iPhone backups on OS X Mountain Lion?

~user/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

I believe that's where it is in Snow Leopard as well, but I don't remember for certain. In Lion and Mountain Lion, though, the user's Library folder is hidden. You can access it by holding down the Option key and going to the Go menu in Finder.

Regards.

Just be careful, I nearly lost my wife's backup on Mountain Lion.

I was confused why the size of the backup in the location above (~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup) was not the same size as what Apple said the backup was.

There is a second location (thanks Daisy Disk) that your files may be backed up to. Check ~/Library/Application Support/iTunes/Mobile\ Backups

Thanks buddy. I coudn't find it after reading other posts until you explained how to find a hidden folder. Hold option and Go in the menu bar to expose the Library folder and then there is your MobileSync. Excellent.

I was trying to find the iPhone backup files to get a UDID for my iPhone that got stolen since I know the jumbled letters and numbers of the backup folder names is actually the UDID. Now if only I can find a hacker who can tell me which apple ID is using my stolen iPhone. 😕

When going on finder I dont even seem to have Library?! Anybody help?!

I have found an option for library but neither mobile sync or iTunes in app support are there?!

Same here. I can't find ( mobilesync) nor (backup) folders !

I had the same problem. You have to use the GO TO FOLDER option. GO TO: /Users/your user name/Library/.

I found how on Mountain Lion. If you go to Library and scroll down to Itunes in Itunes there is a folder Mobile Backups. /Users/Andrew/Library/iTunes/MobileBackups

I found how on Mountain Lion. If you go to Library and scroll down to Itunes in Itunes there is a folder Mobile Backups. /Users/Andrew/Library/iTunes/MobileBackups

Not on my ML system it's not. Its where I said it was back in July.

I found this helpful from a different post. Just updating it here as well so that other don't have to go through what i had to. 🙂

Try opening Finder, then go to Go>Go to Folder, paste "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/" into the path box and click Go.

Doesn't work on mine. Try this:

If you go to Tunes preferences and select Devices, it will show you a list of backups it has for you iOS device(s).

If you need to see where a backup is, right click on the backup and select "Show in Finder".

I bug to differ but these other people say different in other places are there than other than your own.

reason why i you see i chosed to do this is bc iTunes won't work of how hard i try, i am a computer wiz and even my fast pc i just build with windows and soon to be run on OSX just the purpose of it that iTunes doesn't freeze on me all the da.m time of how many installs I try and do and results the same way

what ya see here is my 2 yr old i5 laptop while my brand new desktop runs the 4G i7 4770K Sabertooth.

and it still likes the freeze, iTunes wasnt made to be on windows.

even thou this post is a yr or 2 old.

hey people im just wondering if on itunes you know how you can backup your phone and i also backup my mates phone too on my computer. im just wondering if it could be possible to get the music and stuff on my mates phone into my computer so i can listen to them through backup???