Does iTunes 11.4 sync with iOS 9?

I did something similar, but with small change and it all worked. I just have one Mac in the office, an older Mini that cannot upgrade past Snow Leopard. I'd always had it as my music/media box, so just kept it for that use.

Anyway, I had upgraded my iPhone 4s to 9 successfully and still synced with iTunes 11.4. It was that last update to 9.0.1 that killed it for 10.6.8/11.4.

Installed latest iTunes on a Win 7 machine, then successfully synced 4s to it. Then did the downgrade back to iOS 8 on the Windows machine.

Now I was able to talk to the Mac again and do a full restore there. Thanks to this "near death" experience, I'm moving all my media stuff to a Win7 machine.

Been using Macs since the early 90s, but looks like I'm done with it now.

All it would have taken was a simple notice that the iOS update to 9.0.1 being pushed by iTunes and iPhone, would not be compatible with my version of OS X and iTunes. Then I would have probably bought a newer Mini and stayed on the bus.

i was able to do that once also. You should probably try another sync, that's where my 11.4 stopped.

Under OS 10.6.8, you're stuck with iTunes 11.4, which is not compatible with iOS 9, and if you accepted Apple's "upgrade" offer to iOS 9, you can get back to iOS 8.4. But if you don't have a backup before iOS 9, it's going to be ugly.

Google <ipsw downloads>, and download the 8.4 files that match your iPhone model number etched on its back cover. Google <DFU Mode> [Device Firmware Upgrade] and follow the instructions. iTunes will alert you with a button called <Recovery Mode>. Click option+Recovery Mode and select one of the ipsw files. If you have a wrong ipsw file, you'll get a firmware error notice, and you can try again. Once you get the right ipsw file, in a couple of minutes your iPhone will be back in 8.4. Now restore your iPhone via iTunes using your latest pre-IOS 9 backup.

If you try to restore your iPhone with a backup made under iOS 9, you don't just get your apps and data. The backup will also lock you into restoring iOS 9. To recover, go back to DFU.

drrocket: what you wrote is not accurate. I restored my iPhone using a backup made under iOS 9. I retained everything, including iOS9, and my iPhone regained compatibility with iTunes 11.4 running on Mac OS X 10.6.8.

I would label the recovery process as more time consuming than ugly. It was straight forward, although my iPhone and iPod Touch were unusable for a couple hours.

Thanks for the correction. I can only report what happened to me. Iherald reported on 9/18/15 that iOS 9 would work with iTunes 11.4 when installed with OTA, but that, too, failed for me. Regardless, that post is evidence that I should have said: iTunes may not be compatible with iOS 9. YMMV.

I also have start-up volumes under 10.7, 10.8, and 10.10. I tried to downgrade my iPhone using 10.7 but iTunes 12.x gave me an error message that it couldn't work with an old iPhone.

What seems clear is that there can be several different situations, and none of us can be quite sure why. My iPhone 4s was syncing fine with 11.4 under 9.0 but suddenly stopped with the 9.0.1 update. I had several recent backups available under both 9.0 and 8.x, but they were useless since iTunes 11.4 would no longer talk to the phone after 9.0.1. Once I made a new installation of iTunes on a Win7 machine, then I could download the IPSW and revert the phone. That done, I could then do a restore to an earlier backup on the Mac with 11.4. Never thought I'd see the day when a Win7 machine rescued me from something Apple pushed to me.

iOS 9.0.2 still syncs with iTunes 11.4

I saw the iOS 9.0.2 update notice on my devices. When I got to work, I ran the OTA update on my iPad 2 'test subject'. This iPad was updated from iOS 8.41 to 9 OTA and still synced with iTunes 11.4 on Snow Leopard. The updates to 9.0.1 and now 9.0.2 via OTA still work with syncing on the same Mac & iTunes. I tried both WiFi sync and via USB cable. I'll be trying several iPhone 6 phones later.

Thats a good news, but I'm still afraid to update from 9.0 (works for me) to 9.02 having iTunes version 12.2...

