iOS 8 WiFi sync is broken

Iam afraid that the update will mess things up again, I just got things working....and they have been working ok for a few days now. I will hold off updating.

A few days back I "rest my network settings" on my iPhone, and for a few days it showed up in iTunes and synced normally....all was good. Today it is not showing up again... 😕
😢.

Whatever worked turned out to be only temporary.

Now at iTunes 12.0.1.26, iOS 7.1.2 devices popped up automatically for Wifi sync. iOS 8.0.2 devices still in limbo. Last checked, iOS 8.x update not available yet. Still waiting ...

Initial experience with iTunes 12 was good, like the new clean look and feel!

iOS 8.1 was announced for Monday. My experience was that iTunes 12.0.1.26 does not fix the problem on its own.

Klahane wrote:

iOS 8.1 was announced for Monday. My experience was that iTunes 12.0.1.26 does not fix the problem on its own.

Yes this is true. Lets hope 8.1 fixes this.

I'm not holding my breath though

Well, Apple's had lots of feedback on this issue. I've seen reports in Apple Support Communities and on Macintouch that people have submitted official feedback to Apple.

just finished the Yosemite update and no change on wifi sync. So annoying to lose something like this.

Same here. I'm hoping that the arrival of 8.1 on Monday will fix it, but I'm not optimistic.

Genius - was really annoyed at the iPhone 6 and had done 2 full resets. Well done!

Even my old iOS 5 iPad1 connects automatically to Yosemite - the new ones should do it with iOS 8.1.

II'm not sure why people would think an update to Yosemite would fix this. I (and others) previously posted that all my iOS 7 devices are syncing fine still. Only my iOS 8 devices don't sync. indicating a problem with iOS 8. I haven't upgraded to Yosemite yet. After the iOS 8 roll out I'm waiting a bit.

I have to agree. The Yosemite upgrade should not have anything to do with it. iOS 8 has many more issues than just wifi syncing. There are issues with AppleTV, Networking, and Applications. Just browse through the discussion boards and you will see a number of issues that started with installing iOS 8. What I don't understand is the hope that 8.1 will fix everything. Maybe it will, I don't know, but if I had just shelled out a lot of hard earned money for a brand new device I would be heading back to the Apple Store for a refund. Sorry pal, it doesn't work as advertised.

Well, there's certainly some issue that was between iOS 8 and iTunes. And the OS presumably has a lot to do with WiFi in general. It wasn't unreasonable to suspect that Apple engineers could fix WiFi syncing by fixing any one of the three.

But since we've had a few updates of iTunes, in two different versions, since the problem with WiFi syncing has been officially reported to Apple, I think it's safe to say iTunes can't solve the problem by itself. And Yosemite beta has been updated several times as well, so general WiFi fundamentals don't seem to be at fault. (Besides, WiFi in general has been fine on my iPhone 6.)

That leaves iOS 8.1 as the potential fix.

Other than WiFi syncing, I haven't had any problems with iOS 8. (Remember that lots of apps have to be updated for every iOS release.)

I'm still suspicious that the change of how MAC addresses were formed, a security measure, is at the heart of this issue.

Yosemite update actually made it worse for me...