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Transfer items to your Mac, or they will be removed from your phone - Why do Apple make an issue out of this? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I get this prompt sometimes when I connect my phone to my computer. It doesn't tell me what items it's referring to, but I know I don't want anything on my computer that isn't there already. But it looks like if I don't go ahead with it, the mystery items will be removed from my phone.

Anybody know what the thinking is behind this? Maybe it's just a sync setting I've set myself, but it reads like some kind of crazy ransom note :)

I chose 'Don't Transfer' in the end. I have no idea what the consequences are. I don't notice any differences on my phone.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the sync workflow that iPhones used to start with, right? The one that you used to use iTunes for at first, then Finder later.

I mean, it's sync. Having the same state on both sides after a transaction is pretty much the name of the game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

But these days purchases show up on both devices whether they’re downloaded or not. There’s a little cloud or arrow symbol beside them if I want to download them (eg Apple Music). So it’s confusing that there’s a separate policy that insist on both devices having the same content.

But I see in macOS Finder, when I navigate to my device there’s a checkbox enabled labelled “Sync music onto iPhone”. So maybe this is why (and I likely set that myself, I rarely ever connect my phone these days).