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Ipad snyc with MAC, Ipad snyc with MAC

For the past several months, I have not been able to sync my iPad with iTunes on my MAC.

iTunes shows the entire process in the top bar, and then each time, it ends with

"cancelling sync". That is all it says. No reason or other wording given.

I don't know if it is related, but I also can no longer sync my photos from my Aperture App on my MAC to my ipad.

All of these issues are new. I have reset my iPad and done everything to try to clear any issues, but the problem persisits.

I have all updated systems on my MAC, iPad and iTunes.

Thank you for any assistance.

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPhone, Apple TV, iMac, iPod

Posted on Feb 7, 2014 5:39 PM

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46,839 points

Posted on Feb 7, 2014 6:09 PM

Some things to try on yur Mac.

Restart your Mac and depress the Shift key during startup. This will boot the Mac into Safe mode, which "fixes" some problems. Then restart normal.

Have you repaired Permissions?

Uninstall iTunes and then reinstall.

How To Completely Uninstall and Remove All Traces of iTunes

http://zardozz.com/zz/2008/04/how-to-completely-uninstall-and-remove-all-traces- of-itunes.html/

iPad not appearing in iTunes

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

iTunes for Windows: iTunes can't contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1814

iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4235

IOS: Syncing with iTunes

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

Apple - Support - iPad - Syncing

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/syncing/

iTunes 10.5 and later: Troubleshooting iTunes Wi-Fi Syncing

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4062

iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503

On your iPad, Try this - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.) No data/files will be erased. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Level 8

46,839 points

Feb 7, 2014 6:09 PM in response to ridgwaymountaineer

Some things to try on yur Mac.

Restart your Mac and depress the Shift key during startup. This will boot the Mac into Safe mode, which "fixes" some problems. Then restart normal.

Have you repaired Permissions?

Uninstall iTunes and then reinstall.

How To Completely Uninstall and Remove All Traces of iTunes

http://zardozz.com/zz/2008/04/how-to-completely-uninstall-and-remove-all-traces- of-itunes.html/

iPad not appearing in iTunes

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

iTunes for Windows: iTunes can't contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1814

iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4235

IOS: Syncing with iTunes

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

Apple - Support - iPad - Syncing

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/syncing/

iTunes 10.5 and later: Troubleshooting iTunes Wi-Fi Syncing

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4062

iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503

On your iPad, Try this - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.) No data/files will be erased. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Feb 7, 2014 9:22 PM in response to ridgwaymountaineer

I tried the following:

-I restarted my MAC in the Safe mode, and then restarted normally.

-I repaired permissions

-I "rebooted" my iPad

-I attempted to delete iTunes, but the message on my MAC was, "cannot modify or delete iTunes"

After each step, I tried to sync. iTunes goes through all the steps and then on step 6 of 6, it states "waiting for changes to be applied" for about 30 minutes and then it cancels the sync.

Frustrating!

Thanks for any further advice.

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Feb 8, 2014 6:38 AM in response to Texas Mac Man

I finally decided it must be a problem on my iPad.

I went to settings,

-general

-reset

-erase all content and settings

I completely erased my iPad, then when I went back in I set it up by connecting to iTunes on my MAC.

So, now I have photos in my iPhoto app, and it is syncing properly.

Thanks for your suggestions!

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