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Since upgrading to IOS 16, my iPad asks for my password each time I connect it to my mac so that it can do a backup. Previously, it would ask me only the first time I connected it to a new mac if it should trust that Mac. Now it asks every time I connect it to the same Mac. The same also occurs with my iPhone since upgrading to IOS 15.7.1.
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Hi Paul,
If you're being asked each time you back the device up it sounds like you may have an encrypted backup. Here's how to check that:
If you’ve set up the Finder or iTunes to encrypt your backups, the “Encrypt local backup” checkbox in the General or Summary tab is checked.
You can also see whether a specific backup is encrypted:
1. On a Mac with macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, open the Finder, click the General tab, then click Manage Backups. You should see a list of your backups. On a Mac with macOS Mojave 10.14 or earlier, or on a PC with iTunes, from the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit > Preferences, then click the Devices tab.
2. Look for a locknext to the backup. If you see a lock
3. Click OK to close the backup window.
You can find the resource in it's full context including how to modify this setting here: About encrypted backups on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
We hope this helps.
Take care.
Please note that it is not my Mac that is asking for the password. Every time I connect my iPhone or iPad to my Mac, my iPhone or iPad asks me to entry the device password, not the password I used to encrypt the backup. It was not asking for the device password before I upgraded IOS to 15.7.1 on my iPhone and 16 on my iPad.
I reached out to apple support, and after resetting my privacy setting and then trusting the Mac again, the password was still requested each time I connected the iPad to the Mac. They then had me reset the Network settings, and reestablish my Wifi connection. That also did not make a difference, so it seems that this is the "New Normal" for the device password to be required each time you connect it to a Mac before it will start a backup.
Paul Thorpe,
Thanks for the additional information. We recommend reaching out to Apple Support to look into this a bit more. They can be reached here: Contact - Official Apple Support
Take care!
Please do post here the answer from Apple Support as I'm having the same issue.
Why am I asked for my password each time I connect to my Mac to do a backup
