It's not on my desktop where other peripherals are, such as when I plug in my backup drive. It's also not in my Finder where I also see my backup drive when it's plugged in. Any help would be much appreciated. (I don't mean where to find it in iTunes. Just where can I find my iPhone icon on my Mac?)
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7), Using Airport Utility 5.5.2
There is no iPhone icon, it is not a hard drive and does not appear as such. The iPhone is detected in iTunes under devices and also can be detected as a camera.
There is no iPhone icon, it is not a hard drive and does not appear as such. The iPhone is detected in iTunes under devices and also can be detected as a camera.
Thanks. I was reading either my iPhone help manual or my MacBook Air manual last week and somewhere it said to select the iPhone icon on my desktop for some reason. I don't remember what I was looking for at the time. I understand your answer, but I'm wondering why it said that.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
I've read the manual before, I think you may have confused it with something else.
Correction! I just looked to see where I saw that (to select the iPhone icon on my desktop) and figured it out. It's in the iTunes help, "Use iPod as an external hard drive." So this questions has to do with my iPod, not my iPhone (sorry). That iTunes topic says, "To copy files to the device, drag them to the device’s icon on your computer’s desktop." (The "device" being my iPod.) Just now, I connected it and did actually see it on my desktop for a brief moment, and then it disappeared. Yes, I do see it in my iTunes. I don't see it on my desktop and I don't see it in my Finder. So, how can I see it? If this is not the right forum, let me know and I'll go to the right one.
Hello, thank you vazandrew, I did what it said on that page, but I still don't see my iPhone icon either on my desktop or in the Finder. Do you have any other ideas? I appreciate your help!
Please disregard my last response. Yes, I do now see my *iPod* when I select the option to enable disk use. That is the key to fixing my issue. You can't see it on your desktop until you select that option. Thank you. Case closed.
Glad you worked it out
Please could you tell me how you did the "enable disk use"? I'm stuck on this step. Thanks
Please see the support article I posted above
Thanks for your super speedy reply, but now I am stuck on "select the ipod icon in the source pane". Where do I find the source pane? Cheers
The iPod should appear under devices within iTunes, left hand side. There is a screenshot in the article
Thanks but I am still confused as I still can't get my iPhone to appear on the desktop or the Finder. And even if I do, can I transfer all the music that is on it onto the MacBookPro iTunes library as the comments later in your support article seem to suggest not? Most of the music on it is stuff that has come off CDs rather than purchased off iTunes. Sorry to be such a luddite.
An iPhone will not appear on the desktop nor the finder, only in iTunes (under devices)
All content should reside on your computer and you sync to get the content onto your iPhone. If you have unpurchased music on your phone (not on your computer), and no backup then you will need a 3rd party program to transfer
Examples
Where can I find my iPhone icon on my Mac?
