@stacksmashing if you choose option A you will also have to upgrade macOS at some point or your local backup wont work anymore

@starbug @stacksmashing do you actually have evidence of this? MobileDevice.framework is independently updateable, and based on the binary itself should be compatible pretty far down in macOS versions. So at least in theory, 10.11 should still be able to sync with a phone on 26.

@siguza @stacksmashing it happened at least once (I think twice) and its been a while that when I wanted to mount the phone into the finder it was complaining about incompatibility.

@starbug and it doesn't give you a popup to download a new software package?

@siguza it does. but wasnt the point that started this discussion that one might not wat to upgrade?

@starbug but it's not telling you to upgrade macOS. It's just telling you to upgrade MobileDevice.framework. And for that, I see no reason not to.

@siguza I was under the impression it said to update macOS. but it been a while and I couldnt say for certain now. sorry if me didnt read properly sparked confusion.