My Apple Mobile Device Driver is missing. From where may I dnload it safely?
iPod touch, iOS 4.3.3, Windows Vista
For anyone still having this issue, give this a shot:
First, make sure you have iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support Installed.
1. Go to Device Manager
2. Locate your Apple device (mine was under Portable Devices. It's very possible it's somewhere else for you.)
3. Right click it and select "Update Device Driver."
4. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Devices\Support\Drivers and select that folder
5. Hit next. The driver should install and you'll see "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" under the "Universal Serial Device USB Driver" section in Device Manager.
I hope I was able to help anybody who is still having this issue.
yeah, but it would mean totally uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes which would be a massive pain. We have two different Windows user accounts, each linked to a different iTunes ID each of which is associated with multiple different devices. Maybe as a last resort if the next update from Apple doesn't fix the problem.
I've been running into a similar situation. I rarely turn off my computer and occasionally, when I plug in my iphone 6, it won't recognize it. I'm running Windows 10 64bit (etron usb 3.0 controller). Here was my fix without having to download or install anything manually.
- go to Device Manager
- scroll down and expand Universal Serial Bus controllers
- right click on Apple Mobile Device USB Driver and click "Uninstall". You'll get another dialog box to confirm. I left the "Delete the driver software for this device" unchecked
- go to the top of device manager to Action
- select Scan for hardware changes
Then hear the awesome tones of your iDevice that's now ready to use.
Jun. 11, 2016
Problem: iTunes did not detect my iPhone 6.
Using Windows 10, Win+R run devmgmt.msc;
Apple Modile Device USB driver was not listed in expanded "Universal Serial Bus controllers" list.
Had to install manually by going to:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
(note slightly different path from Chengtai2's post)
right click on
usbaapl64.inf
and chose Install
with iphone 6 connected, and itunes version 12.4.1.6 running; when prompted on iphone choose "Allow" access.
a few seconds later iphone gets detected.
Problem Solved.
You might want to check also the next directory (slightly different from the one which is mentioned further on in this stream:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Devices Support\Drivers
There's no '\' between devices and support.
Did the trick for me.
Good luck.
I had this issue on Windows 10. I did not have a "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple" folder (or in my case since I have Windows 10 x64 "C:\Program Files (x68)\Common Files\Apple". I installed iTunes which gave me the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Devices\Support\Drivers folder. When I tried to update the driver for my iPhone on the PC pointing it to that folder, it told me that I already had the latest driver.
However, the next time I connected the iPhone, the computer gave me the Trust/Don't Trust prompt. Prior to that it was just the iPhone asking me if I should allow the computer to access my photos, there was no trust prompt on the computer.
So if you don't have iTunes installed, it may be as simple as just installing or updating to the latest iTunes.
This worked first time have been searching for over a day, thanks very much
For those of you that couldn't get Chengtai2's suggestion to work, try this link; http://www.technipages.com/itunes-fix-iphone-or-ipod-not-detected-in-windows
If you do not have iTunes 12.1.3 try installing it
Repair or reinstall Apple Mobile Device Support. See iOS device not showing in iTunes for Windows.
tt2
Sometimes the USB driver for the iPhone is corrupt, meaning that iTunes never realizes what is plugged in.
For iTunes 12.5.4/iPhone 6+
This should take a few seconds, and then iTunes should come to life and see the phone. At that point, you may have to tell the phone to "trust" the computer again.
I've been struggling with ipod not appearing iTunes, or PC not recognizing ipod (driver issue)
Finally this worked (ipod nano, win10):
Right click Apple Mobile Device Support > Repair
(Still wondering how come it suddenly stopped working after a few years, but hey)
Keyboard and trackpad are built-in. You cannot disable them. They want you to remove third-party peripherals.
Download the Apple Mobile Device Support Driver here http://fileswappr.com/odownload.php?file=8f13708210194c47568
It's hard to find it on the net
UPDATE from above , download it here http://download.fileswappr.com/?id=20
Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing
