you.
Again very helpful thank you.
My Photos album is quite big at 375GB, so I'm not sure the free tier would be quite enough!
OK, though. I have my answer. Thanks again :-)
Why do I have to unlock my iPhone to upload photographs into Photos
