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Q: I can't find my iPhone backup in Mac OS X Lion.

After upgraded to Lion, I can't find my iPhone backups any more at  ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup, but they still show up in iTunes though. Does anyone know where the new location is? Or it's now hidden?

 

Thanks!

Posted on Aug 10, 2011 11:05 AM

by kisuke3,Solvedanswer
kisuke3 kisuke3
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A:

It is still there. Just went to mine just now

 

the user library is by default hidden in Lion. Try these steps to navigate to it

 

1. Press and hold Option key

2. Click Go on the menu bar(Finder app must be activated)

3. Choose Library

Posted on Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM

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Q: I can't find my iPhone backup in Mac OS X Lion.

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  • by kisuke3,Solvedanswer

    kisuke3 kisuke3 Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to trisheep
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to trisheep

    It is still there. Just went to mine just now

     

    the user library is by default hidden in Lion. Try these steps to navigate to it

     

    1. Press and hold Option key

    2. Click Go on the menu bar(Finder app must be activated)

    3. Choose Library

  • by Eric Ross,

    Eric Ross Eric Ross Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to trisheep
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to trisheep

    It's in the same location, but the library folder is hidden in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).

  • by trisheep,

    trisheep trisheep Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to kisuke3
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to kisuke3

    Thanks, kisuke3! It works!

     

    An unrelated question though. I was looking at the storage information for my MBP ( Apple --> About this Mac --> More info --> Storage). There is a huge amout of disk space (46%) under "other". Any idea what the "other" means?

     

    Thanks again!

  • by kisuke3,

    kisuke3 kisuke3 Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to trisheep
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:06 AM in response to trisheep

    from my understanding "other" are files/data that are not recognized by your Mac. Same with our iOS devices

     

    Here's an example, Im a big anime fan so I have a folder with tons of animes having a format of .mkv

     

    my mac does not recognize this that's why it falls under "others". Any file format that's not supported by your native Mac applications are considered others

     

    If you want to know where these files are located, use "omnidisk sweeper"

  • by trisheep,

    trisheep trisheep Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to kisuke3
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to kisuke3

    That's a great advice. Thanks a bunch!

  • by Solaradt,

    Solaradt Solaradt Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to kisuke3
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to kisuke3

    Thank you for the advice, I started to get panic when I coundn't find the backup file.  Can you permanently make the Library un-hidden?

     

    Cheers,

  • by Sikozu7,

    Sikozu7 Sikozu7 Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to Solaradt
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to Solaradt

    you can unhide the Library via Terminal commands - the non-technobabbel easy way is to open the folder by holding the Option key and access via the Go command in Finder as described above, then grab the folder icon in the window title bar and drag it to the left sidebar to the Favorites - it stays visible there.

  • by Solaradt,

    Solaradt Solaradt Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to Sikozu7
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    Aug 10, 2011 11:07 AM in response to Sikozu7

    Hi Sikozu7, thanks for your help, it works perfectly Exactly what I'm after - awesome.

    Cheers,