Q: How do you archive an iOS device backup on a PC?

I found this article on the internet today: Find and manage your iTunes backups - Apple Support. Perhaps one can in some way backup the backup files and restore them to the same folder when you want to do a restore on your iDevice.

Hope it helped!

Tobias

Apparently there isn't any archive function for iTunes for PC, you can try this though.

http://iexplorer-support.macroplant.com/customer/portal/questions/8330158-making -archives-of-complete-iphone-backups?b_i…

On Windows backup your device, then immediately restore that backup. This will archive the current backup set and create a new rolling backup.

tt2

So it was "archived"?

Yes. The archived set gets the date added to its name and isn't updated when you next backup. It can be used at any point in future to restore the device to that snapshot of its state.

tt2

For the love of all things holy, don't restore just to archive the backup!  Just go to the backup folder, usually in c:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSynce\Backup, then look for the folder with the most recent date, and rename it.  I typically add a "-date-" to the end of the name, but you can rename it whatever you want.  Then, when you back up next time, it creates a new backup for your device and saves the one you renamed.  Restoring when there is no problem is just asking for trouble. 

Thanks that worked for me!

i think changing the name of device and then taking a backup will create a new backup

Ram Ratan wrote:

 

i think changing the name of device and then taking a backup will create a new backup

It doesn't. The existing backup set associated with the device is renamed and updated.

tt2

The easiest way is to open settings in iphone open about and change the iphone name this will create a new backup using new name whilst keeping old backup with old name.

It doesn't. The existing backup set associated with the device is renamed and updated. No new backup set is created.

tt2