Thanks a lot, the common error is to miss the last space after typing the command, believe me i did it several times before understanding !

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@MrThemanushow

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Thank you for that. Second common mistake is to not delete the backup folder (when empty) in MobileSync. Terminal will give the following message in this situation: "file exists"

@jonathan.1006

Жыл бұрын

@@MrThemanushow wow thanks, this helped alot!

@qamarnajm5401

Жыл бұрын

@@MrThemanushow Hi.. I am getting the same "file exists" whats the solution to this?

@nikhilt163

11 ай бұрын

deleting the backup folder inside the mobile sync helped me to get rid of file exists error cheers mate!

Killer Vid munchy. Thanks so much! Love tricking the mac into doing what we want it to do!

AMAZING!!!🎉

thank you so much bro, helped alot

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

welcome

Very helpful, thank you. I tried many guides and this is the one that worked for me.

@munchy_cool

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome

so nice. you explained it so easy to follow!

@munchy_cool

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much Munchy, that was so clear and really helped me transfer work from a broken iPad that needs to be fixed. cheers 🙏

@munchy_cool

28 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

thank you, it worked :)

@munchy_cool

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

thank you thank you thank you!!!

@munchy_cool

8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thanks for this explainer! Worked perfectly for me 🙏

@munchy_cool

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you for this video. There are some other directions on the Internet that are not quite as clear. Your video was straight to the point and accurate. The click and drag of the folders is a great tip for future work in the terminal and saves typing. :)

THANK YOU!

@munchy_cool

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you for this tutorial bro 😊👍🏼

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Thank u so much!!!

@munchy_cool

11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks!

@munchy_cool

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot ..

Finally, one that works thank you!

@munchy_cool

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Oh bro, you the best at what you do 🔥🔥🔥 thanks so much

@munchy_cool

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks, very useful for reducing space on your Mac's SSD

@munchy_cool

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you for making this with such precision! It really helped me 🙂

@munchy_cool

28 күн бұрын

You're so welcome!

thank you

@munchy_cool

10 ай бұрын

Welcome!

Thnk you.. You explained very well :)

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@pulisandeep

Жыл бұрын

@@munchy_cool need help.. all data backup transfer to ssd showing in "exec format".. can you help me how to transfer/convert?

can I select 'Back up all the data on your iPhone to this Mac instead'? May I confirm this will save all my stuff in MobileSync > Backup AND my external hard disk's Backup folder? Hope to get your response thanks!

nice man, I have updated to custom location and now theonly problem is I dont see the backups in the Manage backups section in finder. how to get it there and restore it when required??

Thanks a lot for you helpful video, I had a problem with finding my mobile Sync folder but with this command in finder ( go to folder ) I managed to find it finally. /Users//Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup Great content.

@munchy_cool

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

thanks ! very helpful, I think with the Ventura version of the OS the system preference is replaced by system settings and I was able to do this after skipping quit and open termina l part. Successfully created the link folder with the command in the termina and was able to backup

@munchy_cool

10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Hi,thanks for your great video,i do exactly the same as yours,i delete back up folder and other stuff but it gives the not enough space error,it made me crazy plz help

thanks, finally I can backup my phone to my Synology!

On the new version of Mac I am unable to get terminal in "Full Disk Access" - how do I get that? Also, can people restore their iPhone from backup? Seeing a lot of people saying they can not

Thanks 🙏 it works!! how to revert it, external to internal drive Plz help. thanks 🙏

@munchy_cool

9 ай бұрын

shown in the video as well..

Hi, Thanks for sharing useful info, can you pls explain how to extract only video and photos from this backup folder

@munchy_cool

7 ай бұрын

sorry..i dont know

nice man, I have updated to custom location and now the only problem is I dont see the backups in the Manage backups section in finder. how to get it there and restore it when required?? finder dont "read" the backup in external hard drive

hello! terminal keeps saying "ln -s illegal action". no none of the backup folders show when connecting the iphone to restore backups. how can i fix that? thanks in advance

Great video! Thank you. Quick question tho: I was doing this to save space on my internal drive. It looks like it's still taking up the internal drive space. Is that expected?

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

no

Thank you Munchy for this valuable procedure. I see that an ALIAS is created of the external backupfolder. Would it still WORK if I just made an ALIAS directly and then dragged it over to the MobileSync folder? Or is there a permissions issue that your procedure handles? Scott

@munchy_cool

8 ай бұрын

hello Scott, sorry I have never tried the method you are mentioning so i cant advise

sh*t man, this drag and dop finally saved my ass after trying it for 2h even though I wanted to work on something else, thanks so much!!! Before it always said can't find directory

@munchy_cool

7 ай бұрын

glad it worked out in the end..

extremely helpful! Finally managed to not get trapped in the iCloud storage problems

@munchy_cool

Ай бұрын

welcome

I cant find terminal after the full disc access Is BASH the alternative ?

