A new network interface has been detected.

Every time I plug my phone (and a few other phones in the past) into my MBP, I get this error message: A new network interface has been detected. The "iPhone USB" network interface has not been set up. TO set up this interface, use Network Preferences.

This has been happening for over a year on my MBP (Sierra and High Sierra) and on my old Desktop computer (Yosemite and Sierra) and old iPod Touch (iOS 9, 10, 11), through many different USB cords (Apple-brand and third-party). In the past, I've used a workaround by creating a new network for my iPod Touch, but I cannot do the same with my iPhone. Keep in mind, I don't have Hot-Spot features in my plan and it's not specifically this phone, cord, or computer. There is a problem somewhere causing this very annoying popup, and I'd like to know if anyone has a solution.

Thanks, Joshua.

P.S. Let me know if you need more information! (I didn't know what category to post to)

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1), 2013, 16GB RAM

Posted on Mar 30, 2018 8:35 PM

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jmonaco

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Posted on Jul 23, 2018 12:27 PM

What worked for me was:

Logged out of standard user account on iMac
Logged in as admin account on iMac
Disconnected iPad USB from iMac, reconnected iPad via USB to iMac, no "new network" message popped up
Logged out of admin account on iMac
Logged in as standard user account on iMac
Disconnected iPad USB from iMac, reconnected iPad via USB to iMac, no "new network" message popped up.

Seems resolved with the above steps.

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