Since up grading from the iPhone 14 Pro Max to the 15 Pro Max syncing the phone on my Mac Studio takes forever. The backup is quick but it stops at step 3 preparing to sync. It take about 15 - 20 minutes to complete. Both devices are up to date on the OSs. My wife's iPhone 14 Pro and my iPhone 14 Pro Max are/were completed in no more than 3 minutes. Anyone else seeing long sync times?
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17
I found a work around. When you first plug in the iPhone to the MAC and bring up Finder hit the "Stop Backup". If the iPhone still hangs unplug the iPhone then plug it in again. You will have to enter your pass code so do this quickly and then hit the "Stop Backup" button.
Next uncheck the "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected." Hit the "Apply" button on the bottom right. Then again eject the iPhone and close Finder.
Next time you connect the iPhone you will have to manually backup the iPhone and manually sync the iPhone. I've tried this several times and it seems to work.
The firmware update released today, 12/19/2023, IOS 17.2.1, did not fix the problem.
Again this is just a workaround and hopefully Apple finds a real fix soon.
Sorry, meant to say iOS 17.3.
Any way, I'm no longer getting media sync hangs.
It's Baaaaack
iOS 17.5.1
1 TB of memory
Took 10 minutes to complete step 4 of 5.
After another 10 minutes to is now syncing my movies.
WAY to slow.
Thank you in advance for any news.
Steph Beach
Syncing iPhone 15 Pro Max with Mac takes forever
