IPhone 4S with IOS 8 will not sync with iTunes on a Mac.

I can not sync my iPhone 4S with iTunes on my Mac. Had to delete the music I had to make room for the upgrade to IOS 8 and now I can't put any playlists back on my phone. What gives?

Hi zara,
the thing is we have no option in iTunes to allow it, no check box. Perhaps this is because we're not meeting the system requirements as listed by Apple in this KB article.
Wi-Fi Syncing requires:
An iOS device running iOS 5 or later, and a computer running iTunes 10.5 or later on:
OS X Lion or Snow Leopard (version 10.6.8)
or
Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
So it CAN be done with Snow Leopard apparently, but not Leopard (as carmstr27 indicates he/she's using). I'll give it a try once 10.6.8 v1.1 downloads and installs.
hth

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