iphone itunes backup is far too small. What is not backed up? How do I do a "full" backup (and restore)
I was given an iphone XS about a year ago. I have an iphone SE. I have been putting off using the new phone becase there seems to be no way to "transfer" the contents of my old phone to the new.
I don't use or have icloud.
I did an encrypted backup to external HD (which is difficult, but necessary if you mac is full) from itunes. My 64GB iphone has 30GB used. the backup is only 3GB. Obviously only a tiny fraction is actually backed up.
This means there is a huge task of reinstalling and reconfiguring all my critical tools on the new phone. I don't have time for this.
E.g. i have google authenticator with around 30 authenticated apps. If this is not restored to the new phone, along with all my music (which is from my mac), banking apps, outlook with 12 email addresses configured, then i can't afford to change phones.
Or am I missing something? Is there some 3rd party tool which does a real backup (i.e. everything, not just 10%)
I dont want to open the new phones box unless I can gauge how painful finding what is not transferred and re-configuring is going to be. I cant afford to be out in the field, then find that some critical app is not setup and working on the new phone (such as slack, skype, whatsapp, google authenticator, google home (for gmail 2fa) etc. etc.
Anyone got any experience of what is actually backed up, and what is not? This info doesn't seem to exist anywhere.
Because the backup is so small, it is probably not even backing up my photos. so if I restore to new phone, all photos lost.
iPhone SE