Cannot connect iPhone. Error Msg says, "iTunes could not connect to the iPhone. Could not allocate a resource." 1st time for this to happen? Any ideas?

I connected my phone to my iMac to perform a synch but I received the message,

"iTunes could not connect to the iPhone. Could not allocate a resource."


I have never received this message before and cannot locate any instructions on

the support site to resolve. It has never happened before.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Sep 27, 2013 12:13 PM

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Oct 27, 2013 5:43 PM in response to garyal

A user named Benxine found a fix that worked for me after failing with all the others:

IF your computer has an old cydia app called Wi-Fi Sync (you'll recognize it on your toolbar as a black silhouette of an iphone that NEVER goes away), then this is probably your main culprit. Simple fix.


1. Goto your hard drive in the finder

2. Goto Library

3. Goto Launch Daemons

4. Throw this in the trash: com.ghughes.wifisync.root.plist

5. Goto Library

6. Goto Application Support

7. Throw this in the trash: Wi-Fi Sync (it's an entire folder).

8. Restart.

9. Thank Benxine!!

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