Thank you for this video it was so incredibly helpful! I backed up to an external drive but now I can't open any of it since it opens up a terminal window with the words "exec" could you please help me sir?
Hello, I was able to create the backup successfully on the external and can open the folder on my external, but when I go to restore, there are no backups that appear when I click "Restore Backup..." or "Manage Backups.." PLEASE HELP ME!!! I waited a long time for it to load in case it wasn't loading because it was a large back up, but I just backed up a new phone and it successfully created a new backup in the external but that one also doesn't appear when I try to restore it?
Thank you very much for part one and part 2. out of ALL the videos i have watched and articles i've read, yours is the best! Can you confirm all thats needed is the hard drive and the usb c to lighting cable. not other items? Thanks again :)
Thank tou very much for your videos, you have a new suscriptor. But I still have a problem with the backup, I can create the folder with the small arrow but when I start the copy a few minutes later the mac says "it's not posible to make the copy" 😢 ¿Do you know what is wrong? Please I hope your answer this is killing me...
Hey I have to ask after doing this all process and backing up in ssd… Now if you connect ssd with windows pc will you be able to view your photos and videos??????? Bcoz I have videos pc & it is nearly impossible to take 110 GB data backup there… But I can arrange mac from my friend just for backup purpose… Please answer my main question👆👆
Thanks for part 2, needed it to make part 1 work.. But curious, can I just copy the new backup data to an external hard drive and delete the original on Mac? When and if I ever need it just copy it back. Will that work?
I had the same. I thought the backup would allow me to access my pictures and files etc. Is this not the case? My phone also didn't recognise that it had been 'Backed up'
Cant you just right click and click on create alias for the Backup folder in your harddrive and then move it to the MobileSync folder in your MaacBook? No need to mess with the terminal then. Or would that not be the same thing?
This stuff is really only for the more advanced techno folks. Messing with terminal code is fraught with danger as I sadly found out. Especially when instruction like this is so quickly given.
When I delete the link Backup folder (arrow one) and leave MobileSync with no folders in it, will the mac itself create a new Backup folder for next backups? thank you so much
For those that the command doesn't work, try to keep the backup folder only under 3 folders in the directory, eg. SSD Drive > iPhone Backups > Backups. I had one more folder Above iPhone Backups folder (in this example) and the command didn't work.
OK So strange thing, this worked to link the folder from my external harddrive automatically for a back up, however it made a separate folder on the harddrive for ever single photo and phone note etc. etc. Any thoughts?
I did the backup but I do not see backup option on my Mac it still says that IPhone has never been backed up. But I do have it on my drive in the backup folder 📁
You may have to make sure you set everything up properly. Maybe try deleting the folder with the arrow that was created then redo process @@felixward7502
hi, I am still not finding mobile sync. I followed your steps and ticked the library from show view options and still no Mobile Sync folder. I'm at my wits end
Can you please clarify the command? It looks like ln -s (l,n space ‘minus sign, s) but when I listen to the video it sounds like something’s else you are saying - sorry but please clarify - much thanks!!
Help! I am having a rare problem, and is that the HDD keeps ejecting improperly when almost finishing the backup. I thought it was the drive (My Passport For Mac 2TB) and decided to buy another one (same model) along with a straight USB Micro B to USB-C cable from AmazonBasics to not use the multiport (Anker 5-1) since I used it to charge the Macbook and iPhone for the transfer. I have tried many settings such: - Disksleep set to 0 via Terminal - Toggle On the “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off” - Toggle off the “Put Hard disks to sleep when possible - “Turn display off on battery when inactive“ set to Never as well as “Turn display off on power adapter when inactive” - Also checked in the WD Drive utilities and set the Sleep timer of the HDD to off Note: Both the Macbook Air and the iPhone are both on the latest versions available in the moment: Sonoma 14.2.1 and IOS 17.2.1 I would greatly appreciate if anybody could help with this problem, thanks!
Could you please inform me on how I know it worked? I would like to delete all of the photos and videos on my phone to free icloud space! Thank you very much for all of the help! Im guessing theres no way to open the photos directly in the harddrive?
Backup your iPhone and wait for the message - backup successful. You can try to restore your iPhone and select your latest backup from the external hard drive - if it works - it means the backup is complete. Try to check if your backup file is big - if yes it means it is ok ;)
Backup installed on external drive OK. However, after doing 3 backups of 3 iPhones, the MacHD suddenly jumped from 24 GB to 40 Gb. I cleaned the MacHD with 2 different apps, but they could not reduce the Gb. McHD also says that it has 19 Gb purgeable files, but there is no way to get rid of the purgeable files. Can you help? What is going on? Is it a major defect in the Mac software (I have Sonoma OS) that keeps eating the internal drive? No such problem in Linux.
