@@ArthurBrassart Hi Arthur, I once transferred photos app on a hard drive then i decided to put it back on the mac, since then the photo app doesn't let me import new photos on my mac anymore. can you help please?
@@ArthurBrassart oops after I make the link. I try to back up phone data on HDD via iTunes, but it won't store. Itunes pops up with a message of no space in MacBook.
It worked! Thanks a lot! For those who can't see the Mobilesync folder. Press the “Command” + “Shift” + “.” (period) keys at the same time. The hidden folders will become visible. Also, for my Mac, I needed to go through the "Library" under my username. Not the "Library" under "Macintosh HD."
Apple doesn’t offer it because they want to push you into buying iCloud subscription. Two reasons for that: 1. revenue. 2. Gives them access to ALL your data.
Also the same reason why they killed their BRILLIANT Airport wireless external hardrive. Something I want to buy and replace the hard drive with a 6TB drive
Apple made these forced storage alternatives a staple…unfortunately, I find that a lot of other companies are moving toward the same models. Granted the others were free services to begin with…but some email clients used to offer 2x or 3x the storage…and recently stripped those higher limits. Google has remained pretty consistent, but being that all of their services such as Drive, Photos, Emails, etc. are all tied together…I’ve recently hit my cap and have to keep going back in and deleting all unwanted emails, and unsubscribing…but I still continue to get regular emails filling up the inbox. I hit the cap on my outlook as well, because I believe they reduced the storage capacity to about 1/2 of what it was before. Both companies offer you the ability to either purchase more space, or delete a sufficient amount of data. It become monotonous. I think I’m going to get Thunderbird, which is supposed to be pretty good at managing, auto-deleting unwanted emails, and unsubscribing effectively…you generate the preferred settings.
MY. GOD. This is a life-saver! I found so many written articles and videos that are so badly written i almost lose it. I am really thankful i found your video! Great job!
this was so incredibly helpful, I am finally able to free up space on my phone now that I've followed your tutorial. thank you for making this so clear and easy to follow!
This was so incredibly helpful! My iphone got run over by a car and I had to replace the screen just to be able to unlock it to back it up but then my macbook was too full to store the backup and I could not figure out how to put it on my external drive. I had to watch this 5 times to make sure I was doing it exactly correctly and voila! I got it done. 💙
Your steps are so clear! However after following exactly, and also going into the system settings to allow Terminal to have full disk access, it did not work and shows permission denied on my terminal app
This was so useful. Thank you. It took me a couple of goes to get the Terminal stages right. But got there in the end. You are so right about apple and backups. Many iphones now have a 1TB hard drive, equal to many a computer. It should be much simpler. Really appreciate this Arthur .
Works perfectly! Thanks a lot! As a student I couldn't afford more that a 128 GB MacBook Pro back then, and with this I can now backup my iPhone and my iPad without paying extra money for iCloud.
Thank you so much for this!!! I didn’t have enough space on my iMac to backup my iPhone. So happy I can use one of my external drives for this. Much smarter to do it this way in my opinion than keeping the backup on my computer where it’s not needed. And I can easily backup the external drive to another drive for an added layer of security! :)
I tried this and did a backup and says, "Last Backup: Today" but my External Hard Drive no longer showed the "Backup" folder in the External Hard Drive... although the MobileSync folder showed the shortcut to the "Backup" folder (aka External Harddrive). Plus, the external hard drive says 0 bytes on disk after doing this "Back Up Now" process. I had to do a Force Eject of the external hard drive and reconnect. Then, the external hard drive kicked in a showed the backup did indeed WORK! Yay. Thank you for posting this video.
from terminal: unlink (then from Finder drag the symlink into terminal)...poof! link gone (data is still there on your external drive, just the link is gone...you can re-create the link)
That's a lifesaver! My MacBook Air 256 fills out very fast, and the heaviest folder is the iPhone backup. Thanks a lot for your to-the-point and crystal-clear tutorial. 😍😍😍
hi arthur, i never backed up my iphone to my mac so it does not naturally have a mobile sync folder... I cannot proceed to the next step.. any suggestions?
try to backup your iPhone for the first time - it will say error message because you don't have enough space on your Mac. But the mobile folder will be created :D and then use my tutorial and it will work ;) Let me know if you were able to do that ;)
Gosh, Thank you so much Arthur for sharing this super helpful straightforward tutorial! 😊🙏🏼 It works!! And provided the best solution when my MacBook was running out of space for iPhone backups. I had no idea until this tutorial that my backups were about 180 GB
Hi Arthur, this was so clear and very helpful, thank you. I believe I have followed all the steps correctly, and now my iPhone is backing up to the Backup folder on my external hard rive. The only problem is, that I have many folders appearing (00, 0a, 0b, 0c and so on) which are all empty. There is another folder appeared named 'snapshot', which is filled with more folders (00, 0a, 0b, 0c and so on) with files in it called 'exec' and just come up with code when I click on them. Do you know what is going on and how to solve it? Where are my photos, videos from my iPhone?