I have a MacPro early 2008 model running OSX 10.6.8 with itunes 11.4

I also upgraded my iphone 5 to ios 9 Big mistake obviously as now my itunes library won't sync to my iphone

The MacPro works fine , in fact, very well, so I would feel no need to buy another computer. Much cheaper for me to upgrade my phone to an Android which would have more versatility than my iphone 5 at least. I was considering upgrading to the iphone 6 plus but this problem makes me consider the reason I went with macs in the first place. I have had an apple since the apple II came out so have been a loyal mac user. Presently I have the MacPro, and an imac and 2 iphones, the 5 and 5s

If it is time to upgrade, it is cheaper for me to go to an android and windows computers , saving me a considerable amount. Apples allure was the ease of use. Things just worked seamlessly. We have had numerous apple computers in the family but now my son questions why, as do I? With the older macs they would just keep working till they finally died or there was some new software that came up that attracted us. For fundamental tasks we could just keep using our hardware. Windows kept upgrading and rendering the software useless. Now Apple has taken a page from that book as it is profitable. Of course a company needs to profit to survive and at the expense of the consumer but loyalty can be compromised when the reputation of Apple becomes blemished. So tell me what advantage is there to staying with Apple? I am left with a iphone that truly is no better than a flip phone if I cannot sync with my itunes. I have no contract with my phone and told the cel company that I am not ready to upgrade yet as I am happy with my phone. Now I am not. So I either upgrade the MACPRO and the iphone or just get a Galaxy Edge for less than an iphone? Guess delaying the upgrade path was a good idea.

I followed some advice on several of the posts regarding this subject. I have a 3GS on ios 6.2.2 and ipd 4 now on ios 9.0.2. After originally, making the mistake of updating the ipad to ios 9 and finding out my iOS 8.4 update was not to date, I restored the ios 8.4 to the iPad and of course lost some data.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/how-downgrade-from-ios-9-to-8-7-reinsta ll-ios-8-3522302/?p=2

Backing out the ios 8.4 using a complete restore, using the file per https://ipsw.me/ file for my ipad. Worked perfectly.

Then restored my IOS 8.4 back up to the ipad. Cleared the music and movies to make sure i have enough room. Sync o iTunes.

Create an archive of the back-up, by right mouse click archive from the iTunes Device prefenence window.

Additionally, find that file - Right Mouse open in finder. Then Right Mouse and compress it. A .zip file will be created.

From there. I used over the Over The Air updated to get to ios 9.0.2. Then Wireless back-up to my iTunes 11.4 on OS 10.6.8

Haven't done the wired update yet. Don't want to break it.

My iphone still updates with the cable and without. ( it is on a different account though ).

Hope this helps.

"I've been very careful to only sync iTunes with iOS 9 devices since I did the first update..."

Why? Is there any specific contraindication?

Thanks.

I had updated my iPhone 4S to 9.0.1 via iTunes 11.4 on osx10.6.8 not knowing this would break the connectivity with iTunes 11.4. If I had updated just via the device itself, it might still work!? So is it really true? And now? I learned, downgrading to iOS8.4.1 isn't possible anymore, because Apple decided to not sign it any more. I tried to restore to 8.4.1, but it points me to If you see Error 3194, Error 17, or 'This device isn't eligible for the requested build' in iTunes - Apple Support ***? Now I need to update to at least 10.7 JUST to be able to USE my iPhone the way I did before that update? I've tried all versions of OSX. I really tried. But every single version after 10.6 introduced new bugs, broke features I liked and that worked well. I always returned to 10.6.8! Of course I can dual boot to a newer osx JUST for iTunes and syncing my Phone. I have no words! My sympathy for Apple is constantly fading…. almost zero.

Well I bought and installed Wondershare TunesGo and can transfer to and from my iphone 5 with ios 9 to my MacPro with OSX 10.6.8. So far works fine and will continue a bit longer before making a decision on whether to changeover. I guess I am done with itunes now on my desktop as it cannot transfer my music to the iphone. I still can use icloud to keep personal data backed up.