When connecting an iPhone to PC via iTunes, you may find iTunes can't recognize the iPhone and there is an error message that said 'Driver not installed. iTunes is waiting for Windows Update to install the driver for this iPhone' or 'The driver required for this iPhone is not installed'. How to get iTunes to recognize your iPhone when the iPhone XS Max/XR/8/7/6 driver not installed? Here are 3 methods to help you with the connection problem.
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1. Use iTunes Alternative
If you cannot connect your iDevices to PC by iTunes, you may need another software for transferring data between iPhone and computer. DoTrans can transfer all kinds of files between PC and Apple devices(iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch). It is more stable and user-friendly compared with iTunes. Moreover, it supports transferring files between iPhone and Android as well as move things between two iDevices directly.
Step 1: Download DoTrans by clicking the button below and install it on your PC.
Step 2: After finishing the installation, run iTunes and connect your iDevice such as iPhone or iPad to your computer. Tap 'Trust' on your iDevice to get it detected by PCs.
Step 3: On DoTrans, you can select a file type on the left side. On the right side, you can see the specific files in the category and preview them by double-click.
Step 4: To transfer the data from the iPhone to a computer, check the box before the files and click the 'Export to PC' icon. The progress bar in the dialog window will show you how many items are successfully transferred.
In addition, you can click the 'Import to iPhone' icon to transfer data on your PC to your iPhone.
Furthermore, DoTrans has many other functions. It can back up and restore the contacts in your iPhone or de-duplicating contacts. It can also convert HEIC image to JPG/PNG so you can view the photos out of iDevices.
It is very convenient for you to manage your iDevices by DoTrans.
2. Reconnect your iPhone, iPad to iTunes
According to the error messages, your iPhone doesn't show up in iTunes because the Windows system has not found the required driver for your iPhone. Reconnecting your iOS device to the computer may help fix this problem.
Close iTunes if it is running. Unplug iPhone from the computer and then plug it back. Once the iPhone is plugged back, Windows should begin to search and install the required driver for the iPhone or iPad.
Wait for a while and then relaunch iTunes to see if the iPhone, iPad is detected. If not, you can install iPhone driver manually for your iPhone XS/XR/8/7/6/5.
3. Install iPhone Driver to Windows
If iTunes still shows 'iPhone driver is not installed waiting for windows update' or'the driver required for this iPhone is not installed' after you have reconnected the Apple device several times, it means that the Windows system cannot install the correct driver for your device automatically. You have to manually install the iPhone required driver.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone or iPad to your PC.
Step 2: Open Device Manager. There are 3 ways to do that:
You can search 'Device Manager' in the Windows search bar;
Right-click the 'Start Menu' and select 'Device Manager';
Right-click the 'This PC' icon and select 'Manage'.
Step 3: In the window of 'Device Manager', find 'Portable Devices' and expand it by clicking it. Look for 'Apple iPhone' and right-click it. Select 'Search automatically for updated driver software' option and allow the system to install the iPhone driver.
After installing the iPhone driver to Windows, reopen iTunes and see if it can detect your iPhone without the 'driver not installed' error.
Has the error 'iPhone Driver Not Installed' been fixed? If you still have a question, leave your comment below.
iTunes is music and video management software for Apple's devices. iTunes makes changes every year and some users might not like the updates, but you should note that now Apple won't give an official link of older version of iTunes.
So this tutorial shows you where to download the iTunes old version for Mac & Windows and also the solution to completely uninstall iTunes on Windows 10/8/7 correctly. (Note: There is no iTunes desktop app for macOS 10.15 Catalina and later).
Part 1. Download iTunes Old Versions for Mac OS X
Here we provide you with the list of itunes old versions for Mac OS X versions.
Mac OS X Versions |
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If you need the download links for older version of iTunes, please check this link.
Download Itunes Iphone 5s
Part 2. Download iTunes Old Version for Windows
Here we provide you with full old iTunes versions for Windows 64-bit and 32-bit.
Download Itunes Iphone 5s
Windows 64-Bit |
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12.9.3.3 |
12.9.0.167 |
12.7.5.9 |
12.7.3.46 |
12.7.1.14 |
12.6.3.6 |
12.6.1.25 |
12.5.5.5 |
12.5.3.17 |
12.5.1.21 |
12.4.2.4 |
12.4.0.119 |
Bonus Tip: How to Completely Uninstall Old iTunes and Related Components
If you have installed a new iTunes app, then you need to remove the old one. However, iTunes is sometimes painful as you can't even simply uninstall it. It will cause lots of leftovers after iTunes uninstallation or you can't remove the related software components. It's supposed that iTunes tends to make it hard to uninstall when you try to update to a newer one. This is very unamiable.
If you have this kind of trouble, you can take advantages of iMyFone TunesFix. It works as a good iTunes uninstaller and repairer, which deals with various iTunes issues and uninstall your iTunes and its components in just one click. Besides, you can use it to clean up iTunes junk files so that you can save a lot space.
Only One Click to Get Your iTunes Completely Uninstalled
Step 1: Launch iMyFone TunesFix and get to the home interface of TunesFix. There, choose Full Uninstall.
Step 2: Tap 'Uninstall' button and it starts the uninstallation process of iTunes and related software components.
Note: If you also want to use any of other features, just choose the related one to start.
Summary
This article has given most of the older version of iTunes download links, for both Windows and macOS. You can choose any to get it. But consider the various errors of uninstalling iTunes old version, you can pich iMyFone TunesFix to uninstall iTunes completely and correctly. And it can give you more than iTunes uninstallation, like fixing over a hundred iTunes errors.