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User profile for user: sbmeyer
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Forcing an update to Catalina

My iPhone is iOS 13. My iMac is Mojave 10.14.6. I am in no hurry to upgrade to Catalina. But, when I connect my iPhone to my iMac to do a full backup I get the popup saying I cannot, until I do an update. What the heck? Apple, have you lost your mind? As bad as the updates have been I am in NO hurry to update to Catalina in the near future. Why are we being forced to in order to do a full backup of our iPhones, or simply manage the content?


Shame on Apple. Any workarounds?

iPhone XS

Posted on Oct 13, 2019 6:42 AM

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User profile for user: REHASHER
REHASHER
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Oct 15, 2019 5:03 AM in response to sbmeyer

I am experiencing the exact same problem & I'm furious! If I update to Catalina, the majority of my Adobe software won't be supported so just ins't an option.


In the meantime I can't connect my iPhone to iTunes!


I'm currently on chat to an Apple customer service member & they're about as useful as a chocolate tea pot! No helpful information or a solution other than to upgrade to Catalina!


Apple haven't thought this though properly.


I'll let you know if I receive any useful information on this major Apple fuck up!


Chris



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