Change iPhone Backup Directory macOS Catalina (Part 1)

Here we cover how to move your iPhone backup to an external drive. Also, you can backup your iPhone to the external drive automatically. .
IMPORTANT: I forgot to mention a small step you need to give Terminal "Full Disk Access" by going to System Preferences - Security & Privacy - Privacy - Full Disk Access - Add Terminal to the list by dragging the app into the window.
(Part 1&2 Revised) HOW TO RESTORE: • Backup & Restore iPhon... (restore starts at 8min 42sec)
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(Part 1&2 Revised for BigSur) Also includes how to restore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKeld4dtaNdljqc (restore starts at 8min 42sec)

[@chrispolii5026]

This is an absolute lifesaver! Mac running critical on storage as my iPhone backup took up 480gb of available 500gb drive. Every online help on this transfer gave a vague link to input and it keeps returning as "directory not found" on Terminal. This drag the folder in method is a miracle! Nothing can go wrong that way and only then did I realised there are other input to key in such in user, before the whole Library command. Thanks mate! Feel so liberated!!!!

[@SemanadePapel]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! I tried several guides but they weren’t detailed enough for someone like me, who had never tried something like this, to follow. I hadn’t typed commands in at least 20 years but your video was so clear and the pace was so perfect that I could follow it without problems. Thank you again!!!

[@JosephsJUKEBOX]

This video was perfect! Thank you so much I have been trying to do this for hours and this has been extremely helpful and IT WORKED!

[@okifoli]

An absolutely excellent video! Clear, concise and at just the right pace to follow and copy at the same time. Thank you :)

[@jdchucho]

i tried for so long with so many videos and articles and this one finally worked God bless You!!

[@koarliii]

Thanks for the easy to understand, step by step tutorial - best one I have found so far! :)

[@jmsvlstrs]

Amazing! This is exactly what i was looking for. I have 4 iPhone to Backup and it was taking up 600 GB on my MAC's Drive leaving me with less than 20 GB of available space. This has solved my problems. THank you.

[@eringreen5]

This was so helpful. Thank you! I have very rudimentary computer skills and my husband was unavailable to help. Your step-by-step guide was so easy to follow and made perfect sense.

[@eringreen5]

Is there a trick to getting the new iPhone to recognize the new location of the backup? I'm trying to restore from the backup I created through your video instructions and it appears my computer isn't finding it.

[@twitterkid1213]

Thank you, I was going mad trying to read all the articles that people were saying, seeing & doing always work best for me. Thank you again!

[@UnrealGamingMedia]

Every article I found explained it similarly, but none would work. I followed your video, and it worked PERFECT. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain and make this video.

[@Malcom2345]

Perfect. Had to add permissions for my ext hard drive also, took around an hr for me all up but wudve been impossible without this walk through. Thanx alot 👊

[@TechCoreDuo]

IMPORTANT: I forgot to mention a small step you need to give Terminal "Full Disk Access" by going to System Preferences - Security & Privacy - Privacy - Full Disk Access - Add Terminal to the list by dragging the app into the window.

[@Alchemist081]

What should you do if you try to test if everything works by backing up your iPhone, and it tells you “an error occurred while reading from or writing to the iPhone” ?

[@moojojom]

so i realise when i try to create a folder thru terminal i am not able to. But i have to create the folder in harddrive with the name iosbackup then go back to the terminal to do the backup folder. it will work. but when i hit the last code, which is changing the location, it say my was illegal action. when ever my HD need to add folder i need to include password, is there anyway i can remove it?

[@ahmedalsherebi540]

it didnt work for me in the beginning because of this

[@lisama2748]

Even I grant it full disk access but it still shows permission denied?? So weird

[@elveracampbell9248]

This doesn't work for me.

[@rapsrabbithole]

Thank you for this video took me hours of searching to find a solid that actually worked and this was so easy to follow

[@naylor2006]

Thanks man, so useful, great video. I like to backup locally over iCloud but I recently ran outta space to going to an external SSD is great. Thanks so much dude!

[@Kakalina13]

Thank you!!! I'd looked at many various and sundry directions as to how to change the backup direction (macOS Catalina) and every one of them failed ... until discovering your video instructions. Following our step-by-step instructions it worked the first time! Your careful instruction and video are greatly appreciated.

[@craiga2001]

Worked for me, tried so many other instructions that failed this worked perfectly. Thank you!

[@allivoigt1929]

This is a great video! Thank you so much! Is there an easy way to restore (Set up a new iPhone) from the file we just put onto our external hard drive?

[@craftingcrabs]

Thank you for making this video! I read so many articles on how to do this and your video was super clear and concise! Keep up the good work!

[@TechCoreDuo]

Thank you!

[@waynemancao2944]

IMPORTANT: If your external storage has a name with spaces (e.g. “WD 25E1”) at 5:04 you should key it in as mkdir /Volumes/“WD 25E1”/iosbackup Hope it helps!

