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how do I find my iPhone backup in Time Machine?

I accidentally erased my Sleep Alert information from my iPhone. My iPhone is backed up into my iMac, which is backed up by Time Machine. How do Ifind my Sleep Alert information in Time Machine?


I use Mavericks, but the search engine has sent me to Mountain Lion. sigh

Posted on Jul 15, 2014 2:30 PM

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Jul 15, 2014 4:22 PM in response to Agniss

If you haven't backed up your iPhone since erasing your Sleep Alert information you should be able to restore it via iTunes:

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However, that will restore all of the iPhone, not just that one setting.


The backups are stored your Home/Library/Applications Support/MobileSync/Backup folder. This is what's in the backup folder:


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One of my backups contains 4800+ files. There's no way to know which of those files contain the settings you're looking and Spotlight can't index the parent folder so a Spotligh search will be fruitless.

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Jul 16, 2014 10:07 AM in response to Agniss

Are you looking in your Home/LIbrary/Application Support folder?

NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.


For Mavericks, 10.9, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:

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Jul 15, 2014 3:36 PM in response to Agniss

The following from iTunes: About iOS backups gives the location of iTunes iPhone backups. You can navigate to that location (using the Option key and Go menu in Finder as noted) and then open Time Machine. Be aware that the backup files are in a format meant only for a restore and that the restore would include the entire backup, not just a single app data.

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
The " ~" represents your Home folder. If you don't see Library in your Home folder, hold Option and click the Go menu.
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