Hey, is there a non-convoluted way of preventing iTunes from hassling me about backup up the iPhone?
All I want to do is sync music. Period. I simply don't have a spare 250Gbytes of space to back up the iPhone.
However, wheneve I plug the iPhone into my MacBook - iTunes instantly wants to back up the iPhone.
I want to sync music - not back up.
iPhone 7 Plus
Okay, this worked. I opened terminal and typed the following command line:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
After that the forced backups were not included when syncing my iPhone.
Okay, this worked. I opened terminal and typed the following command line:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
After that the forced backups were not included when syncing my iPhone.
in itunes, preferences, devices you can disable the automatic sync. You can then manually sync when you like.
That doesn't work at all. So, after checking the 'prevent automatic sync' (preferences --> Devices) - then plugging in the iPhone to my MacBook (where iTunes resides)- and ONLY selecting "sync" iPhone (right-click iPhone icon) it still says something like '2 of 5 Backing-up'. - then I get a message saying there isn't enough space to back up my iPhone.
Again. I do not want to back up my iPhone. I want to sync music only.
So, I guess the answer is this: the backups are forced no matter what. =(
Well, I was never that fond of iTunes anyway. It's something with the user interface that I don't care for much. Problem is - now I can never sync my iPhone due to the forced backups. I wonder if it is possible to find a different app to replace iTunes on my MacBook Pro and iPhone.
prevent iTunes from autmatically backup iPhone
