iOS 13.2.2 Stops Killing Background Apps

[ddmiller (Doug Miller)]

@derek

Since installing iOS 13.2.2, I’ve been afflicted with the bug, ‘A software update is required to connect to <Derek’s iPhone X>.’ There are three buttons at the bottom of this dialog box.

This page may explains:

iPhone 11 Won’t Connect to iTunes on Mac? Here’s the Fix

And it was covered on tidbits talk about a year ago:

What's with this strange, nonstandard update to iTunes?

I got this message on my Mac again yesterday when I synced my iPhone (via USB cable), and as @Simon mentioned, the dialogue window is non-standard. The updater progress claimed it was going to take 2 minutes, but instead took over 30 minutes, moving in irregular starts and stops (1 minute 27 seconds, progressing for a few seconds, stopping again, etc.). I let it run on its own, and it did eventually finish, but I found the process a bit weird.

It’s fine - it’s an update to the mobile device connection modules of iTunes. Why it wasn’t included as part of an iTunes update I don’t think anybody has ever explained or discovered.