iPhone 3GS/MacBook Pro, iOS 4, Snow Leopard 10.6.5
Same issue here. iTunes 10.2.2, iPhone 3G with IOS 4.2.1. It does not perform backup. I've reinstalled iTunes, deleted all the old backups (last one was from 2 months ago) and still nothing. There is no option to force the backup as it used to have in previous versions off itunes.
I'm using all latest Snow Leopard, iTunes. I've had the problem for a while- missing Backup option (it works under my wife's iTuens on her profile, though.)
I found this on another board and it fixed my problem perfectly!
o Close iTunes.
o Open Terminal and type the following commands in:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool false
defaults write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool false
Relaunch iTunes and now Backup option is there.
Hello, I believe I have found the problem. It appears to be a bad preference file for itunes. I have never posted i a forum until now and am not sure if this is the right way to post, so bare with me. I have been all over google struggling to find a fix so I hope this works for all and is passed on to others.
I have had the same problem for a little while and finally came across the problem, at least in my case.
There is an itunes preferences file that was corrupted, but once I found and removed the bad file I was
immidiately able to right click and create a backup. I found the file on my Sony Vaio with windows 7 in
the following spot:
C:users/user/appdata/roaming/applecomputer/itunes
All I did is delete the file and itunes automaticly brought up the tutorial once it was open and synced, then
I right clicked on my device and saw the option for back up, selected it, and in no time it was complete.
Good luck
Thanks for the solution... It worked!
Excellent!
Worked for me as well. Just need to make sure iTunes has been shut donwn completely before deleting the preferences file.
Thanks!
Thanks for this solution! It helped me with this problem that just suddenly occured after i restored my iPhone.
God i hate this peace of crap iTunes software!!
Thanks, Sideways! I always wondered why I had to redo my screen layout each iOS update.
Stenro's method worked for my 3gs and itunes 10.5. Thanks!
stenro,
Thank you! Your solution of using the two "defaults" commands did the trick.
It's amazing that so many people have this problem, going by all the Google hits on the subject, but yours is the only solution that actually worked.
No right-click backup option in iTunes
