Rachael214

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

i got a mac book pro (with retina display) yesterday and today I went to plug my phone in and it vibrates constantly? it goes from being connected to not being connected and it happens in both usb ports..

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Jan 16, 2014 12:03 PM

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

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  • by nailuoli,

    nailuoli nailuoli Jan 28, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Rachael214
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    Jan 28, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Rachael214

    I am having same problem on both USB ports on my new macbook pro, with my iphone 6 and a genuine apple charging cable.  no problem with cable and phone on other computers.  problem is especially bad when i plug in on low battery.  please help

  • by booragal,

    booragal booragal Jan 28, 2016 6:31 PM in response to nordeste
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    Jan 28, 2016 6:31 PM in response to nordeste

    I am having the exact same problem. My iPhones 5S works fine, however my iPad 3 and iPhone 4S won't charge,

    However, if I connect my iPad and iPhone 4S to my older Macbook Pro they work fine.

  • by lisoant,

    lisoant lisoant Feb 13, 2016 6:14 AM in response to booragal
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    Feb 13, 2016 6:14 AM in response to booragal

    I have a same problems and I think root cause is USB control chip or lighting cable. I found have a iPhone 6 usb cable which work fine with my work macbook pro (retina mid 2012) USB chip on that laptop is USB 2.0 and on my own macbook pro (retina mid 2015) that same cable don't work. On my own macbook pro uses USB 3.0 chip.

     

    So far I don't have any solution to this problem.

     

    -L-

  • by MrGunn,

    MrGunn MrGunn Apr 17, 2016 2:37 PM in response to Rachael214
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    Apr 17, 2016 2:37 PM in response to Rachael214

    I had this problem as well with my Macbook Air and iPhone 6 Plus. I simply reinstalled iTunes directly from the apply website and I no longer have any problems. I think the issue was created for me when iTunes was in the middle of syncing my phone and I unplugged it. Good luck!

  • by yoblaness,

    yoblaness yoblaness Apr 25, 2016 12:47 PM in response to Rachael214
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    Apr 25, 2016 12:47 PM in response to Rachael214

    I am using a MacBook Pro with an iPhone and the USB cable that came with this iPhone, and what I did to get around this was to open iTunes preferences, go to "Devices", and check the "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" checkbox.  I then connected the iPhone to the MacBook and the iPhone stopped buzzing and I was able to import the photos from the iPhone to the MacBook.

     

    Then, I went back and unchecked the "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" checkbox, reconnected the iPhone, and I didn't get the buzzing.  Now I am sync'ing the iPhone to iTunes since I had previously removed all iPhone backups within iTunes, which had no impact on the buzzing and which I do not suggest doing at this point.

     

    I know this isn't a fix, but the real fix is that Apple has some screws loose in iTunes that they need to tighten.

     

    If the buzzing returns, then I will again check the "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" checkbox within iTunes again, and try renaming the iPhone within iTunes.

  • by yoblaness,

    yoblaness yoblaness Apr 29, 2016 9:40 AM in response to yoblaness
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    Apr 29, 2016 9:40 AM in response to yoblaness

    It just happened to me again.  So I once again deleted my backups, unchecked the auto-sync setting, and that didn't seem to make a difference.  Then I restarted iTunes to no avail.  Then, I plugged my iPhone into the other USB port on my MacBook, and somehow, the combination of all of that finally worked.  I am not sure what did it because I replugged my iPhone into the USB port I had first used, and it is no longer vibrating.

  • by jayeecordero,

    jayeecordero jayeecordero Jun 2, 2016 8:19 PM in response to Jake.Daley
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    Jun 2, 2016 8:19 PM in response to Jake.Daley

    This did it. I did not notice I was using a third party cable and when I used the original cable then it did the trick!

  • by blue warrior angel,

    blue warrior angel blue warrior angel Sep 5, 2016 6:44 AM in response to Rachael214
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    Sep 5, 2016 6:44 AM in response to Rachael214

    I face the same issue with iPhone 6s Plus and my MacBook Pro Retina 15". Sent in to Apple twice, they replaced the Logic board twice but the problem persists.

     

    the iTune reads my phone, but the buzzing won't go away. problem isn't with the phone because I have no such issue with an older version Mac. I tried with different cables (all original Apple cables), all with the same problems.

     

    Apple screws up somewhere... and I'm really tired of having to bring my Mac in over and over again. I guess this is probably my last Mac and iPhone.

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