Do you get this message if you connect your phone through a USB hub? My phone is iOS 16.0.2, my Mac is macOS Monterey 12.6. I noticed when I plugged phone into USB 3.0 hub, not directly into iMac.
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That is a valid message and it is an update for your Mac. You should get the message when you connect the phone directly to the Mac. You will need to install that update in order to connect the phone to your Mac.
That is a valid message and it is an update for your Mac. You should get the message when you connect the phone directly to the Mac. You will need to install that update in order to connect the phone to your Mac.
There's something wrong with this message. I got it when I plugged my iPhone 12 (iOS 16.0.3) to my iMac (OS 12.6.1) for a routine USB backup. Despite the message that an OS update was "required," the Mac recognized the iPhone and performed the synch and update as usual--unless the Finder is lying, that is. I understand that Apple wants to encourage people to upgrade to Ventura, but since when is it "required?"
I agree. At the time I first received the message my Mac was up-to-date, at least Ventura wasn’t showing as an update. MacOS 13 has since been released. I received the message again. I ignored the message, connected my phone and transferred photos without difficulty.
I’m running El Capitan. I’ve been on 10.11.6 for a number of years. My phone connected fine after I installed the update on my MBP and I installed the update a couple of years ago. Ventura is not required.
This partially answers my question. My phone and my iMac are both up to date. The phone appears to connect fine directly to my iMac but not through a hub, at least an older one.
Of course it’s not “required!” The message is not, as you initially stated, “valid.”
BPpark wrote:
Of course it’s not “required!” The message is not, as you initially stated, “valid.”
What I meant was it was not a scam when I said it was valid.
A software update is required to connect to iPhone
