Unable to encrypt backup iPhone SE 65G to iMac with 314G free in HD

Have tried to restart both the iMac (10.14.3) and iPhone (12.1.2) and still having this issue. No problem when I backup without a password. so I am loosing out on account password, health and home kit data. I am trying to switch to a new 7 plus and loosing those data would be a pain.

iPhone SE, iOS 10

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 8:24 PM

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doublewood Author

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Feb 28, 2019 12:27 PM in response to doublewood

Started the First Aid on Disk Utilities on my HD last night and it did not find any error. update the iPhone to 12.1.4 and tried again and it worked.

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