How do I backup my iPhone SE to my old Macbook Pro Mojave?

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How do I backup my iPhone SE to my old Macbook Pro Mojave?

I'm a senior citizen and an old retired photographer. When I shoot now it's all volunteer so I have an old version of Lightroom & Photoshop on my MacBook Pro and it's running on Mojave. The work I do now is for free.

I'm trying to backup my old iPhone SE to my MacBook and I only see the name of my phone & it was downloading old photos and STOPPED! I want to back up he phone because my daught just bought me a new iPhone 16 Plus and I don't want to lose the info from my old phone like contacts etc. Any help would be awesome! Thank you!

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 4, 2025 3:08 PM

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sberman

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Apr 4, 2025 3:32 PM in response to Bonnie Jean56

Is yours an original iPhone SE? If it’s a second generation or later, I know this will work (assuming its iOS version is current). If it’s first generation, I think you will have this feature but I don’t recall for certain.

Try Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > [Prepare for New iPhone] Get Started. You will see this. Proceed down that path. You won’t need your Mac!

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