Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] Computer backup of iPhone

mardi 26 mai 2015

Re: [apple-iphone] Computer backup of iPhone

I guess i did mot make myself clear. I was worried that Barry was trying to cherry pick which files to back up. And Otto is correct, your better off backing up or copying the whole User folder.

Brent

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any brevity.

On May 26, 2015, at 3:19 AM, Otto Nikolaus otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Let me add that choosing which folders to back up can be very dangerous unless you have the full picture of *all* files required by various apps and devices. It is *very* easy to omit a crucial file or set of files, without which a useful restore might be impossible. The only safe option is to backup *all* of your User(s) folder(s).

I say as this as a Mac and iPhone user, but the same applies to any computer system (I used to be a mainframe sys admin). Don't take chances just to save a bit of backup space. Make sure you have all you need if the worst happens and you need to restore everything.

Otto

On 25 May 2015 at 23:43, Brent whodo678@yahoo.com [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I am bringing this back to the group. The reason I sent you a second copy of the email was that I did not see it appear on the list after a reasonable period of delay.

Well, first of all, I don't believe that you will be able to read the iPhone back up files, at least not like the other folders you have mentioned.

Second I am a Mac user, not a regular PC user. Like I said, I think the files and folders the article points to are just the settings and pathways to your content, NOT the actual content.

To back up the actual content, you need to look elsewhere and in some cases use third-party apps to copy them into computer usable formats. For the Mac, apps like Senti or PhoneView. Others can make suggestions for Windows versions of similar apps.

Most of the members of the apple-iphone group or list are Mac users, but there are plenty that are multi-platform, and some that are only Windows. No prejudice, you just need to let us know what platform you use, so someone fluent in that platform can answer. We all like and use the iPhone.

the other Brent