iPad is not showing in Develop menu on OSX Safari

Question

I need to debug an HTML app on ipad. I used to be able to connect ipad by USB cable to my mac and it would show in the \"Develop\" menu in Safari. I have two ipads now - one w

Answer 1

After all these years, I finally found out what the problem was! Apparently, Safari version on the Mac needs to be the same or newer than the version on the iPad. If iPad has a newer version than Mac, then it won't be visible. If Mac has the same or newer version, then iPad is visible and can be debugged.

I wish Apple had documented this anywhere - would have saved loads of time for a lot of people.