Fix for Wi-Fi Syncing & Wireless iOS Devices Not Showing Up in iTunes

The solution for wireless syncing not working and devices not showing up is almost always just to kill the Apple Mobile Device Helper process, both in OS X or Windows.

Fix for Mac OS X

         Launch ?Activity Monitor? (found in /Applications/Utilities/

Select that process and then click the red ?Quit Process? button

         Leave Activity Monitor and then relaunch iTunes

Confirm the process is to be killed

Fix for Windows

         Hit Control+Alt+Delete to summon the task manager then choose the ?Service? tab

         Locate ?Apple Mobile Device? OR ?AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe? (depends on Windows version)

         Right-click and restart the service, or select it and choose ?End Process?

         Relaunch iTunes again to find the iOS device visible via wi-fi

Remember, you just want to restart the process either manually or by killing it, you do not want to disable the Apple Mobile Device service completely or else your iPhone or iPad will never show up.

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