Is IOS12 compatible with an old MacBook Pro only running OS X Yosemite and iTunes12.8.0.150? Unfortunately, Apple has not come out with a new MacBook Air to which to upgrade beyond Yosemite.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), Iphone 7Plus
After much work and effort and pain on a lot of people's part, I think I can summarize the answer:
Thanks for everyone's effort. Now I don't have to immediately have to buy a new Mac (being announced at the end of October?).
After much work and effort and pain on a lot of people's part, I think I can summarize the answer:
Thanks for everyone's effort. Now I don't have to immediately have to buy a new Mac (being announced at the end of October?).
I'm running OSX 10.10.5 on the mac (With iTunes 12.8) with iOS12 on the iPad. As soon as I plug the iPad in, it says I need 10.11 at least.
It let me update the iPad, then refuses to let me talk to it.
Come on Apple, you can do better than this...
iOS 12 requires iTunes 12.8 or better running on OS X 10.11.4 El Capitan or better. Downgrading to iTunes 11 won't be any help at all. Downgrading iOS is not supported. A workaround for music is to use iTunes Match or Apple Music, and use iCloud for backup and data transfer.
tt2
Yes. Make sure you have OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 or later.
Not sure what issue you're having.
iTunes 12.8 can be downloaded on a Mac with OS X Yosemite (10.10.5) and can sync with iOS 12 devices.
Eric Root wrote:
Have you downloaded iTunes 12.9?
There is, as yet, no standalone Mac installer for iTunes 12.9. Given it has been released with Mojave while the iTunes download page still pointedly links to 12.8 it might not happen. What I've read suggests that El Capitan or better is required for iOS 12 compatibility via iTunes 12.8, and an additional software download that may or may not get delivered automatically. Reinstalling iTunes while your device is connected and unlocked seems to help most of the time.
tt2
tt2 - thanks very much, this worked!! In summary therefore I have done the following (after installing iOS12):
1. Updated from Yosemite to High Sierra (to do so I was forwarded a link by an Apple support team member, I couldn't find it just by going to Apple);
2. Removed all USB cables and tried a new lightning cable (don't know now whether this was required);
3. Re-installed iTunes from tt2's link;
4. Re-connected my iPhone (a further download occurred) and then the sync started just as it used to.
However, Photos did not open and/or update - might I need to re-install Photos as well?
A Post Script;
I next tried to sync an iPad for my wife on her computer on the same Mac but with a different ID. Same problem. No iPad icon showed up next to the Music pull down. I called Apple. They had me redownload and reinstall iTunes. That process triggered some additional software that had to be loaded to see the iPad icon. It all worked. (Note the link: If your iOS 12 device isn't recognized by iTunes, you might need to upgrade macOS or iTunes. However, then I still had trouble syncing up. It didn't recognize where the files were to be synced on the Mac. A reboot to safe mode seemed to do the trick (hopefully). Hope all this helps.
It means you need to update to El Capitan or better. Your MacBook is probably capable of running Mojave, assuming you've not stuck with Yosemite for compatibility with older software.
tt2
Apologies, I did mean the dialog box. However, I updated to ios12 on my iPhone 6 independently, it wasn't until after the update that I then plugged it into my macbook (Yosemite 10.10.5) and iTunes 12.8.0.150 that the dialog appeared, 'To use your iPhone with iTunes, you need to install OS X 10.11.4 (or later).' Frustrating that I had already performed the update to ios12, with no pre-warning, and with no option to downgrade back to iOS 11. Restoring the iPhone does not restore the previous iOS either. There is no way of connecting the iPhone to iTunes now, can't sync via wifi without first having a connection to the laptop/itunes. I have a redundant iPhone!
Apple has published this article:
Granted it may be a little late for some. But at least we now have a solution to downgrade to look at as well.
It ISN’T related to the iPhone X, it’s an iOS 12 issue. My iPad is now not recognised under iOS12 with Yosemite. Don’t update your SE!
Are you sure? I installed ios12 on my iPhone 6, only to find that it is not now compatible with iTunes, as my macbook is running yosemite os10.10.5 yosemite (and can't be updated). Message said I needed to update to 10.11.4...
They mean a dialog box appears with the message that they need to upgrade the OS.
When you plug an iPad or iPhone into a Mac running Yosemite, and try to upgrade via iTunes, it tells you that you need to upgrade macOS to version 10.11.4 or later before you can upgrade to iOS 12.
Download the current 12.8 installer for iTunes from https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/.
Unlock your iOS device and connect it to USB.
Reinstall iTunes from the .dmg that you've downloaded.
During the installation it should announce that a further software update is required.
Install that and iTunes should see your devices.
tt2
Is IOS12 compatible with OS X Yosemite?
