My iphone is taking up too much space on my main drive when backing up. Is there anyway to backup to an external hard drive with iTunes ?
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backup iphone to external hard drive
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As far as I know, this is not possible since iPhone back-up files are sent to user Library. However, you can just manually move all the back-up files to an external drive, If a situation arises when you will need to restore from an iPhone back-up, just copy and paste the back-up folder back to Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
You can do it with iMazing. Very handy for moving large files between apps any your computer, I use it to install maps that I make myself into GPS apps. Also convenient for getting photos from my phone over wifi.
https://imazing.com
https://imazing.com
You can use symbolic link to redirect your iOS backup to external disk.
Here is a link:
http://www.imore.com/how-move-your-iphone-and-ipad-backups-external-drive
Here is a link:
http://www.imore.com/how-move-your-iphone-and-ipad-backups-external-drive