When I plug my iPhone into my new mac it vibrates constantly?

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I'm having the same issue with a new iMac and my iPhone 4s. I connect with a 30 pin usb - directly into the usb port on the iMac. The phone constantly buzzes and the iMac does not recognize it.

Any suggestions?

I just switched to my new mid-2015 MBP 15", and had exactly the same problem trying to sync my iPhone 4S and iPad retina with the new MBP. The MBP would request that I grant permission on the iDevice, but the iDevice would just repeatedly ping/vibrate, without the "Trust this computer?" dialogue box coming up.

The same (non-Apple) USB/30-pin (pre-lightning) cable worked just fine with the few months older MBP 13", but I tried a new (Apple) cable. This worked with the iPhone.

Once the iPhone had sync'ed, I unplugged it and re-plugged it with the non-Apple USB/30-pin cable, and sure enough: the iPhone went back into the pinging frenzy.

Next, try the Apple cable with the iPad… Alas, the iPad continued the pinging frenzy, not even allowing me to "slide to unlock" and of course without the "Trust this computer?" dialogue box… So, I unplugged it, slid to unlock, and then plugged back in — noticing that several icons had the telltale grey outline with the central download-in-progress indicator. Presumably, the iPad had gone into updating apps in the background, and this had taxed it to a point that it wasn't able to put up that "Trust this computer?" dialogue box. So, I waited and about a minute later, the box did pop up; I tapped "Trust" and iTunes started sync'ing while at the same time one after another of the icons are going into the update-in-progress state. During this time, the double-arrow circle in iTunes indicating sync'ing keeps sowing down, then speeding up... Oh, and Photos kept popping up although there are no new pictures to download, so I unchecked the "Open Photos for this device" for the time being.

It seems that the iPad (first with retina screen) gets overwhelmed—in addition to requiring Apple's own cable.

Hey Rachael214,

Thanks for the question. I understand your iPhone seems to be disconnecting and reconnecting to your MacBook constantly. To troubleshoot this issue, please see the following article:

iOS: Troubleshooting USB connection

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1286

1. Update to the latest version of iTunes.

2. Plug the device directly into a high-power USB 2.0 port on the computer. If possible, use a USB port on the back of the computer.

Avoid plugging the device into a keyboard, display, or standalone hub. The USB ports on these accessories may be low-power or only offer USB 1.x connections.

3. If you are using an accessory, remove the accessory and connect the device to the computer using only the Apple 30-pin to USB Cable or Lightning to USB Cable.

If you have access to additional Apple 30-pin to USB Cable or Lightning to USB Cables, try testing with another if the first one doesn't work.

4. Restart your computer and device. To restart your device:

Hold the power button until "slide to power off" appears. Slide to power off your device. When it is off, press the Sleep/Wake button to turn it back on.

5. Disconnect all USB devices from your computer, except for your keyboard and mouse. Then reconnect the iOS device. If the issue is resolved, reconnect other USB devices, testing after each connection.

If the issue persists and you are using virtualization software to run another operating system alongside Mac OS X, quit that software; it may create virtual USB ports that may be causing the issue. Or you can try to control or restrict access to USB ports while running the virtualization software.

Thanks,

Matt M.

Hello,

I am facing the same error, but it only occures with Iphone 4s, with the 5s there is no error 😟

I did try many sugetions from the forum but without succes

Hello,

I was having this same problem for the last month. Last night I talked to somebody from apple and they helped me fix it! He said to try resetting the SMC (Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)) and if that didn't work to try resetting the PRAM (OS X Mavericks: Reset your computer’s PRAM. If neither of these work, then it's a problem with the hardware and your laptop has to be taken to an Apple store where they can replace whatever is causing the problem.

Hopefully these work for you, have a great day!

TRY A NEW CABLE!!!

It looks like I've fixed the problem by changing phone name in iTunes.

After all the other suggestions, the one that worked for me was to move the iPhone USB connection to the other side of the laptop.

I had this problem. For me, the phone was also fine if I plugged it into a separate USB adapter, then plugged that into the macbook. Still annoying.

The solution for me was to open iTunes and log in to my account first, then plug in my phone. I had never logged into iTunes before on this computer.

Nothing worked for me. This **** annoying me so much. Apple do something!

Seriously Apple, this is ridiculous and annoying the **** out of me too. I have the exact same issue with an iPhone 4s and a Macbook Pro. Nothing above has helped solve the problem. I can plug the iPhone 4s into any other computer without a problem.

I managed to solve the problem by using a genuine Apple cable. The knock-off cable that I was using worked fine when connecting to any other computer (and by fine I mean I could charge, transfer photos and use iTunes). The Macbook Pro seems to somehow detect that it's not a genuine Apple cable and rejects it.

yeah? can it detect a non genuine cable with one port but the other won't detect it? i use a genuine cable and it work perfectly on my right port but doesn't on the left one. are you working for apple? trying to suggest it's not a bug but intentional?

it is a bug. they need to fix it or offer a reasonable solution

Using the other USB port on my MB Air is the only thing that worked for me too.