Hi Arthur - thank you for this. Only problem is it doesnt seem to work because when I go to back up my phone now I get an error that tells me I don't have enough space on my Mac :( Can you help me?
Thanks Arthur, I did de backup like you suggested. I have the same problem as other people in te comments. After the backup when I searched for the backup at "manage backups" no backups are shown. Do you have a clarification or explanation? Kind regards
thanks , but even after linking back up folder mac still says i tunes can't back up this I phone as there not enough space available , can you please help , there is lot of room in external disk
This was such a helpful video. I had to watch it over and over to find out what I needed to do. I have a mac Mini M1 and find that after doing what you advised, I have the linked iOS Backup in my Mac's MobileSync folder, but each time I create a new phone or iPad backup, a new backup folder is created in mobile sync rather than in the linked folder to my SSD. Any ideas what could be wrong with my process or is it a measure created by Apple on the device preventing that link to my SSD?
Were you able to resolve it? I did create the supposed link but every time i try to run the backup, i get the message that my computer doesn't have free space and also creas a new folder in Mobile Sync. The only difference, which shouldn't matter, its that i use a NAS drive over network, not an ext HDD.
SOLVED: OH I GET IT. The new folder in NAS/Ext HDD has to be named Backup, not anything else. That way it would create a new folder in it and start backing it up. I had named it iPhone 13 mini and I was getting the same issue as you, but instead, created a new folder inside called Backup and VOILA! It worked
thank you, this is much appreciated great help! my iPhone has more gb than my MacBook so I did't do backups with it yet, but really wanted to for a long time. After connecting my external drive and watching this tutorial everything worked out on the first try :D
Hello Arthur, thank you so much for your video. Unfortunately, My back up folder does not show the arrow sign. Initially when dragging the folder into terminal app it kept saying "illegal option" until I realised my mistake that I forgot to leave space after "s" ln -s before dragging the back up folder then it say file exists. Can you tell me what i am doing wrong. I am still using Mac OS high seirra is this the problem?
Hi, thank you for the video. I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. However, when I restarted the machine, suddenly there is a large amount of system data occupying space now. I ended up deleting all the backups and it then reduced the system data file. Any ideas how to prevent the iOS backups from using system data storage?
Great explanation, only I missed the user folder bit. Hope this helps others. Remember it is NOT the more obvious Mac HD/Library/Application Support/.. folder you are working with, it is the the Mac HD/Users/[your home folder]/Library/Application Support/.. folder. If you cannot see the Library folder in this location, CMD+Shift+Period will show the hidden folders/files.
hi, I did that step by step, i can see the arrow but when I try to do the backup it says "not enough free space on this computer to back up iPhone". How can I fix this?
Thank you very much for this tip! I had been looking for a way to do it for a long time. I will at last be able to free up a lot of space on my Macbook while keeping a backup of my iPhone. 🙏
hi Arthur, Thanks for the amazing video. This has been really helpful. But initially this method worked for me but now it's showing me that my back up is corrupt. Any way to resolve this.
There might be a lot of reasons why your back up file is corrupt :( the only option is to delete the file and make a new back up copy. Make sure the back up finishes before disconnecting your iPhone.
Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question here. After I have done all steps including allowing access to Terminal, it still say I cannot backup iPhone because Mac has not enough space. Would you have any idea why? Thank you
@@ArthurBrassart oops after I make the link. I try to back up phone data on HDD via iTunes, but it won't store. Itunes pops up with a message of no space in MacBook.
DUDE!! glad I found your video. The bitten fruit people removed the option of linking external hdd so that people are forced to purchase iCloud space. lucrative business approach and money maker for them. But thanks to you i was able to link the folder with ease you got a new fan.