[@sb607790118]

may i know why show the -bash: in: command not found ? I have tried so many times

[@nadia19963]

I get permission denied in this step :/

[@TechCoreDuo]

Check the description. You need to give Terminal full disk access to work

[@nadia19963]

I already did that step, still no luck tho

[@eumarcas5904]

@@nadia19963 It happens to me too, I get "Permission denied" When trying to create the file in the hard drive. Please help

[@amanagarwal202]

You're amazing man! I just solved this issue so seamlessly by watching this. Great work!

[@TechCoreDuo]

Great to hear!

[@nascrfndalejr8]

Thank you for posting this! Helped me immensely today!

[@michaelcroft4445]

Great video! Found different ways to do it online, but this was definltey the most informative and helpful one!

[@bhazlett10]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing. Worked like a charm.

[@martinredvfr]

Great!! Many thanks - I learnt a few new things there!

[@redhairandacurl]

Thank you for the step by step!! It really made it an east process.

[@dennisrodriguez4066]

Thank You, Thank You so much. I was able to to this thanks to your detailed and slow explanation.

[@chloemcginley8275]

Thank you so much for this video! Super helpful and easy to follow

[@vaishnavi46]

Thank you for both the videos, it helped ! :)

[@ayemontoya93]

Thank you for taking the time to create this useful video!

[@TechCoreDuo]

Thanks!

[@jayba8964]

Thank you so much to create this video that helps me to move my iPhone backup file to an external HDD. I follow your instruction and it works perfectly! Thank you!

[@richarddupiton3966]

Thanks for this video! it was easy to follow and solved a problem I've been ignoring for years!

[@jammeezze]

Hi, thanks so much for the helpful video. How do I get the backup off of my external hard drive and onto my new phone?

[@scottd1342]

Great tutorial! It worked perfectly for me using an external Synology NAS configured as RAID 1

[@sampainter5012]

Great video, exactly what I needed

[@stanloy9372]

Your way works! Thanks for the guidance! Your video is so clear and detail! Thank You very much!

[@p82222]

Thank you, it worked!! I appreciated the video and the detail explaination

[@sky_n_ocean]

Thank you so much!! Helped, worked, and simple instructions💕

[@RufusEatsCheese]

Great tutorial, thanks man! Symbolic link - so simple. I love that in 2020 with such great tech, we can still rely on solid old Unix system admin. You just saved me 60+GB from my MBP internal disk - thanks :-)

[@kerryoneill1210]

It worked like a charm...thank you!

[@meekojj]

OMG thank you! I tried for so long with so many videos and articles and this one finally worked. God bless You!!

[@TechCoreDuo]

Great to hear!

[@thanasis.kalegias]

thanks for the video. you help me with my problem!

[@Rahul-kf9dl]

Worked for me after trying other video tutorials that hadn't. Thanks !

[@pamieafg]

Hi there! Thanks so much for this tutorial. It was easy to follow and I was able to move the backup to my external hard drive. I do have an issue where my finder does not show my last backup or have the option to manage the backup. Please advice what I should do or how to reverse this process. Another video with this topic could be really useful for many of us in the comment section. Thanks for your knowledge! Stay safe.

[@John-hv2xm]

Thank you so much! Worked like a charm 👍

[@karinzekveld4920]

This video was very helpful thank you! Is there any different process I need to follow when restoring from this backup in the future?

[@narongrattanachuen8958]

I want say it’s working,I have been try on many youtuber non of them work until I found you ☺️

[@shelbijoseph]

Wow..this is such an amazing tutorial. Very helpful. Much appreciate your help-. Thanks and regards.

[@Photoshopaholics]

Thanks, this really helped me out!

[@raaqi]

Thank you so much man! You made it look so simple! Thanks a ton

[@ipod1996]

Thank you so much for this! Excellent explanation!

[@BogoEN]

Thank you, thank you, THANK you. There were multiple articles online that had shorter versions of this that failed on my Mac. Thank you again :-)

[@Trulywittatooly]

Wow i love you! One year later and you have helped me a lot!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@AlexCoci]

super helpful😀 Thank you!

[@wenhaoyang969]

Worked for me! Super helpful! Thanks!

[@doppelgxnger]

Thank you so much. This was so helpful

[@carlopful]

Finally a proper tutorial to do this. Thanks a lot man. 🙏🏽

[@JacobSeeger]

Hi thanks so much! However after backing up (and seeing it in my external drive) it's not showing up in my iPhone's Sync Settings under "Device Backups." Any idea on how to fix this?

[@bmobuell]

Great video. Can I change the backup location to a usb flash drive as well? Instead of a external HD. Do I need to format the USB flash drive? Like you mentioned about the formatting the HD. Thanks !!

[@JLpresents]

Thank you for making this video!

