Unable to sync music from a MacBook Pro late 2015 to an iPhone 16 Pro using USB cable

Trying to sync music from a MBP late 2015 to an iphone 16 pro, using a usb to usb c cable i had, and is not showing at all


Any ideas?



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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Jun 1, 2025 12:00 PM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2025 2:17 PM

Make sure that you are not using a charging-only cable. Some cables only have the pins for 5V power and ground connected. They don't transfer data at all, so if you connect an iPhone to a Mac using one of them, the Phone will charge off the Mac, but neither the Mac nor the iPhone will know that the other is there.

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Jun 13, 2025 2:17 PM in response to Carlosilva

Make sure that you are not using a charging-only cable. Some cables only have the pins for 5V power and ground connected. They don't transfer data at all, so if you connect an iPhone to a Mac using one of them, the Phone will charge off the Mac, but neither the Mac nor the iPhone will know that the other is there.

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