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How do I direct my backup to an external drive on my MacBook Sir running Ventura 13.0.1

How to direct my iPhone backup to an external drive on my MacBook Air running Ventura 13.0.1

iPhone 14 Pro

Posted on Dec 13, 2022 4:49 AM

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Posted on Dec 13, 2022 7:16 AM

AFAIK the iPhone Backup can not be directly to backup to an External Drive Directly from within Finder


The may be able to track down where the backup is located on the Internal Drive via the below Instructions from Apple.


There after >> Copy the Backup to the External Drive


Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


Excerpt from above link


Copy backups to another location

If you need copies of your backups, you can find the Backup folder and copy the entire folder to another place, like an external drive or network-storage location.

Time Machine automatically copies your Backup folder when you back up the Home folder on your Mac.


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Dec 13, 2022 7:16 AM in response to Mm1938

AFAIK the iPhone Backup can not be directly to backup to an External Drive Directly from within Finder


The may be able to track down where the backup is located on the Internal Drive via the below Instructions from Apple.


There after >> Copy the Backup to the External Drive


Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support


Excerpt from above link


Copy backups to another location

If you need copies of your backups, you can find the Backup folder and copy the entire folder to another place, like an external drive or network-storage location.

Time Machine automatically copies your Backup folder when you back up the Home folder on your Mac.


How do I direct my backup to an external drive on my MacBook Sir running Ventura 13.0.1

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