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Backup iPhone to external drive - possible?

Hi, does macOS Catalina10.15.6 (19G73) permit storing one's iPhone backup to an external HDD or SSD?


I cannot figure out how to not backup to: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup


TIA!

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 7:08 AM

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Posted on Jul 25, 2020 7:14 AM

AFAIK, you cannot change the destination location for iPhone backups to your computer.


Your only options would be:

  1. Use iCloud for your phone's backups instead.
  2. Manually copy the backups to the desired external drive. (Tedious, at best.)
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Backup iPhone to external drive - possible?

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