Ipad Backup file location on Mac?

This has been a very helpful thread, thank you.

I just upgraded the OS on my work iPad on my home computer thinking I had a backup, but alas, I did not. I had a backup on my work computer and brought it home on a USB drive and put it in the backup folder I found through this thread, deleting the others that were there ("backups" of my wiped ipad). As soon as I plug in my ipad, i tunes tries to sync, and when I try to "restore" with the older back up (that actually has all my stuff in it), it says the backup is not compatible or corrupt. Can anyone tell me how to use this old backup?

Thanks in advance!!!

Chris CA

Re: Ipad Backup file location on Mac?

Why are you trying to get there?

What are you trying to accomplish?

You can see backups in iTunes prefs >Devices.

Chris:

I know this is an old thread, but it popped up as one of the first links in reply to my Google search. I have few or no posts, so I'm not qualified to say who is "correct" or "incorrect" concerning the ongoing battle. I can understand both sides of the argument, so I'm not "taking sides." I have little experience with this forum, but it seems you are on the "experts" list. It is MY opinion that your response:

>Why are you trying to get there?

>What are you trying to accomplish?

is similar to a doctor who is very good at what he does, but has NO bedside manner (most people that know him say (not to him) things like, "he's a good doctor, but he sure is an "a-hole" to deal with - he thinks he's God!").

Obviously I am not the only one who feels this way! It would be much more polite to say something like, "A safer way to accomplish this is to ..." Your first statement, "Why are you trying to get there?" is unnecessary and abrasive. It is equivalent to someone trying to find out how to get to a store and getting the same reply as your first one ("Why are you trying to get there?"). My reply would be, "It's none of your effen business, just give me the d@mn directions!" Of course I would probably get shot, or at least no directions, but maybe it would help the other guy understand how rude and unnecessary his question was.

Anyway, this is not meant to offend, but only to possibly help you (like you NEED or even CARE about MY help, LOL) understand why you got some of the negative replies you did. there is NNTR (no need to reply) because I'll probably never be back to this forum to see your answer (unless Google sends me here again).

I hope my suggestion helped you, or someone else, understand why they often get negative replies when they answer questions with other (possibly rude) questions, rather than trying to explain to them that they may be making a mistake, or explaining that you need more info (and why) to answer their questions.

Thanks for letting me express my opinion about a conversation that I have no pertinant info to help with, and for voicing my views on proper etiquette!

aunkb wrote:

bunchastuff

Who cares?

You obviously didn't read/understand any of this thread.

I'm not qualified to say who is "correct" or "incorrect" concerning the ongoing battle.

There is no "battle". I answered the OP's question, 4 (four) times on the first page.

The OP wanted to delete some file in the backup. That would simply screw up the backup.

Goodbye!

Thanks!

Mac HD/users/(user)/Library/application support/mobilesync