iPhone not appearing in Develop menu in Safari

On my "Develop" menu, in Safari, the iPhone no longer appears after updating Safari to the latest version, making it impossible to inspect and debug sites and apps.

I restarted the iPhone, killed and relaunched Safari, restarted my Mac too, but the issue is still there. Affects both Safari mobile and phonegap applications.

Anyone experienced the same problem?


FWIW, I tried all of these suggestions, and it worked briefly after resetting Privacy & Location settings but stopped working immediately after.

What ended up working as a long term solution was to turn both WiFi and Bluetooth off on the iPhone while connected to the Mac.


Turns out, my issue was that the update to the latest iOS version disabled the "Web Inspector" settings on my iPhone. To re-enable it, go to Settings > Safari > Advanced.


In our case we needed to reset the trust between iPhone & Mac. From iPhone Settings > General > Reset choose reset Privacy & Location and also Network Settings. The phone reboots, we reconnected to the laptop, tapped Yes to Trust this Computer and now Mac Safari can once again debug mobile Safari.


What helped for me was the following:

  1. Open Xcode
  2. On the Menu: Window -> Devices and Simulators
  3. Check the Connect via network checkbox. (If it is already selected then uncheck it and re-check)