About the 'Trust This Computer' alert on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Learn about trusted computers and find out how to shift your settings.

What the trust settings on your device mean

When you connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a electronic computer or other device for the prototypic time, an alert asks whether you trust the computer:

  • Trusted computers bottom sync with your device, make over backups, and access your twist's photos, videos, contacts, and unusual content. These computers remain trusted unless you change which computers you trust OR wipe out your device.
  • If you choose not to cartel a computer, you auction block its memory access to content on your device. You'll see the trust alert every time that you connect your device to it computing device.

Choose whether to trust a computer

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer operating theater another gimmick.
  2. Enter your passcode, if you have one, to unlock your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
  3. If you want to allow for your computer to admittance entropy on your device, select your twist in Finder and click Trust, or if you're using iTunes, click Continue.
  4. Along your iPhone, iPad, or iPod hint, reassert that you allow for your computer or other device to access your information. If you get into't want to trust the electronic computer or other connected device, tap Don't Trust on your gimmick. If you want to trust your computer, tap Trust.

Change your settings for trustworthy computers

Your twist remembers the computers you've chosen to trust.

If you put on't want to corporate trust a electronic computer or other gimmick any longer, change the privacy settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod adjoin. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Position & Privacy. Now when you connect to formerly sure computers, the Trust alerting will require you whether you trust that computer.

Get facilitate

If you tap Trust operating room Don't Trust but doesn't accept your answer, or if the Trust watchful won't appear, come after these stairs. Effort again subsequently each:

  1. Piss secure that your information processing system has the latest version of macOS or the latest version of iTunes.
  2. Disconnection and reconnect your gimmick from your computer.
  3. Restart your computer.
  4. Restart your device:
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • iPod touch
  5. Reset your Trust settings.

If the above stairs put on't help, go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Readjust Electronic network Settings. This also resets Wi-Fi networks and passwords, cellular settings, and VPN and APN settings that you've used before.

If you downloaded iTunes for Windows from the Microsoft Store, make sure that iTunes Unsettled Gimmick Assistant is enabled As a startup detail.

If you still demand help, contact Apple Put up.

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