[@johndavidcrowe1567]

Thank you very much for your great tutorial. Very Helpful!

[@seapenny]

this is super useful, thank you!

[@kelleymelinn1042]

OMG Bless you for this. You are a savior. You freaking made my day.

[@vo5man]

This helped me so much! Thank you for providing this content!

[@TechCoreDuo]

I'm so glad!

[@Sureshbabu-sydney]

Thanks a Ton mate .. it worked seamlessly ... excellent step-by-step instructions ... got 50G released from my SSD ... cheers

[@seanpark563]

Thank you so much! It was an amazing guide to back up my iphone!

[@palacci]

Thank you so much. Excellent tutorial. I did a mistake with the names of the folders. Is there any way to fix it and start from the beginning? Thank you

[@antonlanceford]

Thank you! Video was very handy and worked perfectly 😁😁

[@Irocktor]

Thanks done ! Comprehensive as hell!

[@MarcoTesselli]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@Chaostopher]

Excellent Instructions for doing this, Thank You!

[@GG-fp2fu]

Thanks for a very precise tutorial! I'm subscribing!

[@palomasantibanez7496]

Very helpful, thank you very much!

[@albert9400]

Great video! Thanks for the help.

[@RENDIZAIN]

Please help me. In terminal. Mv backup old-itunes-backup. Operational not permitted.

[@Nima_neuro]

Salute! it worked so perfectly!

[@chasechase24]

Thank you so much it worked!

[@rabihalassaad1496]

What if, i want the reverse it and make the backup folder in MobileSync as it was on my mac

[@BIGBANGTOPGD]

thank you! it worked perfectly for me :D

[@benhousten1211]

Thanks! This is a great video. I really like this. I want to backup one iphone to my external drive, and backup another one up to my MacBook Pro Catalina. Once I create the link, will the backups go to their respective appropriate locations depending on whether I've plugged my external drive in or left it unplugged? Thanks again!

[@bereitedich]

Thank you so much for a helpful and wonderful video. I have done everything you explained and it worked great; creating folders via Terminal etc. But once I click "Back Up Now" in finder, I get the message "Could not back up iPhone because not enough free space is available on this Mac." I am trying to back up about 80 gigs of iPhone backup file to more than plenty(546 gigs available) on my external hard drive. My Mac currently has only 33 gigs of free space. Any advice? Thanks so much for reading and it would be so helpful if you could guide me a bit!

[@danielsilver1284]

Thanks for this great video ! Everything worked as you said except the fact that after the iPhone has backed up (I can see it has as all of the backup files have gone into the external hard drive no problem) that in "manage backups" this is still showing as empty with know backups in there. Would you be able to help on this ? Without showing the backup in there you cannot restore if you ever need to.....

[@lafaucheusekamer8669]

Thanks a lot. It ran perfectly :)

[@kidzchat3708]

Thank you.. The process is the same for recent macOS BigSur update... I really appreciate the video!!

[@TechCoreDuo]

Yes it will work in BigSur here is my updated video in BigSur showing how to restore from backup HOW TO RESTORE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKeld4dtaNdljqc (starts at the 8:42 mark)

[@DianaVaras]

¡Eres lo máximo! ¡Muchas gracias! Thank you very much! Saludos desde Ecuador.

[@reymondjimenez5649]

Thank you dude!

[@sumeetchanana8670]

is there also a way to change the path of mail app storage to an SD card or external storage?

[@mateusdduarte]

Thank you very much!!! From Manaus-Amazonas, Brazil

[@guigadesouza2254]

You just saved me! Thanks for this video.

[@Puchmiz]

Thanks a lot dude❤️. U made my day

[@TheAmjisme]

Thank you so much for this video I followed it and everything worked initially but lately everytime I plug my iphone in and try to backup I just get the spinning wheel next to the phone and even clicking the the x to stop it doesn't work. Is this a problem with ios 15 catalina?

[@mryadip]

Absolutely insane❤love it.

[@1964SS]

I’ve watched 3 videos on doing this. THIS ONE WORKED! Thank you 👍

[@TechCoreDuo]

Great to hear!

[@kaillerasrv]

worked like a charm!! thanks a lot!

[@TechCoreDuo]

Glad it helped!

[@pastamotion3032]

Thanks for this movie it was very helpful for me to do straight backup to my home NAS

[@ahmadchaudhry2513]

Will it work if my hard drive is formatted in ExFat? There's a lot of data on it already and it wont let me partition it without formatting the whole thing.

[@lorax1995]

thanks for the video; it was a big help

[@missfoobi]

THIS WORKED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :)

[@iw3bmastEr]

Worked for me. Thanks a lot!

[@TechCoreDuo]

You're welcome!

[@ColombianMusclePapi]

Thank you so much!!! It worked great for me. I have 3 iphones and so much data. Your line codes in Terminal are better than those found via Blogs on Google AND yours WORK.