trust this computer? Allert appearing over and over again

By Igna Triay, 1 December, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

Whenever I connect my iphone to my mac, it always asks me for my password to trust my device and to be able to backup. Thing is, the, trust device, prompt should only happen once, but its happening every single time my device connects to my mac. This started I believe since ios16, has anyone else experienced this?

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By Dizno on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 14:52

It just happened to me again tonight
Plugged in my phone to my computer and it wants to know if I can trust the computer

By Igna Triay on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 14:52

For me its happening every time my phone wants to back up to my computer. Is apple aware of this bug? Its not a accessibility bug so where can it be reported? Its driving me nuts to be frank.

By kool_turk on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 14:52

I'm not sure it is even a bug.

I get it on windows as well, so thought it might be part of their new security measures, like they've done with the clipboard.

I can understand why they did it with the clipboard, because some apps got caught out accessing it, but not sure about the backup thing.

It's something I've gotten use to.

By LaBoheme on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 14:52

this should only happens when you try to back up your phone, it's actually a great security feature. imagine you trust a computer before and no longer trust, or someone knows how to access your iphone backup, either they know the password or you don't use encrypted backup.
now assume they can't access your phone directly, but they can see everything using your backup. they can simply plug in your phone and make a backup, and everything is off.so now you have to confirm you do want to make to this specific backup to this specific computer, isn't it nice?

as far as i am concerned, the more secure; the better. others may have different opinion.

By Sebby on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 14:52

Yes, indeed, and I asked about this over at Apple Support Communities. Obviously, I don't think it provides security. Actually, I think it's security theatre.

There's no workaround; no off switch. If you want to continue syncing automatically, you'll have to switch to iCloud backup, which for some reason (which definitely isn't stealth revenue generation, honest), doesn't require the same absurd requirement. Or, you could disable automatic syncing, and only sync on demand, by changing the preference to automatically sync when your device is connected, and/or when on Wi-Fi. As long as a local backup starts, you're prompted.