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- Part 1: What Causes "iTunes Not Recognizing iPhone in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong>"<\/li>\n
- Part 2: How to Fix iTunes Not Recognizing iPhone in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Part 3: Top 3 iTunes Alternatives<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
- Part 4: Comparision among iTransfer, foobar, and MusicBee<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n
Part 1: What Causes "iTunes Not Recognizing iPhone in Windows 10<\/strong>"<\/h2>\n
The problems to cause iTunes not recognizing iPhone in Windows 10 can be various. You can refer to the following aspects to check and fix this issue.
\n 1. Maybe your iTunes version is outdated and you need to update it to the latest version to ensure it to work normally.<\/p>\n2. Maybe there is something wrong with the USB cord you are using. You can change a new cable to have a try. <\/p>\n
3. Maybe your computer system needs to update. You can check out your Windows system and access to new updates to handle this issue. <\/p>\n
4. Maybe your iPhone system version needs to be updated. You can go to \u201cGeneral\u201d tab on iPhone to check for iOS updating<\/a><\/strong> and follow the on-screen instructions to make it. <\/p>\n
If you fail to settle iTunes not recognizing iPhone in Windows 10 by trying the 4 methods shown above, you can continue to read Part 2 to help you to realize your goal. <\/p>\n
Part 2: How to Fix iTunes Not Recognizing iPhone in Windows 10<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Before You Begin:<\/strong><\/p>\n
- Make sure that you have the button Trust this computer<\/strong> on your iPhone when connecting to your PC.<\/li>\n
- Make sure that you have installed all Windows updates. This is to make sure that your computer device drivers are up to date.<\/li>\n
- Make sure your iPhone USB cable works well.<\/li>\n
- Make sure your iOS device is turned on.<\/li>\n
- Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed.<\/li>\n
Now, the following solution may help you fix the iTunes issue if you found that your iTunes does not recognize iPhone in Windows 10 computer.<\/p>\n
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer and wait for some time until the device is recognised.<\/p>\n
Step 2. Right-click \"Computer\"<\/strong>, Go to \"Device Manager\"<\/strong>. Then expand category \"Universal Serial Bus controllers\"<\/strong> and locate \"Apple Mobile Device USB Driver\"<\/strong>.
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<\/a>\n<\/p>\nStep 3. Right-click \"Apple Mobile Device USB Driver\"<\/strong> and click \"Update Driver Software\"<\/strong>. On the pop-out window, choose \"Browse my computer for driver software\"<\/strong>.
\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\nStep 4. Then choose \"Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer\"<\/strong>.
\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\nStep 5. Click \"Have Disk\u2026\"<\/strong> button.
\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\nStep 6. Click \"Browse\"<\/strong>.
\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\nStep 7. Navigate to \"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Apple\\Mobile Device Support\\Drivers\"<\/strong>. Then double-click the usbaapl file. If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, this file will be called usbaapl64.
\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\nIf you don\u2019t see usbaapl64 here or if there isn\u2019t a Drivers folder, look in \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Apple\\Mobile Device Support\\Drivers\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Then you need to install the driver for your Windows 10. After installing, unplug your iPhone, then reconnect it using USB cable. Open your iTunes and see if your iPhone can be detected or recognized by iTunes.<\/p>\n
Part 3: Top 3 iTunes Alternatives<\/strong><\/h2>\n
If you are fed up with iTunes, you can resort to other iTunes alternatives to assist you, such as Leawo iTransfer, Foobar, MusicBee and etc. The following paragraphs will introduce you these three tools in detail. <\/p>\n
3.1 Leawo iTransfer
\n<\/h3>\nLeawo iTransfer<\/a><\/strong> is a powerful iPad, iPod and iPhone transfer program which makes the data transfers among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs incredibly easy, and it also helps backup iPhone<\/a><\/strong>, iPad and iPod data to computer. With the iPhone\/iPad\/iPod software, all popular files like apps, music, videos, SMS, contacts, and so on can be transferred in lossless quality.<\/p>\n
This professional iPod\/iPad\/iPhone transfer software is regarded as one of the best iTunes alternatives, but it does more than iTunes does. No matter where you get the files, the data transfers of the iOS devices can be easily done without the synchronization of iTunes.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\nLeawo iTransfer<\/a><\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n
\u2609 Transfer files among iOS devices, iTunes and PCs with ease.
\n \u2609 Transfer up to 14 kinds of data and files without iTunes.
\n \u2609 Support the latest iOS devices like iPhone X, iPhone XR, etc.
\n \u2609 Play back, view, and delete data and files on iOS devices.<\/div>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nStep 1. Insert iPhone into PC<\/strong><\/p>\n
Run the program on your computer and then connect iPhone with computer with proper USB cord. Leawo iTransfer will automatically detect your device and show its info in the right part of the interface. \n<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nStep 2. View iPhone Contacts<\/strong>
\nHit on the iPhone icon and then tap on the file category under the menu of \u201cLIBRARY\u201d that you desire to transfer to computer from iPhone. Here I would like to take contacts for instance. Hit \u201cContacts\u201d and you will see your contacts on iPhone in the right part of the window. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nStep 3. Export Contacts to Computer<\/strong>
\n Select the contact items and then click on \u201cExport\u201d to send iPhone contacts to computer. In the pop-up panel, select a folder on computer to save the exported iPhone contacts in the format of VCF. \n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nWith a few clicks, you can access your iPhone files on computer with the assistance of Leawo iTransfer at ease. Its powerful functions have attracted numerous users all over the world to make use of it to deal with various transfer issues. <\/p>\n
3.2 Foobar <\/h3>\n
Foobar is an amazing audio player, which can be used on iDevices and computer to play music instead of iTunes. It can support various audio formats, including MP3, MP4, AAC, Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, and Musepack. The gapless playback of it will amuse music lovers to a great degree. It is also equipped with the feature of ReplayGain support to realize the goal of automatic playback volume adjustment. Users can also playback and download songs from UPnP media servers. Its skin files can be customized, which is quite user-friendly. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n3.3 MusicBee<\/h3>\n
MusicBee is a famous music management tool and audio player, which enables users to manage, find and play songs on computer and mobile devices conveniently. The UI design of it is nice and you can use it to create a playlist and play it anywhere you prefer. It is also available for you to share the current music to your friends via Mail, iMessage, Facebook, and Twitter. It can also build the playlist by choosing your favorite songs from your music library on iPad.\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
- Part 2: How to Fix iTunes Not Recognizing iPhone in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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