I never could understand the stupid time machine. I have a 4 TB hard drive and like 8 GB on my Mac. Of course the Mac is full and it doesn’t make sense and I couldn’t figure out how to back up my iPhone, this was perfect thank you I’m gonna try it later.
It worked initially, but my mac stopped recognizing my ios devices after doing this. Update: Be sure to update OS in iphone and mac, if it doesn't work disconnect all hubs and hd from mac and use it exclusively for the iphone. If it doesn't work, like it happened to me plug and unplug the iphone. Well it worked for me... This is a great video, probably what happened to me has nothing to do with this tutorial.
Thank you very much for the video. My backup is taking forever to even begin though... last night I left my macbook on to let the backup run but only a very small bit got backed up and I had to stop it as I need my phone for the day. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks a lot!!!!
Thanks for your comment 😇 How to Transfer Photos & Videos from iPhone to Mac (Tutorial) ua-cam.com/video/jXhSrzoJsdo/v-deo.html Just select your external drive as destination to save photos ☺️
Great tutorial! 2 quick questions? How would I revert it back to the default settings, also what if later on down the line I decide to upgrade my external drive to another one, what are the steps to doing it again with a new external drive. thanks again!
Heyy amazing video, when i wanted to back it up it said i that i don’t have enough space on my macbook. Sow idk what to do now cuz my hard drive has 4tb sow idk if i did something wrong.
Hi, you can buy any hard drive that fits your budget. There are no rules here. If you want to have better speed choose the SSD - for Example, Samsung T7. If you want to have bigger storage for cheaper - you can buy a classing old-style spinning hard drive.
Thank you for the fantastic tutorial! Would this work if you want to use the same computer to back up multiple phones using different external hard drives?
Hi, thanks for your comment :) To unlink folders you have 2 choices: Open the Terminal utility and enter a line in the following format: rm /symlink location. (Symlink location is the folder that have little arrow - where you created link. You can drag and drop it to terminal.) If you aren’t very comfortable with Terminal commands can use the good old regular method: right-click the symlink you want to remove (folder with arrow link you created) and select Move to Trash. Be sure to empty the Trash folder when you’re done :)
Thank you so much for this information. It worked! I, too, had to listen to step 3 a few times until I understood what I was doing wrong. Which was don't hit return until all the drag and drops are completed. I also had to add the terminal app to the list of applications that had total disk access. I can't believe that I just freed up 145GB on my Mac. Are there any other data storage hogs that don't need to be on the built-in hard drive? Thanks again. AMAZING STUFF!
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Thank you so much! One of the clearest tutorials I've seen so far
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Поддерживаю, просто чемпион! Самое доступное объяснение, все без проблем заработало. Спасибо!
@@rustamlyukmanov6069 спасибо 😀
@@ArthurBrassart Hi Arthur, I once transferred photos app on a hard drive then i decided to put it back on the mac, since then the photo app doesn't let me import new photos on my mac anymore. can you help please?
@@ArthurBrassart oops after I make the link. I try to back up phone data on HDD via iTunes, but it won't store. Itunes pops up with a message of no space in MacBook.
It worked! Thanks a lot!
For those who can't see the Mobilesync folder. Press the “Command” + “Shift” + “.” (period) keys at the same time. The hidden folders will become visible. Also, for my Mac, I needed to go through the "Library" under my username. Not the "Library" under "Macintosh HD."
Thanks 😊
I still can’t find the mobile sync folder.
@@KingReye001same, did you figure it out?
write @@xeraksnaz print "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/" in the "go" button
it will be hidden, but you will be able to delete "Backup" folder
Apple doesn’t offer it because they want to push you into buying iCloud subscription. Two reasons for that: 1. revenue. 2. Gives them access to ALL your data.
Exactly!
Scary!
Also the same reason why they killed their BRILLIANT Airport wireless external hardrive.
Something I want to buy and replace the hard drive with a 6TB drive
Apple doesn’t care about any of us trying to find the answers to do backups- luckily videos and guides like this exist for sure lol
Apple made these forced storage alternatives a staple…unfortunately, I find that a lot of other companies are moving toward the same models. Granted the others were free services to begin with…but some email clients used to offer 2x or 3x the storage…and recently stripped those higher limits. Google has remained pretty consistent, but being that all of their services such as Drive, Photos, Emails, etc. are all tied together…I’ve recently hit my cap and have to keep going back in and deleting all unwanted emails, and unsubscribing…but I still continue to get regular emails filling up the inbox. I hit the cap on my outlook as well, because I believe they reduced the storage capacity to about 1/2 of what it was before. Both companies offer you the ability to either purchase more space, or delete a sufficient amount of data. It become monotonous. I think I’m going to get Thunderbird, which is supposed to be pretty good at managing, auto-deleting unwanted emails, and unsubscribing effectively…you generate the preferred settings.
