If you are using a Windows computer check out this video! - kzread.info/dash/bejne/g5OturmmnNm7c7g.html

I searched far and wide for this to work. You have no idea how much this tutorial is appreciated, thank you.

Tried this so many times with other instructions for typing in that terminal thing. The drag and drop eventually did the trick and only saw this in your vid for the first time. Much appreciated thank you!

I have been trying for hours and your directions were the only one that worked. Thank you so much!

Great video! So helpful and simple. Thanks so much!

wow this actually works. ive been searching for an hour now and all these websites have false titles on how to backup straight to the external. thanks so much!

Finally the one video that simplifies this process! Thank you sir!

@fortutgwiki7390

Жыл бұрын

“Simplify”?!! Lmao. Simple would be if apple just let you drag that shit right on to the hard drive and bingo it would work. Ridiculous…

thank you so much, your detailed steps really helped. all other articles online were lacking your level of detail !!!

You’re awesome!!! I asked for help in several places, I have been even in I spot but no one could solve my problem. Your tutorial is the best!!!

It worked beautifully. Great video, very helpful, simple to follow. Thanks so much!

Thank you for this! My suggestion is to reupload this, mention those spaces and take your time on how to unlink the backup. Other than that no complaints because there are others that are less tech savvy than I and would probably need that explained a little slower.

Most helpful for sure! Thank you so much!

Thank you, this was helpful and easy to understand

Absolutely we need more space to back up many data...thank you for information.

Totally awesome. Works a treat. Thank you for sharing ... 🙏

Thanks dude you are awesome 👏🏻, every question I had you answer it very well!

Very happy with this tutorial. Thank you so much!

Awesome video, clear, precise and article text there for people who learn better by reading, bravo 👏🏽

Perfect perfect perfect you. You are the best among the rest. Works flawlessly.

Wow! Best video and well explained 👌

Thank you very much for this freaking amazing video buddy! I was desperate!!!! Huge thanks!!!

Thank you so much! very helpful video!

Thank you for the informative instructions!

Thank you so much I have been try a day and after watching a zillion videos I do at came across yours and it was soooo efficient!!!!! Thank you!!!!!😎

here i am two years later and it still works ! came back to refresh my memory

Thank you very much man this video is really helpful

Thank you so much, worked for me!

Thanks a million. Appreciate this so much.

Thanks! Exactly what I needed!

You are a G! Thank you for your help, kind stranger!!!!

thank you sir. well explained and works like magic

Very helpful. Thanks :)

Nice don't forget to put a space in-between each section I messed that up a few times.

@d.n.a5415

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! I couldn’t notice the space in between the each in terminal.

Thanks! Worked great!

My terminal says: No such file or directory. Any idea on how to fix this?

@rosanlc

8 ай бұрын

any luck? I am experiencing the same issue. tried using the space in the middle but doesn't work

@AlgerichQuizon

18 күн бұрын

@@rosanlc Copy the backup folder from Mobile Sync to your hard drive and then delete the original. After that, do the command, ln-s before dragging in the folders. No need to put a space between each folder.

Thank you so much!!!!

Thank you. It worked for me on my iMac 2017 desktop running Monterey. I'm now backing up my iPhone 7Plus via a finder window to an external drive. PS As indicated, the little arrow appeared on the Mobile Sync folder.

amazing vid simple and working thx

Very helpful and perfectly working

Amazing ! works perfectly !!!

this worked; THANK YOU

Thank you so much

Great content

❤ works!!! Very helpful, thanks!!

Great job thanks!

W video Fr thank you so much

Thank you bro

your advice worked! However when I try to back up the second time the same issue happens again where the iphone tries to back up to the mac, even though the hard drive was connected.

thank you!!

Hi i tried it and it does create a link, however it is not a folder link, the icon is a piece of paper folded on the top right corner, meaning it does not link correctly, what might be the issue? thanks in advance

Hey so I tried this, worked fine for my iPhone, but for my iPad it took 18hrs to get close to the finish line then failed. Know what it could be? Thanks

Thanks for the hack!

you are a god bro thanks for the help

Thanks it worked!! Read a comment that you needed to put spaces which helped too…

hi there, I don't have Mobilesync folder and also on my external hard drive don't have an option to make a new folder ( hard drive is used for MacBook backups )

Hi my friend pleas can help me? its keep my backup stuck when trying to finish !

thank you for this tutorial! if you don't feel comfortable working with terminal, is it possible to just backup your iphone from scratch each time and drag over to external drive? thanks!