Thx bro for this video it’s really useful, more respect (: I have a question about this way? Is this is will be possible to do the same shortcut in terminal for bootcamp to install windows on Mac, if yes I hope to do a video for that, at the end more respect for you.

@munchy_cool

2 ай бұрын

no idea..sorry

@add_8some

2 ай бұрын

@@munchy_cool ok thanks bro

@add_8some

24 күн бұрын

⁠@@munchy_cool Hi bro I hope you doing great, When you backup your iPhone backup to flash usb external ssd it the backup speed depending on read or write speed of the flash or external?

does the restore works ?

Hi thanks for the video but i can not really see the commands younneedntomputbon the terminal. Could you put it in writting please?

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

ln -s

Is it possible to do it on a Time Machine hard drive?? That is the biggest hard drive I have

after following all your steps, when i go to back up the iphone, i get a notification saying not enough free space is available on this Mac. Can you help?

Hey I have to ask after doing this all process and backing up in ssd… Now if you connect ssd with windows pc will you be able to view your photos and videos??????? Bcoz I have videos pc & it is nearly impossible to take 110 GB data backup there… But I can arrange mac from my friend just for backup purpose… Please answer my main question👆👆

If i close terminal and it didnt work, how can i get back to verify command was input correctly?

Thank you for this video.. do you have any other video on how to transfer photos and videos stored on iCloud to a external storage? Please let me know. I have tried image capture but it is only for media stores on phone. I have 10k pictures to transfer. I tried logging to icloud but everytime I get an error for bad network or zip folder error..

@michaellatt2685

Жыл бұрын

Same . Pls share if you find any solution.Thanks

@GalaxyGax

Жыл бұрын

@@michaellatt2685 Hi haven’t found a proper way yet. 😑

Hey I am trying to find the Mobile sync app in the folders as described in the video but couldn't find it any where. tired of finding it now.

@traviswinn

3 ай бұрын

You have to hit option when you go to the Go part in the finder and then click on Library which only appears in the menu when you hit option. Then go to Application Support and then Mobile Sync.

I haven't found this to work, although I can hear my external HD whirring when I press Back Up Now, after around 15-20 minutes of 'Backing Up' I still receive the message that the backup was not completed because the mac hard drive is full.

hi, I hope you can help, I can't find the terminal to click on in full disk access, could someone help?

hello , in termnial i can't creat link btewen folder i have this text : -bash: In: command not found , why ?? i need help

This has changed now. I don’t get the arrow in the folder when you drag external Backup folder and mobile sync into terminal. Updated MacBook to Ventura 13.3 must have changed.

@MagicMuff749

11 ай бұрын

have you found a fix?

if i do this can i delete the backup on icloud?

Thanks for your video. Could you please help me in restoring the backup into new I phone. I have successfully created backup file into external drive as you suggested but trying to restore into new Iphone but failed to do so. When I connected to new Iphone to restore it asked to select backup file, I did but it failed to process.I'm not sure why I think it is because the folder Backup in the Mobilesync is created as shorcut folder. How can solve this issue please help me to restore my Backup into my new Iphone.

@MichelHaber

Жыл бұрын

if you copy and paste or drag the old back up into the mobile sync it should work...

Is this proces the same as creating an Alias using right mouse key; renaming it and then placing it in the folder? And when deleting, just deleting the created Backup folder (moving to trash)? (No terminal needed). Or did we create something else?

@munchy_cool

4 ай бұрын

I am not sure of the process you are talking about ..but the terminal command used in the video does create an alias

@soundofBeers

4 ай бұрын

@@munchy_cool Then it is, what I thought it was. Thanks for teaching me this trick and learning me how to fool my macbook ;)

@MBC-777

2 ай бұрын

@@soundofBeers I tried to change the backup location to an external drive using then "Make Alias" method and I kept receiving an error message. I performed the steps in this video and it work just fine. I looked up the "alias" and "symbolic link" definitions and there is a slight difference between the two.

Just one question. When you hit backup in the end, you had the iCloud Backup checked. I thought you would want to check Backup to Mac. Which is it?

parabéns pelo video! absurdo a apple não deixar selecionar o local de bkp nativamente! faz isso pra ganhar mais dinheiro com iCloud e hd's maiores sem necessidade ...

PLEASE HELP all the files in mobilesync became exe after i copied them into my external ssd

Your opinion about iPhone plus??

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

get it for the battery life

YOU are amazing bro!!! I have always used parallel win 11 to backup my iPad via wifi, but windows iTunes sucks... drive me mad today, tried every combination, does not work with wifi (cause I have a M 1 MBP with 2 type C ports, one port connected to external monitor, the other one is charging.) Thank you !!!!! No I can git ride of the stupid windows 11 and iTunes all together!!!

@anilkumar-zv7zi

Жыл бұрын

Hi bro do you know how to restore the data into iPhone after taking backup to external hard disk?

