Big Sur won't sync with iPhone 7

[Reader Rabbit]

Ever since I upgraded to Big Sur, I've had problems syncing my iPhone with my iMac desktop. Originally, it seemed that the only thing that wouldn't sync was Contacts, but now nothing will sync. The iMac recognizes the phone and backs it up, but I keep getting the error message that the iPhone failed to sync because the "sync session failed to finish."

I also have an iPad Pro, and it syncs just fine, so I'm wondering if it's just that Big Sur hates older technology.

All the software is up to date on both iPhone and iMac.

[ret5hd]

1. I have an iPhone 10...

Once every few syncs, maybe once a month, the sync REFUSES to connect wirelessly…I connect with a cable, sync, then everything works flawlessly for a while.

Just throwing it out there to connect with a cable once, and see what happens.

[Reader Rabbit]

2. I always connect via cable.

No joy.

[Tetrachloride]

3. Some recent updates for Big Sur appear to be for connection issues

[Reader Rabbit]

4. By this, do you mean Monterey?

According to the Software Update thingy on my iMac, that's the next update. (I'm currently on Big Sur 11.6)

[Tetrachloride]

5. edit 11.6.1 installed

Last edited Sun Dec 19, 2021, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)

edit: Mac updated to 11.6.1

My iMac is a 2017 Intel Core i5 with a Fusion Drive

[Tetrachloride]

6. You might have 11.6.1 possible

my airdrop and bluetooth are imperfect

i will try for 11.6 if the device update doesn’t go perfect

[Tetrachloride]

7. Upon further review, Airdrop is close to dead in the water with

iPhone 7 and big sur