MY. GOD. This is a life-saver! I found so many written articles and videos that are so badly written i almost lose it. I am really thankful i found your video! Great job!
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this was so incredibly helpful, I am finally able to free up space on my phone now that I've followed your tutorial. thank you for making this so clear and easy to follow!
Thanks ;)
This is probably the best tutorial, it's simple and easy to follow and you kept it very short. Thank you so much!
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What doesn't work?@@motocris9432
This was so incredibly helpful! My iphone got run over by a car and I had to replace the screen just to be able to unlock it to back it up but then my macbook was too full to store the backup and I could not figure out how to put it on my external drive. I had to watch this 5 times to make sure I was doing it exactly correctly and voila! I got it done. 💙
Nice 👍
Hi I can’t find the mobilesync folder in application support ?
Your steps are so clear! However after following exactly, and also going into the system settings to allow Terminal to have full disk access, it did not work and shows permission denied on my terminal app
Do you have any suggestion as to why? Can you help further?
This is incredible and so simple. You saved me $120/year! Thank you so much!! I can free up my photo storage on my phone for my next trip.
😎👍👌
This was so useful. Thank you. It took me a couple of goes to get the Terminal stages right. But got there in the end. You are so right about apple and backups. Many iphones now have a 1TB hard drive, equal to many a computer. It should be much simpler. Really appreciate this Arthur .
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Works perfectly!
Thanks a lot!
As a student I couldn't afford more that a 128 GB MacBook Pro back then, and with this I can now backup my iPhone and my iPad without paying extra money for iCloud.
💰🤑
Thank you so much for this!!! I didn’t have enough space on my iMac to backup my iPhone. So happy I can use one of my external drives for this. Much smarter to do it this way in my opinion than keeping the backup on my computer where it’s not needed. And I can easily backup the external drive to another drive for an added layer of security! :)
I'm glad i helped another person with my tutorial :)
Are you able to restore back up using the backup in the external HD?
I tried this and did a backup and says, "Last Backup: Today" but my External Hard Drive no longer showed the "Backup" folder in the External Hard Drive... although the MobileSync folder showed the shortcut to the "Backup" folder (aka External Harddrive). Plus, the external hard drive says 0 bytes on disk after doing this "Back Up Now" process. I had to do a Force Eject of the external hard drive and reconnect. Then, the external hard drive kicked in a showed the backup did indeed WORK! Yay. Thank you for posting this video.
So well explained! I just have one question: how do I reverse it again ? :)
from terminal: unlink (then from Finder drag the symlink into terminal)...poof! link gone (data is still there on your external drive, just the link is gone...you can re-create the link)
@@mikekakebeeke883 Hi, how to unlink from terminal? Thx
That's a lifesaver! My MacBook Air 256 fills out very fast, and the heaviest folder is the iPhone backup. Thanks a lot for your to-the-point and crystal-clear tutorial. 😍😍😍
Glad it helped!
hi arthur, i never backed up my iphone to my mac so it does not naturally have a mobile sync folder... I cannot proceed to the next step.. any suggestions?
try to backup your iPhone for the first time - it will say error message because you don't have enough space on your Mac. But the mobile folder will be created :D and then use my tutorial and it will work ;) Let me know if you were able to do that ;)
@@ArthurBrassartlet’s pin this comment higher, it solved my issue ✅
Thank you!! Didn't think tutorials like this still existed...
Gosh, Thank you so much Arthur for sharing this super helpful straightforward tutorial! 😊🙏🏼 It works!! And provided the best solution when my MacBook was running out of space for iPhone backups. I had no idea until this tutorial that my backups were about 180 GB
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Excellent & detailed procedure. Merci beaucoup de partager avec nous. 💯
Ça fait plaisir 😊😉
Thanks for the tutorial! If for some reason I wanted to undo this sync (e.g. I get a new hard drive), how do you do that?
You can delete the link itself, the base folder on the hard drive will remain unchanged. It's kind of like a more in-depth shortcut/alias.