@EnderWang

Жыл бұрын

@@anilkumar-zv7zi copy it over to the exact folder on your Mac, then restore.

Hi I do not have the mobile sync folder what do I do

How to revert back the command ls -n

Poco F1 custom rom pe videos banoo 💞

Approved Terminal to have Full Disk Access within Security but in the terminal window, I get the following error: ln: illegal option -- / usage: ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file [link_name] ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file ... linkname_dir link source_file link_name Can you please help munchy?

@munchy_cool

10 ай бұрын

must be missing a space somewhere

While dragging it is not copying in backup folder

I followed all the steps, however I was not getting the backup folder with the arrow in my Mobile sync folder and in the terminal app after I pressed enter it looked nothing like yours, it kept saying: ln: illigal option --/ Could you advise why?

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

ln -s single hyphen, not ln --s

@filippopaccagnella9912

Жыл бұрын

@@munchy_cool Won't work anyway, keep getting: illigal option

Why iTune still duplicates the backup files to MacOS when I backup my iPhone after all the changes, thought the Backup location would be changed to external drive forever, I check my computer storage and i can confirm this method doesn't work

I believe I am linking fine but it still say I don't have enough storage on my Mac

MobleSync folder is missing What to do?

Has anyone been able to renew their iPhone after following this procedure? Also, would it be possible to just copy and paste your backed phone and then just drag it back or will that cause a problem?

Can someone help me to restore the backup into iphone which is in External Hard Disk.

@GalaxyGax

Жыл бұрын

He has explained it in the video with linking. Did you not watch?

still shows and takes up 54 gb of my mac drive and if i delete that it does not backup to the drive...any ideas?

@Sim-re6tk

5 ай бұрын

Same

What about an update for macOS Ventura?

@munchy_cool

11 ай бұрын

same process

@nospam-hn7xm

11 ай бұрын

@@munchy_cool Thank you. I see where I missed something. Now, it's backing up the external drive AND the Cloud. I thought this process bypassed the Cloud.

How can I view the files?

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

in the folder you just created on the external drive, i dont think you can view individual files from that location though ...has to be when you restore that backup on a phone

Great...you should work as an apple boss

@munchy_cool

8 ай бұрын

lol

Why don't apple make it easier to backup.? I have a 2023 MacBook and can't find my library folder. Not sure where to look for backups.

@munchy_cool

6 ай бұрын

they want you to buy more cloud storage

Ninja

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

You can just create a folder Alias

doesnt work for me.

If you know the process, can you please reply to my below comment

There is no folder called MobileSync or Backup in my Application Support folder. I have a new Mac Studio. Also, I am yet to find a method of backing up my iPhone to an external drive using my Mac. Image Capture does not work, it crashes every time! Photos does not work, it crashes everytime! I have over 40,000 photos/videos on my iPhone 11 Pro Max and all I want to do is back everything up to make it impossible to lose all these valuable photos/videos of my children. Why is such a simple everyday task so impossible? If you have a solution to transfer ALL photos/videos to an external hard drive using a Mac with iPhone connected to a mac i would love to hear it. I gave up trying to use Image Capture and Photos because they always CRASH! I have wasted so much time trying to do this task.

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

the folder might be in the hidden library folder .. such a simple task is impossible because Apple wants it to be ...they want you to buy more cloud storage or macs with more storage to backup your phones ....sucks, but that is their business model...

@finalcutstudio1

Жыл бұрын

@@munchy_cool Okay, so where do i find the 'hidden' library folder? Neither my Mac Studio or my Macbook Pro has a folder called MobileSync or BackUp within Application Support folder.

@nah6730

Жыл бұрын

@@finalcutstudio1 Having the same issue. I literally hate apple.

@nah6730

Жыл бұрын

@@munchy_cool Hi Munchy. I am having the same issue, how do we find the hidden folder for mobile sync?

@jr3028

11 ай бұрын

@finalcutstudio1 @nah6730 Resolved!!: Macintosh HD>Users>(Your User Name)>Library>Application Support>Mobile Sync Apple hides the "Library" folder because making unorganized changes can "damage your system." After being in "(Your User Name)" Folder press Command+Shift+Dot, you will then see the hidden Library folder.

you made multiple mistakes on your video ! you need to transfer the entier backup folder to the external ssd, and you need to link the backup folder rather then the mobilesync folder !

@munchy_cool

11 ай бұрын

yet it works fine for me

How is this a 2023 guide when you are using an older version of Mac OS?

@munchy_cool

Жыл бұрын

what version of mac os am I using? and how does mac os version affect the process?

This process seemed easy enough, but I somehow am not getting the same results as you. When I backed up my iphone after the process, it takes hours and then it still shows there is no back up on my Mac (says Never), but when I click on Manage Backups, it shows "Unknown 12/31/00, 6:00 PM". Do you know why that is? Could you help? I'm desperate

Thanks!

@munchy_cool

8 ай бұрын

Thanks