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    Fix iPhone or iPad not connecting to Mac via cable

    Go through these troubleshooting tips if your iPhone or iPad running iOS 26 does not show up in Mac’s Finder, Photos app, Image Capture, or other applications.

    You may need to connect your iOS device to a Mac or Windows PC using a USB cable to quickly transfer photos, sync music, use your iPhone as a pen drive, restore the device, and more.

    Usually, this is a simple process: plug, trust, and then your iPhone or iPad shows up on the computer in Finder, Photos, Image Capture, or third-party apps like iMazing.

    In case you’re having issues connecting your iPhone or iPad to Mac after updating to iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, here are all the solutions that will help.

    Change this wired authentication setting

    iOS 26 adds a new safety feature that lets you control how your iPhone or iPad connects to another device via cable. You can choose to always allow, automatically allow when unlocked, or ask for your permission before your iPhone or iPad connects with a computer. I have found that whenever my device doesn’t show up on my Mac, temporarily changing this safety setting helps!

    1. Disconnect your iPhone or iPad from Mac by unplugging the cable.
    2. Open iPhone or iPad Settings and tap Privacy & Security.
    3. Scroll down and tap Wired Accessories.
    4. Select Always Ask.
    5. Now, connect your iPhone or iPad to Mac via cable, and tap Allow on the “Allow accessory to connect?” pop-up. Then open Finder, Photos, Image Capture, or the relevant app on your computer, and your iPhone should appear there. You can now set the Wired Accessories back to “Ask for New Accessories” or whatever else you prefer.

    Allow accessory to connect popup on iPhone

    Make sure you trust the computer

    When you connect your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or PC for the first time (or after resetting iOS location and privacy settings), you have to click Allow on Mac and then tap Trust on your iOS device. Once this is done, your iPhone or iPad should appear in Finder, Photos, Image Capture, and other places.

    Trust this Computer alert on iPhone

    If you didn’t go ahead with this trust process, try unplugging and replugging the device again. If you still don’t see the trust option, reset your iPhone or iPad’s location and privacy settings and then reconnect.

    Go through all these quick tips

    If the problem continues, follow these steps:

    • Force quit and reopen the Mac app in question.
    • Make sure the cable connections are perfect.
    • Restart your phone and computer.
    • Try using another USB-C or Lightning cable.
    • Update to the latest version of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS Tahoe 26. This tip is really important.

    Read instructions for the third-party app

    If you’re not seeing your connected iPhone or iPad in a third-party Mac or PC app, check its documentation to see if it requires any specific steps.

    I remember back in the day, some third-party device management apps would ask you to turn off Find My iPhone before you could use all features.

    In current versions of iOS, turning off Screen Time settings may help.

    Check out other app-specific guides

    Many people had issues connecting their iPhone and iPad to Mac after updating to iOS 26. So, we have covered this problem for specific macOS apps in separate troubleshooting guides with specialized solutions. Make sure you go through them all:

    Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/02/12/ios-device-not-connecting-to-mac/

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    How to change the reminder time zone on iPhone and Mac

    Find out how to set task alerts based on a date and time of a different time zone in the Apple Reminders app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

    My editor-in-chief and I live on opposite sides of the world in different time zones. Our publishing and other schedules are based on the USA (PST) time zone, while I’m on Asian (IST) time.

    If I have an important task I want to be reminded about based on Pacific Standard Time (PST), the iOS 26 and macOS 26 Reminders app lets me do that without having to check the World Clock or do mental mathematics calculating the right time based on the time difference/time zone.

    Set reminder alert time based on a different time zone

    1) Open the Reminders app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26.

    2) Add a reminder and then tap the info button ⓘ next to the task name.

    3) Turn on the Time switch (and it will automatically enable Date as well), and then tap the Time Zone field.

    Adding reminder on iPhone and selecting Time Zone

    4) Search for the city on whose time you want to set the reminder, and select it. If your desired city doesn’t show up in suggestions, pick the one closest to it in the same time zone

    5) Now, set the date and time of that selected time zone. Pay close attention to the date, because there may be a change of +1 or -1 in it; so, set it accordingly, and tap the checkmark icon to save your reminder.

    Selecting city in different time zone for adding reminder time

    You’ll see both your local time and the time of a different time zone for such reminders. At the scheduled time (based on your chosen time zone), your iPhone, iPad, or Mac will alert you to the reminder.

    Reminder set on iPhone for a different time zone

    You can see in this screenshot that I had set the reminder time to 5:55 AM PST, and it alerted me at the correct time. My local time was 7:25 PM.

    Alert on Mac for reminder on a different time zone

    More on reminders:

    Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/02/11/another-time-zone-reminder-ios/