iPhone 5 won't sync via WiFi to iTunes

Worked for me too, thanks!

this worked:

open

system preferences - Sharing

I clicked on internet sharing, but did not 'tick' the box (mine was off & is still is off now)

I 'ticked' the Wi-Fi tick box

and got out of preferences (i did not 'tick' the internet sharing box, dunno if that is importiant, just what i did)

my iphone 5 popped up in iTunes over Wi-Fi in like 5 seconds and has stayed there since i did a wifi sync

happy days

also changing the name to match iPhone5's name

thanks 🙂

Thanks Christian, that actually worked for me. 🙂

What I did to make it work was I plugged in my phone to itunes and the phone popped up, then without ejecting the phone I just unplugged it. The phone stayed connected with itunes and it sync's over wifi! 😀

Hope that works for you too!

This worked for me as well bonniexsublime.Once you plug the iPhone in with cable and click the Sync over Wifi option and click Apply, just unplug the iPhone without ejecting and you'll be able to sync over WiFi.

i cant even get the phone to enable wifi sync. it did at first but that was my work computer and i dont work there anymore. i restored my setting but when i check wifi sync it doesnt even register my computer

Thanks. You are a life saver. Any idea why this works, why does the iPhone forget (or iTunes) every few months how to sync over wifi?

I know it seems very obvious... but make sure your phone's wifi is on 😉

I dunno why, but this worked for me too. And the WiFi box was already ticked. Weird to the power of annoying, but thanx Just Add Alcohol. I wouldn't have got around to this fix. Ever!

What worked for me is just unplugging my AP Extreme for 10 seconds and then plugging it back in. Must have been an IP conflict. Both of my mobile devices showed up immediately wirelessly.

Make sure the name of your computer is the name your iPhone is looking for. Go to System Pref.>Sharing>Computer Name - you can change the name here if you want. The name of the computer does not have to match the iPhone. Then plug in your iPhone to the computer (computer should be on power cord). Follow prompts from that point on.

You will also need to verify on you iPhone that you trust your computer. Now they will sync wirelessly because the iPhone and iTunes (computer) will be looking for the proper names.

None of the above worked for me. This did:

http://osxdaily.com/2013/02/17/wi-fi-sync-not-working-fix-ios/

(with iTunes open)

Fix for Mac OS X

• Launch “Activity Monitor” (found in /Applications/Utilities/)
• Use the search box in the upper right corner and search for “AppleMobileDeviceHelper”
• Select that process and then click the red “Quit Process” button
• Leave Activity Monitor and then relaunch iTunes

Fix for Windows

• Hit Control+Alt+Delete to summon the task manager then choose the “Service” tab
• Locate “Apple Mobile Device” OR “AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe” (depends on Windows version)
• Right-click and restart the service, or select it and choose “End Process”
• Relaunch iTunes again to find the iOS device visible via wi-fi

..No it didn’t...

AcademyCurve, you are a legend. I have been searching for a fix for this for quite some time and despite some rather convoluted suggestions, yours was the one that worked.

Cheers.

I was having the issue earlier to, and I had nearly every solution posted on every forum. Then my brain started working and something clicked. Did you make sure you have bonjour running? Because I didn't i had turned mine off in system settings. I only know how to do it on microsfot not on mac so the process i followed was

Start-->MSCONFIG(just type it in the search bar)-->then click the tab SERVICES-->

I hide all the microsoft things with the little box at the bottom left of that screen, and my apple services boxes where mostly unclicked, i made sure all of them where clicked, espcially the bonjour sevice, and then clicked ok, restarted my computer, and opened itunes and now my phones show up