Hi Arthur! I did all the steps in your previous video and it seems to sync (took such a long time!), but strangely enough the size of the backup folder says "25 bytes (Zero bytes on disk)". Not sure if it successfully synced if the storage space taken up is so low...
You instructions in part 1 do seem very simple, however I keep getting the error message No such file or directory - then it gives the information for my external HD. I’ve given terminal full access. I’m putting in the ln ~s command in correctly. But it’s still not working. Ughhh so frustrating.
I'm getting a new iPhone. If I backup my old iPhone to my external hard drive, will I be able to sync that old backup onto my new iPhone as usual? Or do I need to take any additional steps ?
Any tips on how to get my Voice Memo names to show the actual "Title" I gave it in the Voice Memo app on my iPhone? I see all my Voice Memo .m4a files on my external disk, but they all just have default filenames based on date of creation (e.g. 20230608-23324.m4a) instead of the Title I gave it on my phone (e.g. Jazz Concert NYC.m4a). Can't figure this out for the life of me.
I get this error in terminal illegal option -- / usage: ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file [link_name] ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file ... linkname_dir link source_file link_name
Part 1 - th-cam.com/video/qD1yGNSh3Iw/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this video it was so incredibly helpful! I backed up to an external drive but now I can't open any of it since it opens up a terminal window with the words "exec" could you please help me sir?
Not all heros wear capes ! This was so great, especially the fact that you did a second part.
thanks :)
Hello, I was able to create the backup successfully on the external and can open the folder on my external, but when I go to restore, there are no backups that appear when I click "Restore Backup..." or "Manage Backups.." PLEASE HELP ME!!! I waited a long time for it to load in case it wasn't loading because it was a large back up, but I just backed up a new phone and it successfully created a new backup in the external but that one also doesn't appear when I try to restore it?
same questions
Thank you so much for clarifying the steps again. You are a lifesaver.
Happy to help!
Thank you very much for part one and part 2. out of ALL the videos i have watched and articles i've read, yours is the best! Can you confirm all thats needed is the hard drive and the usb c to lighting cable. not other items? Thanks again :)
Thanks for your comment and your subscription :) Yep, you need just the cable and any external hard drive with enough free space! Good Luck ;)
The step 2 helped me, do ln -s (first folder) (2nd folder) enter
Thankssss! I was missing a final space at the end and getting "permission denied"
With this video you’ve saved me. Thank you so much !
Thank tou very much for your videos, you have a new suscriptor. But I still have a problem with the backup, I can create the folder with the small arrow but when I start the copy a few minutes later the mac says "it's not posible to make the copy" 😢 ¿Do you know what is wrong? Please I hope your answer this is killing me...
Hey I have to ask after doing this all process and backing up in ssd…
Now if you connect ssd with windows pc will you be able to view your photos and videos???????
Bcoz I have videos pc & it is nearly impossible to take 110 GB data backup there…
But I can arrange mac from my friend just for backup purpose…
Please answer my main question👆👆
Thanks for part 2, needed it to make part 1 work.. But curious, can I just copy the new backup data to an external hard drive and delete the original on Mac? When and if I ever need it just copy it back. Will that work?
I'd like to know this too.
hey unfortunately I can't restore the backup to my iPhone. I get a new issue saying the backup is corrupted. please help
When I open the harddrive on my computer it doesn’t show the pictures just a bunch of files with text and I don’t get the option to sync
I had the same. I thought the backup would allow me to access my pictures and files etc. Is this not the case? My phone also didn't recognise that it had been 'Backed up'
Yea same here. Im guessing all the photos and vids are there. Im just not sure how to test this theory @@roodieroo
my sync folder is not there still, I have never backed hy phone up on this computer. do I have to do that first?
Cant you just right click and click on create alias for the Backup folder in your harddrive and then move it to the MobileSync folder in your MaacBook? No need to mess with the terminal then. Or would that not be the same thing?
This stuff is really only for the more advanced techno folks. Messing with terminal code is fraught with danger as I sadly found out. Especially when instruction like this is so quickly given.
When I delete the link Backup folder (arrow one) and leave MobileSync with no folders in it, will the mac itself create a new Backup folder for next backups? thank you so much
For those that the command doesn't work, try to keep the backup folder only under 3 folders in the directory, eg. SSD Drive > iPhone Backups > Backups. I had one more folder Above iPhone Backups folder (in this example) and the command didn't work.
My mac creates new folder next to my external drive Backup folder not backup directly my external drive?
what's the song you're using for the first minute?
OK So strange thing, this worked to link the folder from my external harddrive automatically for a back up, however it made a separate folder on the harddrive for ever single photo and phone note etc. etc. Any thoughts?
