iPad is not showing in Develop menu on OSX Safari

ipad debugging mobile-safari
Aleks G picture Aleks G · Apr 1, 2014 · Viewed 56.7k times · Source

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 with iOS 6 and another with iOS 7. The iOS 6 one is showing correctly and I can access the web inspector from my mac. iOS 7 ipad is not showing in the "Develop" menu.

I have the latest version of iOS installed (version 7.1) and the latest version of Safari (7.0.2) on Maverick.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Answer

Shams Ahmed picture Shams Ahmed · Apr 1, 2014

Enable web inspector on your iOS device by following these steps:

iOS Device > Settings app > Safari > Advanced > Web Inspector

This setting allows you to connect to safari on your desktop.

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