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Want to Sync Music to iPhone without Updating MacOS

I'm running MacOS Mojave and have an iPhone Xs, software 15.4. Since I updated my phone's software, I have been unable to sync my music to my iTunes library . When I plug in the phone to my iMac, iTunes says I must update my OS or it won't let me connect the phone to iTunes. My phone's OS is up to date, so it seems like telling me I have to update to Catalina, which I DO NOT want to do. (I run a couple of other programs on here that don't work with Catalina.) I have the latest version on iTunes (12.9.5). I followed an earlier post that resolved the problem by updating iTunes. I don't see where there is a later version of iTunes available. Is there anything else I should try?


iMac 27″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 29, 2022 7:07 AM

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Posted on Jul 29, 2022 7:18 AM

What is the exact text of the prompt that you see? If I'm not mistaken you need a patch to your current OS/iTunes to allow it to access your device. It isn't an attempt to upgrade macOS to Catalina or later.


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Want to Sync Music to iPhone without Updating MacOS

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