Do you know of a way to back up all your iPad videos (in one go) to an external hard drive? It’s only letting me transfer to files first and I have a lot of videos (it will take a long long time)? I suspect there’s a lot of folk like me with slightly older apple products who need to do this. Cheers 😁💕👍🏻

I have created the symlink to the external drive, the symbol with the arrow is in mobilelink folder, however when making the back up it updates {or create a new back up} in the mobilelink folder, i.e the back up is to written in the external drive. what should I do, or which error should I correct?

i m using catelina i followed steps correctly but its not successfull in terminal it says illegel option may i know why is that

@Marlotweakin

2 жыл бұрын

same

@Mic-Mak

2 жыл бұрын

@@Marlotweakin @Marquis Joseph I got the same "illegal option" many people are getting, and I figured out why. It's because I forgot to add a space between certain words/letters. Chances are it's the same for you. In my case, I forgot to add a space between " *_ln -s_* " and " *_/Volume...._* " When TechLunar gives his instructions orally, he doesn't mention the spaces, which creates confusion for people. With code, it's really important to say it when you have spaces. Now it's working for me. All that being said, there is a much simpler way. What TechLunar's instructions are basically doing is creating a shortcut (called _alias_ on Mac) to the folder located on your external hard drive, and moving that shortcut into the MobileSync folder located on your Mac., and naming it "Backup". Personally, I find it easier to do it as follows: *STEP 1: Locate the local folder on your Mac where iOS backups are saved. It's called "MobileSync".* _a) Finder > Go > Type : ~/Library_ _b) Press Enter_ _c) Application Support > MobileSync_ *STEP 2: Copy the Backup folder from your Mac to your external hard drive, where you want your iOS backups to be saved.* *STEP 3: Either delete or change the name of the original "Backup" folder on your Mac. (the one from STEP 1)* *STEP 4: Create a shortcut aka an alias of the Backup folder on your external hard drive* _a) Go to the "Backup" folder on your external hard drive._ _b) Right click it_ _c) Select "Make Alias"_ Under your backup folder, you will see a folder with an arrow on it called "Backup alias". *STEP 5: Move the shortcut folder from your external hard drive to your Mac* _a) Select the "Backup alias" folder (the one with the arrow on it)_ _b) Press Cmd + X on your keyboard._ _c) Go the MobileSync folder on your Mac_ _d) Press Cmd + V_ The "Backup alias" folder should now be on your Mac in the MobileSync folder. *STEP 6: Change the name of the folder shortcut/alias on your Mac.* _a) Select the "Backup alias" folder on your Mac._ _b) Change its name to just "Backup"._ Now, when you open that shortcut, it should show you the Backup folder on your external hard drive.

This is still super complicated, anyone able to streamline this

What happens when you want to restore? Will it normally restore or would I have to do anything specific?

Thank you for your video and explanation! Although, it didn't work for me. I was able to create the link, and I did the backup, but all I see as a backup in both my HHD and Mac is three white files named: Manifest.db, Manifest.plist, Status.plist and when I clicked on the first one, it says: "There is no application set to open the document “Manifest.db”. and the other two are just it is just a bunch of coding. So I guess this backup is useless for me. In the previous backup which I did on my Mac I´m able to open up the files and see the pictures. Why I can't open up the files when doing the back up directly in the External Hard Driver? Any advice on this? Thanks!

hi, a few months ago i followed your instructions and was able to successfully backup my iphone to an external drive, however I recently had to restore a backup but it gives me an error that my backup is corrupt. any idea how i can fix this? should I unlink and link again? or is there any software to repair corrupt backups that you can recommend? thank you

hi thank you for such helpful vid need a little help here, I did the terminal step, it said it's an "illegal option" for some reason? if I follow the website step, add "~" after my external hard drive file, and before the Mobile Sync file, it said the same "illegal option" it said: ln: illegal option -- / usage: ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file [target_file] ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file ... target_dir link source_file target_file

Hi your video is incredible thank for your support, i have another question for you, if i have two backup for two different iphone how can i make this? in the same folder BACKUP i will see two different backup? or i'll make two folder? thank's for your reponse

Hi Thanks for the smart tips. QUESTION : What if I want to change my External Hard Drive?

Thanks Jo

My go to folder window looks different, does not have cancel or go button and ~/Library does not work. Any advice? Thanks.

