iOS Device In Mac Finder Sidebar

[Wade Garrett]

I have an iPhone and two iPads. All show properly in my Mac's Finder
sidebar when connected by cable to my Mac.

But one iPad continues to show there even when all iOS devices are
disconnected and asleep.

How can I get that iPad to not show when not connected?

[Wade Garrett]

On 6/8/21 2:02 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:

> It's probably still showing up because you have enabled WiFi
> connectivity (by setting the "Show this device when on Wi-Fi" in the
> Finder window when the device is selected in the sidebar).
>
> Otherwise, things like this can also happen when your router is
> misbehaving and needs a reboot.
>

Yup, the "show when on Wi"Fi" box was ticked. Disabled it and....fixed!
Thanks.

[Lewis]

Turn off wifi syncing.


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[Lewis]

Well, if by fixed you mean "broken", sure. The better solution would be
to turn it ON on all your devices.

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[Alan Baker]

My question is why does it bother you if it's in the sidebar?

[Wade Garrett]

On 6/8/21 2:41 PM, Lewis wrote:
> In message <s9od98$mtr$1...@dont-email.me> Wade Garrett <wa...@cooler.net> wrote:
>> On 6/8/21 2:02 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2021-06-08, Wade Garrett <wa...@cooler.net> wrote:
>>>> I have an iPhone and two iPads. All show properly in my Mac's Finder
>>>> sidebar when connected by cable to my Mac.
>>>>
>>>> But one iPad continues to show there even when all iOS devices are
>>>> disconnected and asleep.
>>>>
>>>> How can I get that iPad to not show when not connected?
>>>
>>> It's probably still showing up because you have enabled WiFi
>>> connectivity (by setting the "Show this device when on Wi-Fi" in the
>>> Finder window when the device is selected in the sidebar).
>>>
>>> Otherwise, things like this can also happen when your router is
>>> misbehaving and needs a reboot.
>
>> Yup, the "show when on Wi"Fi" box was ticked. Disabled it and....fixed!
>> Thanks.
>
> Well, if by fixed you mean "broken", sure. The better solution would be
> to turn it ON on all your devices.
>

Why is that?

[Wade Garrett]

On 6/8/21 10:10 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2021-06-08, Wade Garrett <wa...@cooler.net> wrote:
>> On 6/8/21 2:41 PM, Lewis wrote:
>>> In message <s9od98$mtr$1...@dont-email.me> Wade Garrett <wa...@cooler.net> wrote:
>>>> On 6/8/21 2:02 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>> On 2021-06-08, Wade Garrett <wa...@cooler.net> wrote:
>>>>>> I have an iPhone and two iPads. All show properly in my Mac's Finder
>>>>>> sidebar when connected by cable to my Mac.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But one iPad continues to show there even when all iOS devices are
>>>>>> disconnected and asleep.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I get that iPad to not show when not connected?
>>>>>
>>>>> It's probably still showing up because you have enabled WiFi
>>>>> connectivity (by setting the "Show this device when on Wi-Fi" in the
>>>>> Finder window when the device is selected in the sidebar).
>>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise, things like this can also happen when your router is
>>>>> misbehaving and needs a reboot.
>>>
>>>> Yup, the "show when on Wi"Fi" box was ticked. Disabled it and....fixed!
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Well, if by fixed you mean "broken", sure. The better solution would be
>>> to turn it ON on all your devices.
>>>
>> Why is that?
>

> So you can do things with them *without* having to plug in a cumbersome
> cable. It's not like their presence in the sidebar hurts anything.
>
That makes sense; maybe I'll give it a try and see how I like it.

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[gtr]

If it's a distraction you can always hover over "locations" and hide
the lot of them!