How to resolve issues Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/V0T0QT41KpI/v-deo.html
Thank you! This greatly simplified the available instructions that were posted online.
Nice :)
Hi Arthur, this was so clear and very helpful, thank you. I believe I have followed all the steps correctly, and now my iPhone is backing up to the Backup folder on my external hard rive. The only problem is, that I have many folders appearing (00, 0a, 0b, 0c and so on) which are all empty. There is another folder appeared named 'snapshot', which is filled with more folders (00, 0a, 0b, 0c and so on) with files in it called 'exec' and just come up with code when I click on them. Do you know what is going on and how to solve it? Where are my photos, videos from my iPhone?
hey. i have the same query. did you delete that folder or not?
did yo rever get an answer for this? got the same problem
Man...u r a genius; I was scratching my head always for disk space management on Mac Air :).
your the savior. Thanks much!!
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It says file exsits ln: /Users/Library/MobileSync/Backup: File exist.
What do I do then? The arrow doesn't show up.
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Easy to follow and to do, worked a charm first time
Great to hear!
Hi Arthur - thank you for this. Only problem is it doesnt seem to work because when I go to back up my phone now I get an error that tells me I don't have enough space on my Mac :( Can you help me?
Figure out the problem?
same issue, any help?
How to resolve issues Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/V0T0QT41KpI/v-deo.html
Great video; description was the best for me to actually get it working
Thanks Arthur, I did de backup like you suggested. I have the same problem as other people in te comments. After the backup when I searched for the backup at "manage backups" no backups are shown. Do you have a clarification or explanation? Kind regards
How to resolve issues Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/V0T0QT41KpI/v-deo.html
thanks , but even after linking back up folder mac still says i tunes can't back up this I phone as there not enough space available , can you please help , there is lot of room in external disk
The reason they do not offer the option to backup to your EXD, is so you are forced to use the Cloud Service, where they can mine your data.
Amazing. Ive been trying to do this but your tutorial is spot-on and easy to follow!
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This was such a helpful video. I had to watch it over and over to find out what I needed to do. I have a mac Mini M1 and find that after doing what you advised, I have the linked iOS Backup in my Mac's MobileSync folder, but each time I create a new phone or iPad backup, a new backup folder is created in mobile sync rather than in the linked folder to my SSD. Any ideas what could be wrong with my process or is it a measure created by Apple on the device preventing that link to my SSD?
I have the same problem, did you fix this already? I hope you can help me!
Were you able to resolve it?
I did create the supposed link but every time i try to run the backup, i get the message that my computer doesn't have free space and also creas a new folder in Mobile Sync. The only difference, which shouldn't matter, its that i use a NAS drive over network, not an ext HDD.
SOLVED: OH I GET IT. The new folder in NAS/Ext HDD has to be named Backup, not anything else. That way it would create a new folder in it and start backing it up. I had named it iPhone 13 mini and I was getting the same issue as you, but instead, created a new folder inside called Backup and VOILA! It worked
thank you, this is much appreciated great help! my iPhone has more gb than my MacBook so I did't do backups with it yet, but really wanted to for a long time. After connecting my external drive and watching this tutorial everything worked out on the first try :D
GREAT :D
Hello Arthur, thank you so much for your video. Unfortunately, My back up folder does not show the arrow sign. Initially when dragging the folder into terminal app it kept saying "illegal option" until I realised my mistake that I forgot to leave space after "s" ln -s before dragging the back up folder then it say file exists. Can you tell me what i am doing wrong. I am still using Mac OS high seirra is this the problem?
Hi! I tried that. You'll need to probably press space bar after ln -s (space bar)
@@hadinasri you helped so much because mine was not working 😭😭
@@hadinasri 2024 and thanks 🥰
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much!!!
So glad!
Hi, thank you for the video. I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly. However, when I restarted the machine, suddenly there is a large amount of system data occupying space now. I ended up deleting all the backups and it then reduced the system data file. Any ideas how to prevent the iOS backups from using system data storage?
Hi did you ever figure out how to fix this? The same thing is happening to me now. "System data" is now taking up a huge amount of space
@@JohnnyMarksVideos I purchased DaisyDisk (it is reasonable) to clean up the space.
@@Trish_C Thank you!
Great explanation, only I missed the user folder bit. Hope this helps others.
