Both iPhone and iPad are historically and primarily synced with the Mac. WiFi sync was enabled but it hasn’t been functional in months. The iDevices claim I need to cable them to the Mac and then press a button to enable wifi sync. However in iTunes on the Mac the iDevices are often detected via wifi and the wifi sync option is selected but sync is impossible without connecting a cable. The last sync / backup to the Mac looks to be in May.
To transfer ipa files from PC to the iDevices, I’ve authorized the PC for my Apple account. Cabling to the PC lets me sync and it seems like the only thing touched on the iDevices is the ipa transfer. All the other files / music / apps / settings are maintained from the Mac and don’t reflect the empty status of my PC iTunes.
I never enabled wifi sync for the PC to iPad or iPhone (from the iDevice end or from iTunes). However since the iDevices had been most recently cabled to the PC…
This morning with both the PC and Mac turned off, I checked wifi sync status on both iDevices. Both said the PC was unavailable and that wifi sync could enabled with a cable connection. Booted the Mac. After some time passed the iDevices switched to say the Mac wasn’t available and that I needed a cable to start wifi sync.
I connected both iDevices to iTunes Mac and deselected the WiFi Sync option in iTunes. Double checked the option is off on iTunes PC. It should also be said that both iTunes are set to iCloud backup - so there is no local backups made to PC or Mac.
Launching from PC with nothing cabled - DeploymentServer is reaching and crashing when handling the iPhone over wifi. Put the iPhone into airplane mode and the launch fails with no devices available. Turn airplane mode off and crash is still gone.
The individual devices do not appear off the Launch icon or Device Manager on the PC - I’m always using ‘All_iOS_On_David-PC’ and don’t know how change it.
iTunes version on both: 12.2.1.16