It could be helpful for a number of reasons to connect your iPhone to your MacBook and to synchronize the data on both of your devices. However, if you do not know where to start in this department, you have come to the right place! With these following instructions, you will quickly learn how to connect your iPhone to your MacBook!
How To Connect Your iPhone to Your MacBook (Newer Versions)
If your MacBook is updated to macOS Catalina or higher, you can easily connect your iPhone to your MacBook with the help of your Apple USB cable. The best part about this is that you only need to use a cable the first time that you connect both devices. From then on, you can do so completely wireless! To connect your iPhone to your MacBook for the first time: follow these steps:
- Step 1: Make sure your MacBook is up and running. Use your USB cable and physically connect your iPhone to your MacBook. When asked whether or not you want to trust the other device, click on “Trust”.
- Step 2: Find the “Finder” option on the bottom of your MacBook’s home screen and click on it.
- Step 3: Scroll down until you see the “Locations” option. Under that option, you should see the iPhone that you just connected. Click on that device.
- Step 4: Again, you will see multiple options. If you want to synchronize the settings and other materials of your iPhone and MacBook, click on the “Sync” button. Now, both devices will be connected and synchronized!
- Step 5: As mentioned above, this way of connecting both devices with the use of a USB cable must only be done once. For future reference, if you want to connect your iPhone to your MacBook once more in a wireless fashion, you must go to the “General” tab. This will be the first option you see after you have clicked on your iPhone.
- Step 6: Under that tab, you will see the option “Show this iPhone when on Wi-Fi”. Make sure that the option is Enable, if disable then check the box. Now, you can keep synchronizing both devices whenever you need and you will not need a USB cable.
How To Connect Your iPhone to Your MacBook (Older Versions)
If you do not have macOS Catalina or higher, you can still use iTunes to connect and synchronize your iPhone to your MacBook. Simply follow these instructions:
- Step 1: Open iTunes on your MacBook. Make sure iTunes is updated before you start.
- Step 2: Connect your iPhone to your MacBook with your Apple USB cable.
- Step 3: You will see a pop-up on your phone asking you whether or not you want to trust the computer. Click on “Trust”. Do the same when the pop-up appears on your MacBook.
- Step 4: If you look on iTunes again, you should now see your iPhone at the left top corner of your screen. Click on your device.
- Step 5: Choose what kind of material you want to synchronize. This could be music, pictures, etc. With each kind of material, you can check certain options depending on what synchronizing settings you want. Check the boxes that you want. Repeat this action for any kind of material that you want to synchronize.
- Step 6: Now click on “Apply” at the bottom of your screen to save your settings. Now, your MacBook will automatically start synchronizing both devices. If this does not immediately start, click on “Sync” to start the process yourself. And voila, now all the materials that you have selected will be available on both devices!