Remember it is NOT the more obvious Mac HD/Library/Application Support/.. folder you are working with, it is the the Mac HD/Users/[your home folder]/Library/Application Support/.. folder.
If you cannot see the Library folder in this location, CMD+Shift+Period will show the hidden folders/files.
hi, I did that step by step, i can see the arrow but when I try to do the backup it says "not enough free space on this computer to back up iPhone". How can I fix this?
Is your iPhone backup size larger than the "available" storage on your Mac?
How to resolve issues Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/V0T0QT41KpI/v-deo.html
It works! Thank you very much. Such an easy and straight forward tutorial too.
nice :D
I didn’t find Mobile Sync on my mac.
Thank you very much for this tip! I had been looking for a way to do it for a long time. I will at last be able to free up a lot of space on my Macbook while keeping a backup of my iPhone. 🙏
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This was extremely helpful! Thank you so much! I imagine most people here don't have enough space on their macbook either
hi Arthur,
Thanks for the amazing video. This has been really helpful. But initially this method worked for me but now it's showing me that my back up is corrupt. Any way to resolve this.
There might be a lot of reasons why your back up file is corrupt :( the only option is to delete the file and make a new back up copy.
Make sure the back up finishes before disconnecting your iPhone.
I'm having the same problem
Excellent. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Cool ;)
Absolutely amazing video! Thanks a bunch!
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Thank you! Excellent explanation and it works great!
Great to hear!
Thank you so much this was extremely helpful! I managed to do my ipad backup without issues!
You're welcome!
Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question here. After I have done all steps including allowing access to Terminal, it still say I cannot backup iPhone because Mac has not enough space. Would you have any idea why? Thank you
Any answer?
works perfectly... thanks for this clear tutorial, cheers!!!
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Great tutorial, phone is backing up perfectly. Cheers
Cool, i am glas i helped you :) btw i watched my own tutorial a few days ago to help one of my friends 😅
Great KISS example of how to perform this.
Thank you so much! Your video was extremely helpful!
You're welcome! :)
That was very helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge/information on the subject matter .
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@@ArthurBrassart oops after I make the link. I try to back up phone data on HDD via iTunes, but it won't store. Itunes pops up with a message of no space in MacBook.
DUDE!! glad I found your video. The bitten fruit people removed the option of linking external hdd so that people are forced to purchase iCloud space. lucrative business approach and money maker for them. But thanks to you i was able to link the folder with ease you got a new fan.
Hi 👋 thanks a lot for your comment my friend 😉 this little tutorial will definitely save us some money 💰 Thanks for your subscription
Wish I found this before wasting hours trying to follow useless directions I found searching the net. Thank you so very much!
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Great Tutorial, easy to follow! Thank you!
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Very helpful tutorial! Thanks a lot.
I never could understand the stupid time machine. I have a 4 TB hard drive and like 8 GB on my Mac. Of course the Mac is full and it doesn’t make sense and I couldn’t figure out how to back up my iPhone, this was perfect thank you I’m gonna try it later.
Very straight tot the point and explained clearly - Thank You!
It worked initially, but my mac stopped recognizing my ios devices after doing this.
Update: Be sure to update OS in iphone and mac, if it doesn't work disconnect all hubs and hd from mac and use it exclusively for the iphone. If it doesn't work, like it happened to me plug and unplug the iphone. Well it worked for me...
This is a great video, probably what happened to me has nothing to do with this tutorial.
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience :) I'm glad my tutorial helped you
A customer centric guy will always best. Thanks Arthur!
This was amazing info with absolute clarity. Great work !!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I watched troubleshoot video too and worked Thanks a Ton
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you!! Worked like a charm!
You're welcome!
Thank you for the easy instructions!
Your pleasure is my pleasure
Thanks Arthur, you are a legend!
Thank you 🙏
Thank u so much . This is what people looking for . very useful follow the step carefully then you guys will get it . very useful channel 👍🏻
So nice of you
good job man... but I don't have the folder MOBILESYNC in application support... help me
Thank you very much for the video. My backup is taking forever to even begin though... last night I left my macbook on to let the backup run but only a very small bit got backed up and I had to stop it as I need my phone for the day. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks a lot!!!!
GAME CHANGER! This is insanely helpful!! Thank you SO MUCH!
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Best and cleanest tutorial about external backup on Mac! Thanks!
Amazing tutorial! Only tutorial that showed the correct method. Thank you!
