Trying to understand iPhone backups – why only one in iTunes prefs?
My iPhone X has been plagued by terrible battery life since I installed 14.6.
Since there was no improvement with 14.7 I decided to restore it to factory settings and then install apps one by one.
Before wiping it I made backups both to iCloud and to iTunes locally on my computer. I then began the restore process. When iTunes asked me if I wanted to back up the phone I ticked yes.
After the restore had completed I noticed in iTunes Preferences – Devices that only the backup made during the restore is listed. I checked in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ and there is only one folder there.
The backup folder is around 56 GB, and I am now wondering if that backup "caught" all my photos (which I don't have in iCloud).
Is there any way of checking that, apart from restoring the backup to the phone (which probably would just copy over the app(s) that cause(s) the bad battery performance?
I am also wondering why iTunes doesn't show the backup that I made before the restore.
Thank you kindly in advance
Philip
iPhone X
