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| From | nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Backing up iPhone for the first time after MaveriX upgrade |
| Date | 2013-11-08 14:26 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <081120131426001652%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <0001HW.CEA277C200444378B01029BF@news.eternal-september.org> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In article <0001HW.CEA277C200444378B01029BF@news.eternal-september.org>, DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> wrote: > My iPhone 3gS was backed up on my mini under Snow Leopard for years. Now that > I've upgraded to MaveriX, iTunes of course doesn't know this phone from Adam > so it's willing to wipe it clean and start from scratch. No thank you. assuming you upgraded a mac rather than bought a new mac, itunes should still know about the device and the backup should still be there. if you bought a new mac, use migration assistant and the new mac will have that data. > To my understanding, in order to keep what's already on the phone iTunes > needs to see the backup file for that phone in:Ý no. itunes only needs to know about the device. you can delete the backup and it will just create a new one. it won't need to clear the device. > I this file from the Snow Leopard boot driveÝto the equivalent location on > the MaveriX drive:Ý<user>/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/<file > with a long alphanumeric string>.Ý > > How can I be sure that iTunes won't blank my phone?ÝHow can I be sure that > iTunes will leave the files on my iPhone when backing up? I mean, the > difference between leaving the files untouched, and wiping the phone clean is > very small: the existence of the backup file (see above).Ý Yes I copied over > what I think is the right file, but I'm hesitant to click that button... the itunes library is what determines if a phone is 'new' or not. moving the backup just lets you restore it, after resetting it, but you shouldn't need to do that.
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Backing up iPhone for the first time after MaveriX upgrade DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-08 11:13 -0800
Re: Backing up iPhone for the first time after MaveriX upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-08 14:26 -0500
Re: Backing up iPhone for the first time after MaveriX upgrade DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2013-11-08 12:28 -0800
Re: Backing up iPhone for the first time after MaveriX upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-08 16:01 -0500
Re: Backing up iPhone for the first time after MaveriX upgrade notme <notme@notme.org> - 2013-11-08 13:26 -0800
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