Xcode doesn t see my iOS device but iTunes does

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I have a strange problem   I have an iPad with iOS 5 0 1  9A405  and iOS SDK 5 0 1 with Xcode 4 2  Build 4C199  installed on my Mac   Xcode doesn t see my device  It says  iOS Device  not  Sauron s iPad  as usual   I am sure that device is connected because I see it in iTunes   Xcode denies to start my application on device   It says        Xcode cannot run using selected device  No provisioned iOS devices   are available with a compatible iOS version  Connect an iOS device   with a recent enough version of iOS to run your application or choose   an iOS simulator as the destination     Xcode sees my other iPad with iOS 4 3 3 and can run applications on this device  I have tried to restart my Mac - without result   I also checked provisioning profile  developer certificate  etc    Does anybody have ideas

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Select Window   Organizer in Xcode  Now under Devices  select your device  If it is not ready for development then click use for development  If above doesn t solve your problem then from your project settings  set deployment target to one which your app is developed for or lesser  Otherwise there is some issue with certificates and provisioning profiles  Make sure your device s UDID is added in the provisioning profile you are using

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Had the same problem   restarted xcode and it found my phone again

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After 20 minutes of debugging  I realized I had to hover over the up button    at the top of the Devices picker in the top left hand corner  to the right of the run app button

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I tried all of the above to no avail  I had been using the phone for ages and suddenly the Organizer thought  this device is currently not connected   A reset of the phone fixed it for me  hold Home  amp  Power until the Apple logo   I did so with it still connected to the MacBook  but it shouldn t be necessary

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I just barely tried every solution suggested above   The only thing that worked and resolved my issue was to go into xcode s  Organizer   right click on my iPhone  click on  Remove from organizer  and then wait about 10 seconds while xcode automatically re-added the device   I previously plugged in my phone and itunes recognized it fine and synced with it  etc  but all xcode said in the organizer was  Device is not currently connected   which it was most definitely connected if itunes was syncing with it and not syncing over wi-fi   Why xcode needed me to delete and re-add the phone is beyond me  but it works great now that I did this

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I get this problem once  using a not official Apple cable   Hope it helps

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May be my answer is helpful to new developer  Just follow these step   You can connect your iPhone iPad with X-code

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Had the same problem  In my case it was my usb cord

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Ran into this issue having upgraded from XCode 9 to 10 1  No devices at all were appearing in XCode  despite performing all the steps listed in other answers   For me the solution was to do a clean CMake build  deleting the old Xcode project files

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In my case I did next steps   Quit XCode Disconnect device In your terminal sudo launchctl stop com apple usbmuxd Relaunch Xcode Connect device

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Xcode 6 3 didn t see my iPhone running iOS 8 3 even after a computer restart  I then restarted my iPhone and everything worked again  Love buggy software

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Even though this one does not address the specific problem of the OP  it might be a solution for other people finding this question   In some circumstances  Xcode will not recognise  won t even see  a connected device that was previously recognised  even though there were no changes in Mac OS iOS Xcode versions  This seems to happen if you connect the device while the Mac and or the device are locked when you connect them  The device will ask if you want to trust the computer even though you already did so  but the device will still not be visible in Xcode   Restarting Xcode or the device do not seem to have any effect  One solution is to reboot the Mac  Another much quicker solution is to restart usbmuxd    Quit Xcode Disconnect the device In a terminal window  type  sudo pkill usbmuxd  it will be restarted again automatically  Restart Xcode Connect the device   Your device should now be visible again in Xcode   Hope that helps a few people  Apparently it does

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The error I had in XCode was  iOS version lower than deployment target   which I didn t know how to fix   The error was displayed where the iPhone should have been indicated as a Device  upper left    I selected the project in Project Navigator and noticed that the iOS Deployment Target was set to 11 3 but when I checked my iPhone it was set to 11 2 1  or something lower than 11 3    So I opened Settings on the phone  scrolled down to General and tapped Software Update   Since the update said it was scheduled but didn t start  I decided to take the SIM card out of my other phone and put it in the iPhone I was using for testing   Then the upgrade started quickly   After the Update finished on the phone  however  XCode still didn t recognize the phone   I unplugged the USB cable but didn t hear any sound  so I plugged it into another USB port on the computer and then heard a sound   Then XCode noticed the phone   So the problems were that the iPhone didn t inform me that I had an Update  or I ignored it and forgot about it  and it may have needed the SIM card  and I had a bad USB connection

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For Xcode 7  and possibly above     go to Window - gt  Devices     hit the plus sign at the bottom and select the device connected and hit next  then Use for development   This only works if Xcode is reading your device  but you aren t able to run your app on the device   Also make sure the device s OS version is greater than or equal to your app s Deployment Target OS version

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Have you tried to delete and re install the device in your Apple Developer portal  If yes  try to upgrade your xcode to 4 3 2  I remember that I needed to update to xCode 4 3 2 after updating my iPhone to iOS 5 1

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Here is how I figured out the problem  Go to Xcode - gt  Window - gt  Device and Simulators - gt  Devices  There you could see Errors and Warnings  I found that my Xcode has to be updated because IOS version of my device is higher

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I ran into this issue today where Xcode 8 2 1 suddenly decided the connected ipad  ios 10 2  was no longer connected  Unplugged  plugged back in  rebooted my macbook  and tried numerous recommendations above   The thing that fixed the issue for me was shutting down and rebooting the ipad device itself

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When you trying to build and run the current scheme but encounter this alert message        The run destination iPhone is not valid for Running the scheme     Plus you already check your phone and it is connect to your Mac properly  all you need to do is just simply restart your Xcode and build it again  That will do the job

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After updating my iPhone to 10 3 3  Xcode 8 3 3 cannot find it in the Device window but iTunes can  Restarting Xcode fixed the problem

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I had this problem   I somehow registered the device for generic team on apple   I don t remember how I did it now   Then I was able to overcome this error

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Xcode did not see my iPad  iTunes also did not see my device  Rebooting Mac corrected the situation

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To others who might have the same issue and the answers above don t work  Make sure that the iOS version installed on your device matches the iOS SDK version you have installed on your mac  If these don t match you are unable to build to the device

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Just unplug the cable of iPhone with your mac and then plug cable in  mac work for me I hope it s work for someone

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Xcode 10 2 1 was not recognizing my ipad mini   I unplugged and rebooted the mini and it became visible

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Had same problem with some non-licensed cables  Works fine with Apple s  amp  Belkin s USB cables

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My app worked on all simulators but not on my device  I tried just about all the steps from each comment and didn t have any luck  I went to my device settings and switched my  Personal Hotspot  from off to on  Then it was all good

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If none of these work  try simpling restarting your iphone or device  Works every time for me

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