Running iTunes 12.0.0.140 on MacBook Pro OS X Yosemite. I tried "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/" but i see no "mobilesync" in the "Application Support" folder.
Also, can i use this backup to populate my iTunes library? You know, the whole "music not purchased from iTunes" and "photos not taken with iPhone" issue.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Solution:
Open any Finder window, click Go above on the menu bar, then hold Option on your keyboard. You should see Library popping up in there. It's located in THAT Library folder, not the one you searched through manually from your Finder as before! Kind of tricky~
Solution:
Open any Finder window, click Go above on the menu bar, then hold Option on your keyboard. You should see Library popping up in there. It's located in THAT Library folder, not the one you searched through manually from your Finder as before! Kind of tricky~
Soooooo dumb!!!
THANKS!
This helped me too. Thank you!!
Very helpful. Had the same dilemma.
Thank you!
Thanks for the information. This really helped me. But I have an additional question. I need to "protect" this backup so that I can use it to restore my phone. I want to use the "restore to factory settings" (and then perform the updates to bring it back to the current OS) but then restore my data afterwards (the phone is being wonky & I've been advised that I need to "clear" it & restore my data). Can I copy the last backup to another place on my drive (or external hard drive) and then move it back after I've "fixed" the OS?
Although I don't have an answer to this, I have a similar question as you mention storing the back up on an external hard drive - I would like to always store the iPhone back up on an external hard drive (not my laptop). Reason being is I have a 64GB iPhone but only a 128GB SSD in my 2014 MacBook Air, so if my phone is full, the back up takes up half of the space on my MacBook! thanks
i have moved to backing up to the iCloud. so can i delete all those files to free up space on my hard drive?
Yes you could delete them.
Even if you didn't upload to the cloud you could delete them but of course you wouldn't have a back up of your iOS device and next time you plug it in it wil back up. If your backing up to the iCloud only then it should never copy files to your hard drive ever again
Where does itunes backup my iphone to on yosemite?
