by Sissi on Jun. 06, 2016 | NO COMMENT

Quick Solutions for iTunes won’t Recognize your iPhone

Do you know how to solve iTunes won’t recognize iPhone? Read this article to know some possible solutions to make it.

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What’s a pity that iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone when you plug in it. There are lots of reasons why it happens, like the damaged iPhone USB cable, problem of hardware and so on. So what do you do next? In this article, we will focus on this problem and give you some tips.

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Table of Content:

• Check the Connection between iPhone and Computer
• Solutions for iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone on Mac
• Solutions for iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone on Windows PC
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Check the Connection between iPhone and Computer

One of the reasons why iTunes won’t recognize iPhone is the problem between iPhone and computer. Follow the steps to have a check now.

• Check whether the USB cable is broken.
• Check whether the USB socket of iPhone and computer is damaged or filled with dust, which will affect the connection between computer and iPhone.
• Try another USB cable.
• Try another USB socket on computer.

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Solutions for iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone on Mac

If iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone on Mac, you can try the following things to solve it.

• Restart your iPhone. Press the Home button and Power button to reboot your iPhone.
• Restart your Mac. Click Apple icon and choose Restart to reboot your Mac.
• Make sure that iTunes on your Mac runs the latest version. Open iTunes, click iTunes, choose About and click Check for Updates.
• Ensure that your iPhone has been updated. Go Settings, choose General and tap Software to Update.
• Be sure that your iPhone have trusted this Mac.

Solutions for iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone on Windows PC

If iTunes won’t recognize your iPhone on a Windows PC, you can have a try with the solutions below to fix this problem.

• Click Trust when you plug your iPhone to your Windows PC. If you ignore it, you should reset location and privacy data on your iPhone. Settings > General > reset > Reset Location & Privacy > type password > Reset Settings.
• Reboot your iPhone and your Windows PC.
• Update your iPhone software.
• Check whether iTunes on your Windows PC has been updated. Run iTunes, click Help and click Check for updates.

Conclusion

These solutions may make iTunes on Mac or Windows PC recognize you iPhone. If these solutions don’t work, there may be some hardware problems of your iPhone. You can contact Apple Support or repair person for the detailed check.

SissiA member of @PrimoSync team, love to go travelling and share some easy-to-follow tips about Apple related issues.

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