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?).
That's odd because I have been able to update my mid-2010 iMac to High Sierra and I'm pretty sure this is confirmed on either Apple's website or otherwise on the internet.
However, to get it updated I had to speak to Apple support and they then emailed a link to the update - the only update visible on Apple's site is the Mojave.
High Sierra and other updates are on Apple's website, just need to do a bit of hunting to find them...
My problem is that updating from Yosemite will break the perfectly usable Adobe CS6 I still use every day, the alternative is having to pay big monthly sums for Adobe CC, something I'd struggle to do.
I can understand iOS 12 breaking the link between new and old kit.
What I'm angry about is that Apple could have popped up a dialog box warning me of the incompatability BEFORE the update, rather than after...
I contacted Apple support on twitter (they always respond very quickly there) I have MacBook Pro late 20111 with Yosemite 10.10.5 . Iphone and itunes updated to the last update available. They said I can upgrade to High sierra and do a back up first . Hope it helps you but dont know your specifications
iPhone XR is not released yet but I guess it the same as iPhone XS and XS Max.
FYI: iTunes 12.8.0.150 do support iOS 12.
I can update the Mac but that will then break other things.
I'm just really angry that iTunes can work out that iOS12 is incompatible after the update, not before it...!
Thanks for the detail. Does Image Capture see the iPad Pro? And is it a known good USB Lightning cable that charges the iPad Pro?
a brody wrote:
iTunes 12.9 has not been released on Mac OS X, only iTunes 12.8.
iTunes 12.9 is currently what is available for Windows.
iTunes 12.9 is also baked into macOS 10.14 Mojave.
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I can't upgrade my Mac anymore. 2008-2009 version. I was awaiting a new MacBook Air announcement to upgrade, but no such luck. And I want to backup my devices to the Mac. Looks like I am out of luck with IOS12 till I get a new computer.
Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.
I will be updating
iTunes/Mac OS/iOS compatibility
when more information becomes available. Thank you for letting us know about the conundrum. Reading the download page specs for iTunes 12.8 you would think that if you could download it, syncing was possible. Maybe specific devices are only able to sync certain components under older Mac OS X.
Download iTunes 12.8 for Mac has as the system requirements still staying 10.10.5. I will alert the authors of the knowledgebase this thread. Hopefully some clarification comes soon.
I think you may have to take into account IOS 12 and iTunes 12.9 with OS X 10.10.5. I am still not sure whether any device I might update to IOS 12 will be able to sync with a computer running OS X 10.10.5. I am still not sure whether a device running OS X 10.10.5 will be able to download and run iTunes 12.9.
Thanks for being the sacrificial lamb. I am sorry. That's what I was trying to avoid and why I asked the question in the first place. What some and Apple think that it is just easy to update to El capitan. However, Apple has locked out my computer from updating to El capitan, because my computer, though very functional, is too old for Apple. And I want to backup to the computer, not the Cloud. So unless I want to back up to the Cloud, I will have to wait on IOS12 until Apple fixes it or they come out with a new MacBook that I can afford.
Potentially the best solution!, although I prefer to keep iCloud/iCloud Drive for other docs, and let iTunes back up my music, (and minimise my gB storage plan!) Also I have a lot of my own music /DJ edits, so never wanted to risk venturing into iTunes Match. I am wondering if connecting the iPhone into somebody else's iTunes (either signed into my iTunes account or theirs) to simply switch on 'sync via WiFi', would then automatically kick start the wifi syncing when my iPhone is in the same wifi network as my macbook.....
A downgrade method useless to me as I only have a Mac running 10.10, and had no warning before I upgraded...
You have to be able to connect to iTunes to downgrade.
If I could, I wouldn't downgrade.
This was a simple thing Apple should have caught...
Well, I managed to upgrade to High Sierra, but the problem remains - having updated to iOS12 on both my iPhone 6 and my iPad Pro, iTunes will not sync either of them. I've done all the things that Apple suggests (removed all other USB cables, changed ports and used a different Apple provided lightning cable) to no avail.
What is going on?
Is IOS12 compatible with OS X Yosemite?
