Q: Want to backup iphone to mac, but tries to make me sync.
I already back up my iphone to icloud, but I want to be extra safe and also create an itunes backup periodically. So I read up on it and it sounds pretty easy. But I have a question:
When I connect my iphone 6S to my iMac, with iTunes open, as it asks me to authorize the computer, I see up top it is on Step 3 (I think it's #3) of "Syncing iPhone...." and under it it says "determining which apps to sync." BUT, I don't want to "sync," I only want to backup. I've unplugged the cord and stopped it in it's tracks.
My question, why is it automatically trying to sync before I have a chance to initiate the backup? IS this normal behavior?
And I don't want anything from my Mac being put onto my iphone.
Thanks!
Posted on Oct 5, 2016 7:53 PM
Probably because you have iTunes set to automatically sync. I believe that is the default behavior. I don't use Mac, but in Windows, you would go to Edit>Preferences>Devices, and you put a check by prevent iPhones from automatically syncing. There has to be a similar setting for the Mac. That should help you find a way to discover it.
After you do that, you can connect the device and not be worried about a sync, and then just click on the backup button after selecting the phone.
Posted on Oct 5, 2016 7:58 PM