Finally!! read two articles with same instructions but this video was 1st to help me get it. thank youuu! The dragging helped but i had to copy and paste his command to get it, looks like you need to add an ~ before the 2nd folder drag. ALSO key is to remove the folder/change name before completing or it will not sync.

Does this needs to be done each time hard drive is plugged in fresh. It remembers each time after shutdown and replugged hard drive

very good

So does the mobile sync folder hold both my iPhone back up and my iPad back up?

I don't have a Mobile Sync folder from the past as I had accidental deleted it while attempting to clear space on my Mac. I tried to link it with just a external hard drive and it is still trying to back it up to the mac itself. Can you offer a solution to this please ?

Worked perfect. Thanks for the video. Just wondering if I can also do a restore from the external drive backup with the library link? Thanks again for the great video!

@TechLunar

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely. MacOS thinks that the backup is stored on your computer and not on your external hard drive, so everything will work as you expect!

Can I backup both iPad and iPhone with this method of on the same external drive ?

I never had a MobileSync folder on my mac, so i created one and followed your instructions but it’s still giving me a error message that my mac doesn’t have enough space.

Wow! I’ve been searching for the solution for days😂 Finally! Thank you for this very useful guide. *But I received an error 4000 appeared near end during backup* 😢

I successfully did this basic idea years ago and it did work But like a year later after updates (no other changes) it didn’t work anymore and I checked the links etc. but nothing Went to windows with same idea and it has been rock solid since

Once I create ln s command in terminal . How can I reverse process and do backup in MacBook not hard drive .

Hello, it says there is no such file or directionary, any clue how to fix this? Tnx

Does Backup restore still work fine with this method?

Hey, how do you view the files in the backup? Thank you

I have an iMac 2022 M1, it is not allowing me to do this.. have things changed?

6 April 2022: Unfortunately this is not working in Mac OS Big Sur 11.6.5. I tried many times. Error message: No such file or directory :(

what if you've never backed up your phone and so there's no mobile sync folder. even if I create one it doesn't work. I have yet to find a video explaining that. it all relies on the fact that you already had a previous backup

hi, i tried following your instrctions but wheni hit 'enter', it says 'operation not permitted. please help

Hello, when I tried to back up my phone after I followed the steps. I got an alert that I don’t have enough space.

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if I am using macOS 12.3.1, there is no iTunes How can I make this change of backup to external hard?

the back up folder with the little arrow did not pop up for me. did I do something wrong?

I have the MobileSync folder on my MacBookAir linked to my backup folder on the external drive and when I check the location of the Backup folder in MobileSync it does say that it's on the HD. The backup is successfully stored on my hard drive but now that I want to restore the backup on my iPhone, while my hard drive is connected of course, it says "could not restore iPhone because Backup does not exist".....and when I tried to follow your steps to make sure the folders really are linked, terminal says "file exists". Do you perhaps know how to fix that?

@Dan1ell

2 жыл бұрын

Why not just copy the backup file to the MobileSync/Backup folder by hand? What did you end up doing?

do i have to rename the folder as Backup? my AGI ssd just don't allow me to create new folder i'm crying

HELP! It says it is a file directory... so it will not change the path. What should I do?

Can you please do a video on uploading a backup to an iphone From an external harddrive.

Do you have one of these tutorials for iPad?

I get Illegal Action in the terminal? when you put the first ln and you say dash it looks like there is a space there? or is there not a space? you do not say Ln space - s ? I put a space bc yours looks to have a space? Thanks, I tried with out the space and it says no such file or directory?

@latenttweet

11 ай бұрын

you can look at the Arthur Brassart version you have to delete the backup folder out of mobile sync or it wont work it wont work

can you show it again but with microsoft windows OS ??? i don't use Mac Book OS

Hi, I followed every step. I am using Latest version of Big Sur. That small arrow is not coming on backup folder in mobile sync. I tried many times but still not showing and backup is also not happening on Ext HD. Plz help me.

@samip.sharma

8 ай бұрын

Try deleting Backup folder inside MobileSync

Thank you very much for the video. However, I couldn't see the little arrow on the corner of the Backup folder after following this guide step by step, does it mean it is not? If so, what could possibly be the problem? Also, is there any way to undo this link if I ever change my mind in the future? Thanks!

@danielkurian6110

2 жыл бұрын

@TechLunar has shown how to undo the link towards the end of the video :)

@samip.sharma

8 ай бұрын

Try deleting Backup folder inside MobileSync