Recently when I was trying to run my Xcode iOS project on my iOS device , I came across an unexpected error with the message; “This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your Mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility.”
"This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your Mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility."
I would like to share the steps that helped me to fix the error; “This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your Mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility.”
Why “This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility.” error is seen?
The error,”Failed to prepare device for development.”, is seen because may be your iOS version is not compatible with your code version. The second main reason would be if the Device Support folder does not contain the folder of the iPhone iOS Version you are using. In some cases, a simple device restart can solve all the problems.
A detailed solution to fix the “This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility.” error is provided below:
How to fix “This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility.” error?
A simple solution to fix this would be to check the compatibility of your iOS device with your Xcode version. or you have to check the ‘Device Support’ folder does not contains the folder of your iPhone iOS Version. In some cases, a simple device restart can solve all the problems.
If the error still persists you will have to look at the detailed answers provided below:
To resolve the This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility error, you must follow the below steps:
The below-given steps will target every probable cause of the error and will solve the error no matter what the reason for causing it is.
Step 1: Check the compatibility for Xcode version with iOS version from the following Apple official link here.
Step 2: Now you need to check the list of devices that support your Xcode from ‘Device Support’ section. follow the below steps to check supported device list:
Steps: “Device Support” >> Open Finder >> Applications >> Xcode >> Right Click >> Show Package Contents >> Contents >> Developer >> Platforms >> iPhoneOS.platform >> DeviceSupport.
This will show you the list of all devices folder that support your Xcode version.
Step 3: Check the iOS version which you are using on your iPhone device using below steps:
Settings iPhone -> General -> About -> Software Version.
Step 4: Check if the ‘Device Support’ section folder does not have the folder of your iPhone iOS Version, if not then you will have to add the folders from the following link here.
Step 5: Select the device version & download zip file form the above mentioned link.
Step 6: Now extract file and you will get a folder in accordance to your iOS version.
Step 7: Copy the folder into ‘Device support’ using the below steps: Finder >> Applications >> Scroll to Xcode >> Right Click >> Show Package Contents >> Contents >> Developer >> Platforms >> iPhoneOS.platform -> DeviceSupport
Step 8: Disconnect the device once if it is connected and restart the xcode now.
Step 9: now again connect the device but before connecting device, delete data from xcode and clean cache using command cmd + shft + k.
Reset the ‘Location & Privacy’ from iOS device using the following steps:
From iPhone device: Go to Settings -> General -> Transfer or Rest Phone -> Reset -> Reset Location & Privacy -> Enter passcode to continue.
Step 10: Now connect your iPhone device with macbook and let Xcode detect your device and you finally would be able to run the application.
These steps should fix the issue This operation can fail if the version of the OS on the device is incompatible with the installed version of Xcode. You may also need to restart your mac and device in order to correctly detect compatibility.
Conclusion
To fix the error, you would have to check the compatibility of your iOS device with your code version. If the error still persists you will have to check the ‘Device Support’ folder does not contains the folder of your iPhone iOS Version. In some cases, a simple device restart can solve all the problems.