I can take a backup of my iPad on my Mac. How to find the backupfilrs on the Mac?
iPad Pro, iPadOS 16
Choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and provide ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ as the path.
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Choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and provide ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ as the path.
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Preface the command with "sudo ", or open the Script Editor and run:
do shell script "ln -s /Volumes/USBbackup/iOSBackup/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync" with administrator privileges
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PL1956 wrote:
Thanks
how to control which drive is used for the backup?
Neil provided an unsupported way and it does work, however if you move the backup you introduce a security vulnerability; the contents of the backup becomes available to any user of your your computer, including a hacker who has gained access to it. That’s why Apple does not recommend doing so.
Niel wrote:
The backup can be encrypted, either directly or by being put on an encrypted disk image.
True, if the user thinks to encrypt the backup. But that’s just an assumption. And if it’s on an encrypted disk any user of the Mac will have access to the encrypted disk, as disk encryption is set at the device level, not a user level.
Hi Niel
Thanks so far - hope you can help solve me with a problem in Part 3 of the Tutorial
I have finished copying the backup as told in Part 2 of the Tutorial.
1:
I have connected the drive and named it USBbackup
2:
Created a folder on the drive called iOS Backup.
3: Successfully exececuted step 3, 4, 5 and 6 (but now I can not find the folder renamed to OldBackup in step 6)
I have changed the text string as described in Part 3 of the Tutorial, and it now looks like this:
ln -s /Volumes/USBbackup/iOSBackup/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync
I have copied the command into the Terminal app and pressed Return/Enter.
Terminal app answers: Operation not permitted
I have looked into my user rights. I am registered as Admin.
What to do to execute the command?
Hallo again Niel
Thank you for helping me - I am grateful.
But ...
Prefacing with sudo makes the same result after giving in my password: Operation not permitted.
Tried to make a script, but compilation failed due to a syntax failure.
Seems to be the " ~" causing it, as the compiler expected an expression but received an unknown token.
Hope you got an idea on how to solve the problem.
Thank you in advance
Thanks
how to control which drive is used for the backup?
Thank you very much for your helpful input- I am grateful 😊
Find iPad backup files on Mac
