Macbook 2.1 - Iphone ios 9 - Itunes

You are not alone I have the exact same Mac, Iphone and OS as you and I am having the exact same problem. I'm absolutely furious!! I have an appointment with my local apple shop on tuesday. I shall let you know if I have any luck!

Best wishes

If you want the quick answers, no and no, and a partial solution.

Looking at the facts, Apple's iOS9 manual pages say it will work with OSX 10.6.8. There are posts from a few people who upgraded iOS over the air and apparently can still sync with iTunes 11.4. There are also many, many posts from people who say they have to have 12.3. Go figure. Given that Apple has long not supported hardware and software older than 5 years I would not necessarily anticipate a solution. It is about typical for your computer to now being locked into its final version of Apple software, and to start being shut out of most other software for that matter (I use a 13 year old computer and have never owned a new one so I am very familiar with this). Even if they do decide that this in-clarity as to what will run with iOS9 and what won't needs a fix it probably won't be a banner headline groveling in apology, it will be another iTunes update.

Nothing but iTunes will sync with an iPhone. I believe somebody has come out with a utility which place media on a phone but it too requires OSX 10.9+

Partial solution:

- Subscribe to iTunes Match or Apple Music and sync with iCloud.

- Transfer purchases directly from the iTunes Store to the phone over wi-fi.

- Use Dropbox or other services to transfer data files

- Use Image Capture or Photo Stream to transfer items from the Camera Roll.

It is not clear what the situation is. Yes, there is some small indication in Apple's document saying only 10.6.8 is needed with iOS9, and that for some people they can still get old iTunes versions to work with iOS9, maybe the requirement people are seeing on computers was not intentional. Or maybe Apple slipped up on the other things and you really do have to have iTunes 12.3. If Apple did jump the gun on not making iTunes 12.3 work with OSX 10.6 Apple does NOT post notices saying "Dear Customer, we are very sorry for the mistake we made and please accept our apologies." In cases where a bug makes its way into software Apple's way of announcing a solution is to simply produce an update with a notice on a web page saying bug such-and-such repaired. However, since this is all in connection with outdated software then it is also quite possible Apple will say what has happened has happened and do nothing. We do not know and Apple does not make announcements about this kind of thing, particularly for out-of-support software affecting only a small percentage of users.

- Music does not count towards iCloud storage space if you are using Match.

- I don't understand your second comment. Where does it say this is illegal?? You can continue to download to your computer using the old iTunes version. You can download directly to the phone over wi-fi. Where's the problem?

We can't help you on this web site with the kind of hacks you are describing. It is against the terms of use, sorry.

Since others have reported being able to install iOS over the air and still use iTunes 11.4 under OSX 10.6.8 you may be better off trying to make the version you have work. Installing 12.3 may be tricky. I believe some version information is stored in the .plist file for iTunes in your library and that may be a place to start initially. I am presuming you know what I am talking about as we are now getting outside the realm of novice user. Make sure you have solid backup before doing this kind of thing. I do not have your issue so I cannot test anything on my end first.