USB Accessory Permission

Have you installed and run any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus or VPN apps on your Mac?

If you're having problems with EHDs what format ar they. What's on them?

I have three 3rd party external drives connect and have no problem with them. I've never had to allow an external device permission to connect to a Mac.

There are some EHDs that Macs can't use without 3rd party software.

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We NEED the OPTION to TOGGLE IT ON and OFF. I have MANY USB DEVICES that worked FLAWLESSLY and now DO NOT CONNECT. I know this is DUE TO THIS FEATURE.

ADD THE TOGGLE TO MAC MINI AND FIX ASAP.

Why can I search for the option if it DOES NOT EXIST

I have the same problem. I am running macOS Ventura 13.0 on my iMac 24-inch M1 (2021). When I connect my iPhone to the Mac for charging it start charging a little very slowly and then it stop charging at all. Anyone can think of a solution for this problem? Thanks :)

I probably didn't make myself clear. I don't have the "Allow accessories to connect" option available neither, and I think that not having that option available is causing the problem with charging the iPhone when is connected to the iMac.

I don't have that setting either, but that has not caused any trouble, as far as I can tell.

I can connect my iPhone and my iPad, I can charge them from my mac and I can import photos and videos using the Finder, Image Capture or Final Cut Pro. It all works.

I am not entirely sure that the problem with charging the iPhone form the iMac (it charges slowly and for a short time, it only increase the battery by 5% aprox, and then stays that way for ever) is because of this or not, but the problem start the same day that I installed Ventura. I can charge the iPhone from a powered USB hub (that is connected to the iMac) without any problem. The data transfer between the iPhone and the iMac forks fine in the two cases.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Apple products and peripherals won't have an issue. I'm currently trying to get a Logitech webcam that was working pre-Ventura to work and running into this exact issue with the accessory permission option not being available. There is going to have to be a patch or an update to address this. Sooner rather than later.

What happens when you connect the phone to your mac, exactly?

Did you install any software to handle transfer of data between your mac and your phone, like Android File Transfer, and is it up to date ?

Come on man he's not typing ALL caps. I know you've been here a LONG time, but this is not a helpful reply. You are better than that.

Seems like there are a lot of users (myself included) with the option for allowing accessories to connect in the system privacy and security setting is not there. So we can't change it.

I have the SAME EXACT ISSUE. The Option is NOT AVAILABLE to SELECT.

PLEASE FIX.

You can SEARCH for this option and be routed to the location but the OPTION is NOT AVAILABLE to TOGGLE.

Mac MINI M1

same story, setting is missing in GUI on Ventura.

And can't connect android device anymore, probably due to USB security which is not accessible in my case. APPLE do you read this ??

You might check your keyboard for a stuck **** key. Typing in all caps is considered shouting in forums, considered rude and harder to read than normal capitalization of text.