Wow, thank you for this easy step by step guide. It works wonderfully!
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Great job bro, you have made my work so easy
thanks alot bro
I appreciate this! Saves me using the memory on my Macbook since I already have a ton of projects saved. Thank you!
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great support,
could you please make video regarding saving iPhone photos transfer in external drive, same way like iPhone backup video
Thanks for your comment 😇 How to Transfer Photos & Videos from iPhone to Mac (Tutorial)
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Just select your external drive as destination to save photos ☺️
Great tutorial! 2 quick questions? How would I revert it back to the default settings, also what if later on down the line I decide to upgrade my external drive to another one, what are the steps to doing it again with a new external drive. thanks again!
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I did it! needed part 2 but it worked.. Thanks
Glad it helped Subscribe ;)
Thanks so much. Really helpful.
You're welcome!
best video on this topic. thank you buddy
Very useful , many thanks. I couldn't backup my phone since more than one year due to insufficient storage in my Mac .
Nice, I am glad to help :)
Finally, something that works!!! THANK YOU!
Thanks :) The best solutions are often the easiest ones. PS. Subscribe if you want to support me ;)
THIS IS THE MOST NEEDED NOW DAYS!
thanks sir! you just save my day!!
Thanks! Nice! Subscribe ;)
Hello Arthur, thank you very much, it was very helpful... now, how can I reverse the change? which commands to use?
Hi, check this out - ua-cam.com/video/V0T0QT41KpI/v-deo.html
Thanks a lot. Works like a charm and one of the most painless instructions I've come across. Why does Apple have to make it so complicated.
thanks :D Apple makes it hard to push you buy more iCloud storage and make more money ;)
worked like a charm!!! thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the tutorial. After backup would I be able to restore my data to new device as normal or there is different procedure to that.
Thanks
How to resolve issues Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/V0T0QT41KpI/v-deo.html
Late thanks, it works like a flaw.
very clear Tutorial.
Kudos
Thanks my friend :) Enjoy
@@ArthurBrassart thank you, i like this hardlink cmd.
bless you
@@TheProsirius you too :) Subscribe!
@@ArthurBrassart i ve done already my Dude. good content
Gosh this is amazing! Can’t wait to try later. But can I pick a particular album to back up? Cuz I don’t want to back up the entire library😮💨
Thank men Very very helpful tutorial !! it's help me a lot 🙏🏼👌🏻
Thank you man, only your video and your recommendations help!!! Thank you!!
your pleasure is my pleasure ;)
Heyy amazing video, when i wanted to back it up it said i that i don’t have enough space on my macbook. Sow idk what to do now cuz my hard drive has 4tb sow idk if i did something wrong.
Same happended to me,
Can you suggest an external hard drive? Thank you so much!
Hi, you can buy any hard drive that fits your budget. There are no rules here. If you want to have better speed choose the SSD - for Example, Samsung T7. If you want to have bigger storage for cheaper - you can buy a classing old-style spinning hard drive.
@@ArthurBrassart Thank you so much! Great video!
Legend! thank you just what I needed to do, and didn't know it was possible. Thanks man
Glad I could help!
Thank you for the fantastic tutorial! Would this work if you want to use the same computer to back up multiple phones using different external hard drives?
Great tutorial, clear and concise but most of all it works.
Glad to hear 😎😇✅
Very good tutorial but one question do you have a video on how to revert everything back ? although i dont think i would
Hi, thanks for your comment :) To unlink folders you have 2 choices: Open the Terminal utility and enter a line in the following format: rm /symlink location. (Symlink location is the folder that have little arrow - where you created link. You can drag and drop it to terminal.) If you aren’t very comfortable with Terminal commands can use the good old regular method: right-click the symlink you want to remove (folder with arrow link you created) and select Move to Trash. Be sure to empty the Trash folder when you’re done :)
Thank you! This was such a simple and a clear explanation of the whole backup process. Appreciate it.
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this information. It worked! I, too, had to listen to step 3 a few times until I understood what I was doing wrong. Which was don't hit return until all the drag and drops are completed. I also had to add the terminal app to the list of applications that had total disk access. I can't believe that I just freed up 145GB on my Mac. Are there any other data storage hogs that don't need to be on the built-in hard drive? Thanks again. AMAZING STUFF!
Thanks for your comment Charles! I am glad I helped you to free some space on your Mac. Subscribe! New videos are coming soon ;)