iPhone connects and disconnects from Mac

thisisyouranswer was the answer I needed. It was hard to get to with the phone grabbing iphoto over and over but I got it eventually

I have the same issue. I have an iPhoneX and a Macbook Air. Whenever I plug in my device just to charge it while I'm using my Mac, a prompt appears telling me to install an update on my iPhone X, when I click "Install" a pop up appears telling me the software is not available. Then it disconnects my iPhone and hence, no longer charging it. But with my old iPhone 5 I don't have an issue such as this one. I already messaged their tech support and provided screenshots but still no solution until now.

I have been suffering with this issue since I got the MacBook, I chose to avoid the problem by using my windows 10 laptop but I want to use the photos app as my iPhone X 256GB is full! has anyone got an actual solution for this as the ones I've tried on here will not work. We don't have an apple shop here in New Zealand so it's difficult to get it looked at.

Thanks,

John.

The thing is, I am using Apple cables, and other i-devices seem to be able to connect to my MacBook Air just fine. This also happened with a previous iPad that I had the same info in. The problem, for me, is that something is wrong with the internal software? (I’m guessing, since anything else works and after backing up my 2nd iPad doesn’t work).

Having the same issue. I've tried everything posted here and none of it resolved the issue. Just tried this my final hope and now I'm unable to even get to iTunes to accept. Phone keeps beeping and vibrating...so frustrating !

This is infuriating! I am doing a video project and I cant get my videos off of my iphone. tried all of the suggestions here. Im paying good money for this phone. Iphone Xr, 2016 macbook pro. Apple you get so much of my money. Im over it. Fix your crap apple. its become junk. outrageous. LEAVE APPLE PPL

After trying all of these and having some temporary success, this seems to have worked, but I won't really believe it for a few days when I see if it comes back or not. But so far, so good. I did have to manually enter the IP address, which I copied from the Wifi information on the Network screen. Crossing my fingers.

This solution did the trick for me. iPhone 7 and Macbook Pro, both with the latest version IOS13. My battery charging is still a little wonky, but I am happy that Photos is not opening and closing in an endless loop! Thanks.....la3

Update:

The problem persists, albeit seemingly less severe. The iPhone doesn't connect and disconnect as viciously as before and after a few back and forths, it stops. But, I still have to open terminal and enter that command for it to calm down.

I should note that I tried deleting all the backups on my computer as well as deactivating Photos from automatically opening (because mentioned in previous comments as helpful).

Result:

Solution did not work. Problem persists.

Thanks mate, it works for me! However after disconnecting the phone the problem come back. I re-done it and back to works again.

Do you know why this started to happen in the first place? I used it for many years with my old Iphone 8 plus but just started after I upgraded to Iphone 11 pro.

I am having same issue with iPhone XR rapidly connecting and disconnecting when I plug it via USB into my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015).

It is interesting to read about all of the solutions that worked, worked only once (or sometimes) or not at all.

It seems like there is not a definite solution that would work for everybody.

Someone mentioned that we pay a lot of money to Apple for their products. So true. We make them soooo rich !!!

So in return, we all deserve things to work together without the problems we're experiencing and that make us scratch our heads and waste our time trying to fix these problems.

At one of his famous keynotes, Steve Jobs said: "It Just Works".

That's what we pay for, that's what we expect and that's what you, Apple, need to get back to.

So Apple folks, please figure this problem out and give us the proper fix.

Thank you,

Bronco Hyrman

Apple User since 1994

Worked for me. So far so good and my iphone XS Max (using on my 2015 Macbook Air) quit connecting then disconnecting repeatedly. Was literally sitting here doing it over and over and over. Hasnt done it in about 10 min now. If anything changes, i will be sure to update. Thank you so much

Tried connecting a new iPhone 11 to a Macbook Pro (2015) and had this very frustrating problem. Using a new cable. Tried everything, but this actually worked. Not sure if I will have to do this again when I reboot, but I guess we will see.

As a relatively recent Windows transplant, while this solution works, it does have a very clunky windows-like feel to it. Honestly I thought my days of task killing were over now that I am swimming in the iOS pool. :-(

Lord B,

could you please share with the rest of us - why it seems to be fine now? What did you do to fix it?

(my apologies if you posted it already and I missed it)

Many thanks, have a great day and stay healthy.

Bronco

This was fantastic advice - thank you. I'm a techno-dummy who gets visibly shaken when I'm in the Terminal. Me and code do not jive. This however was easy as pie and worked like a charm. The constant connect/disconnect with my iPhone while it was plugged into the laptop, (coupled with the annoying sound) was making me nuts, (well, more nuts than normal). Thanks again!