After iPad iOS 9 update you can't use 10.6.x

I'm sorry, I don't see your question here. This is a user to user support forum. Apple is not here.

TigerSSMac wrote:

Ohh,, one more thing...

I guess this will also will affect me if I update my 6 Plus or buy a new 6S Plus. Both of which I was planning to do....

Yes it will. You can no longer sync with iTunes in 10.6.8 With the newest iPhones. If you are that unhappy, you can vent here.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

I am using an iMac with 10.6.8 to sync an iPhone 6 with ios 9. I think if you update the iPhone from ios 8.4.1 to ios 9 using the OTA method and not iTunes, syncing with 10.6.8 (iTunes 11.4) remains intact.

Then that's a miracle because here are the iPhone 6 technical specifications.

http://www.apple.com/iphone-6/specs/

Apple ID (required for some features)

Internet access8

Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:

• Mac: OS X v 10.7.5 or later
• PC: Windows 7 or later
• iTunes 12.3 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)

It seems it is not just newer iphones/ipads. I am in a real pickle after updating my ipad 2 via itunes 11.4 (the last version compatible with snow leopard).

I did my usual before updating. Full backup, then I selected to erase and update as per Apple's advice for previous version if you were having issues with wifi etc.

The issue is my ipad updated, however itunes says I need a newer version, but there is no newer version than 11.4 for 10.6.8. Does anyone know how i can restore my apps,email,photos,work docs etc from another mac? I am assuming I will have to locate some sort of folder with all my backup info.

Regards

PJ

ps Very poor job Apple. Dont allow updates via software that is not compatible!

Look at this.

How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support

Thank you for the link !

I have located my backup folder ( FYI: /Users/YOUR USER NAME/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup" ) and will give it go as soon as I find a more compatible machine!

Regards

PJ

Thanks again Demo, the advice in your link worked.

The good news if you are on 10.6.8 is that you can easily copy your backup onto a mac that is 10.7.## and upwards.

Copy your info in "/Users/YOUR USER NAME/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup" to the same path on the newer mac os, launch iTunes and go to the devices tab in itunes preferences. You should see the backup with the date and name of your device from your old mac.

I used a Mac running 10.9.5 with the latest version of iTunes and all is well. It ***** that you can't use 10.6.8, but I would rather keep my MacBook Pro on Snow Leopard as the speed advantage far outweighs the ball ache of syncing/updating/backing up on a different machine.

Once again, shame on you Apple!!! If this was an oversight,please fix it!. If it was an intentional omission to try get me to upgrade my os, DOUBLE shame!!!!!!!!

Good luck. I hope that it all works out for you.

I am aware of the official requirement specs for ios 9. What I did may not last through the next ios 9 update, but I have two iPhone 6 phones syncing successfully on a 10.6.8 iMac running iTunes 11.4 (build 18). I did a little test. One phone was updated OTA to ios 9 and other updated to ios 9 through iTunes. The OTA phone synced fine with iTunes 11.4. The iTunes updated phone would not sync and iTunes would ask for an update to the latest version. I rolled back the iTunes updated iPhone 6 to ios 8.4.1 by putting it in recovery mode and using an 8.4.1 ipsw. After restoring the iPhone 6, I then updated it OTA to ios 9 and it now syncs fine with the iTunes 11.4 on the 10.6.8 iMac. I hope that this may help anyone that may need a stop-gap measure before updating to a more recent Mac OS X version.

Downgrade to iOS 8.

Go to this web page of OS X Daily – http://osxdaily.com/2015/09/16/downgrade-ios-9-back-to-ios-8-4-1/ – and download the old iOS 8.4.1 IPSW file (it will be downloaded from a trusted Apple server), then reinstall it before Apple closes the window gap and stop signing iOS 8 (when this will occur, you'll be not able to downgrade it anymore).

Follow the directions you'll find in the article to downgrade within iTunes.

After that, if you want iOS 9 again, follow the tipsof drtheseus.

HURRY UP!

This worked like a charm. Awesome! I have a MacBook 4,1 which can't work with iOS 9. iTunes didn't bother to mention this until AFTER I upgraded my iPad Air.

For now I am too paranoid to try drtheseus's tip. If things go wrong, I don't want to have to buy a newer MacBook to get my iPad back.

I can confirm this....at least the part about updating via OTA and not using iTunes. I just updated an iPad 2 and my iPhone 6 to iOS 9 on the device OTA. I did backup each device to iTunes 11.4 under Snow Leopard. Then I ran the OTA updater. Each device was seen by iTunes 11.4 after the update, both on WiFI and by wired connection.

As usual, YMMV. As someone mentioned, it's best to hurry if you need to go back to iOS 8.1.4 before Apple stops signing/authorizing those files.

Just a quick update: I used the OTA update to ios 9.0.1 on an iPhone 6 and sync with OS X 10.6.8 and iTunes 11.4 still functions.