Q: How to Transfer Iphone backup to Another Itunes Library?
Alright, long story short, my iphone went bonkers a few weeks ago and the dumb person I am, I never did an update on my phone's backup. Unfortunately, I had to reset my phone and I lost everything after July 2, 2016. I tried to find a solution to recover my lost data but I found no hope. After that, I tried to backup my iphone with data from July 2. But, my computer doesn't have enough space to do so, which has annoyed me for these past few weeks because I've deleted almost everything I could to retrieve more space. And that didn't happen. So, now I plan on deleting my account on my family's computer. But, I can't do so, until I'm able to transfer my iphone's backup to my family's account. I went to C:\users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\AppleComputer\MobileSync\Backup folder in MY account and exported my backup folder to my flashdrive. As of right now, I have already imported my backup to my FAMILY's account into the same folder -> C:\users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\AppleComputer\MobileSync\Backup. After doing that, I went on itunes and plugged my phone in, then I went to 'preferences' and I clicked 'devices' and I did not see my iphone's backup under 'devices' after I've imported my backup folder into my FAMILY's account.
I would like to mention that the itunes library in my family's account contains hundreds of songs not belonging to me, and I would like to not delete anything on my family's itunes library. I just want to import my backup folder to my family's itunes library.
iPhone 5s, iOS 9.3.4
Posted on Sep 2, 2016 12:59 PM