iPhone 7/Plus Backup iphone directly to external drive?

[b2387692]

Hello all,

How can I backup iphone 7, directly to external hard drive without using itunes or icloud?

I appreciate your feedback!

 

[chrfr]

Hello all,

How can I backup iphone 7, directly to external hard drive without using itunes or icloud?

I appreciate your feedback!

You cannot.

 

[b2387692]

You cannot.

Ah, Thanks!
I've never used either and was trying to avoid them, if possible. That said, I have an external drive connected to mac mini, which I want to backup iphone 7 to. If I backup to iTunes, on mini, is there anyway to then backup to external hard drive?

 

[BigMcGuire]

Ah, Thanks!
I've never used either and was trying to avoid them, if possible. That said, I have an external drive connected to mac mini, which I want to backup iphone 7 to. If I backup to iTunes, on mini, is there anyway to then backup to external hard drive?

You can relocate iTunes library to external drive. I do this because my iPhone backups are huge.

https://www.iclarified.com/28429/how-to-change-the-location-of-your-itunes-iphone-backups-mac

 

[b2387692]

You can relocate iTunes library to external drive. I do this because my iPhone backups are huge.

https://www.iclarified.com/28429/how-to-change-the-location-of-your-itunes-iphone-backups-mac

Thanks!
So, this is still using iTunes to backup iPhone but I can change the location of folder that iTunes will back up to, from mini to external drive?

If yes Step Three says to "rename your old backup folder using the following command...mv Backup Backup_Old". What do I do, if I don't have an old backup folder because I've never used iTunes, let alone backed anything up to it?

 

[BigMcGuire]

Thanks!
So, this is still using iTunes to backup iPhone but I can change the location of folder that iTunes will back up to, from mini to external drive?

If yes Step Three says to "rename your old backup folder using the following command...mv Backup Backup_Old". What do I do, if I don't have an old backup folder because I've never used iTunes, let alone backed anything up to it?

Yeah, don't worry bout it then - I never backup to my OS drive so that backup folder either doesn't exist or I delete it then do the ln command.

 

[Minorite]

If you won't have any luck with symlinks iMazing is your best friend imo. And incremental backups are a good bonus.

 

[b2387692]

Yeah, don't worry bout it then - I never backup to my OS drive so that backup folder either doesn't exist or I delete it then do the ln command.

Great, thanks!
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If you won't have any luck with symlinks iMazing is your best friend imo. And incremental backups are a good bonus.

Thanks!
Who is that from, Apple?

 

[eyoungren]

Who is that from, Apple?

No. It's from iMazing, a third party.

Apple isn't going to undercut iTunes by offering another method to backup.

 

[KeepCalmPeople]

It stands to reason that a piece of software is required to create a working backup of a device as complex as a smartphone, however this is just one of the functions (device backup) that many people have been asking Apple to remove from iTunes and create a separate, lighter program for.

 

[NotMyCupOfTea]

Any luck with imazing?