Completely backup iPhone

This is a nice thing to do before running an iPhone software update.

1) Click on the iTunes menu, and go to Preferences…

2) Click on Devices.

3) In the list of Device Backups, with the dates, click on each of your backups, then below, click the button called Delete Backup.

4) In the left-hand column in iTunes, right-click on your iPhone, and click Backup.

June 18, 2009 | Filed Under Mac, Tech 

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2 Responses to “Completely backup iPhone”

  1. Scott Martin on June 18th, 2009 7:17pm

    Each of our macs have a single backup. Our iPhone’s backup before each and every sync. I think we are using the default settings – is this really needed?

  2. jjmarcus on June 18th, 2009 8:47pm

    I was careful not to say, “You must do this.” But, even though it’s much better now, I had enough disappointment in Apple’s mechanism last year, and it’s still not transparent enough, that I want to be sure I have a clean, pristine backup of the phone before I update.

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