I did the backup but I do not see backup option on my Mac it still says that IPhone has never been backed up. But I do have it on my drive in the backup folder 📁
Yes me too! I'm happy I'm not the only one. Did you find a fix?
You may have to make sure you set everything up properly. Maybe try deleting the folder with the arrow that was created then redo process
@@felixward7502
@@felixward7502 any fix?
any fix?
It worked!!!
Thank you so much for this tuto !!!
hi, I am still not finding mobile sync. I followed your steps and ticked the library from show view options and still no Mobile Sync folder. I'm at my wits end
you can create it yourself or try to sync your iPhone for the first time and it should be automatically created
Can you please clarify the command? It looks like ln -s (l,n space ‘minus sign, s) but when I listen to the video it sounds like something’s else you are saying - sorry but please clarify - much thanks!!
it’s actually a hifen but people call it the minus sign
Help! I am having a rare problem, and is that the HDD keeps ejecting improperly when almost finishing the backup. I thought it was the drive (My Passport For Mac 2TB) and decided to buy another one (same model) along with a straight USB Micro B to USB-C cable from AmazonBasics to not use the multiport (Anker 5-1) since I used it to charge the Macbook and iPhone for the transfer.
I have tried many settings such:
- Disksleep set to 0 via Terminal
- Toggle On the “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off”
- Toggle off the “Put Hard disks to sleep when possible
- “Turn display off on battery when inactive“ set to Never as well as “Turn display off on power adapter when inactive”
- Also checked in the WD Drive utilities and set the Sleep timer of the HDD to off
Note: Both the Macbook Air and the iPhone are both on the latest versions available in the moment: Sonoma 14.2.1 and IOS 17.2.1
I would greatly appreciate if anybody could help with this problem, thanks!
Could you please inform me on how I know it worked? I would like to delete all of the photos and videos on my phone to free icloud space! Thank you very much for all of the help! Im guessing theres no way to open the photos directly in the harddrive?
Backup your iPhone and wait for the message - backup successful. You can try to restore your iPhone and select your latest backup from the external hard drive - if it works - it means the backup is complete. Try to check if your backup file is big - if yes it means it is ok ;)
Backup installed on external drive OK. However, after doing 3 backups of 3 iPhones, the MacHD suddenly jumped from 24 GB to 40 Gb. I cleaned the MacHD with 2 different apps, but they could not reduce the Gb. McHD also says that it has 19 Gb purgeable files, but there is no way to get rid of the purgeable files. Can you help? What is going on? Is it a major defect in the Mac software (I have Sonoma OS) that keeps eating the internal drive? No such problem in Linux.
Your the Man!! thanks a million for the reply on other video. Problem solved
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Bless you! What a shame that apple hides all of this!
they want your money - so you will buy more iCloud storage
its greed nothing more. I hate im stuck in the apple ecosystem '
Hi Arthur! I did all the steps in your previous video and it seems to sync (took such a long time!), but strangely enough the size of the backup folder says "25 bytes (Zero bytes on disk)". Not sure if it successfully synced if the storage space taken up is so low...
Have same thing but if you check info on a drive itself you will see how much space is been used
Thank you!
🤙✌️☺️
I can't for the life of me locate the "Mobile Sync" folder under Library>Application Support>Mobile Sync someone pls help ;(
I'm backing up right now, but it's super slow. 1mb/s max! Is the hard drive a problem?
If you are using old spinning hard drive using USB 2.0 it will be very slow. Use an external SSD instead :)
the( ln -s ) link process was not permitted inspite following your steps religeously ((Operation not permitted)). What am I doing wrong
You have not granted full disk access to Terminal I guess
I needed to do a back up my phone first then it worked. Thanks Arthur
You instructions in part 1 do seem very simple, however I keep getting the error message No such file or directory - then it gives the information for my external HD. I’ve given terminal full access. I’m putting in the ln ~s command in correctly. But it’s still not working. Ughhh so frustrating.
I'm getting a new iPhone. If I backup my old iPhone to my external hard drive, will I be able to sync that old backup onto my new iPhone as usual? Or do I need to take any additional steps ?
I realized this question was answered in the video as soon as I left this comment lol thank you!
😉
nice
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Any tips on how to get my Voice Memo names to show the actual "Title" I gave it in the Voice Memo app on my iPhone?
I see all my Voice Memo .m4a files on my external disk, but they all just have default filenames based on date of creation (e.g. 20230608-23324.m4a) instead of the Title I gave it on my phone (e.g. Jazz Concert NYC.m4a).
Can't figure this out for the life of me.
I get this error in terminal illegal option -- /
usage: ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file [link_name]
ln [-Ffhinsv] source_file ... linkname_dir
link source_file link_name
Are you sure you gave full disk access to the terminal app? :)
Yes it has Full HD Access @@ArthurBrassart
same here, help plz
Thank you!