How Do I Find Backups On My Mac

• How Do I Find Backups On My Mac
• How Does Time Machine Work
• How Do I Find Backups On My Macbook Air
• How To Back Up My Mac

If you accidentally deleted some information from an iOS device and hope to recover it, an iTunes backup can be a great help.

Find iTunes Backup Location on iTunes/Finder On macOS Mojave 10.14 or earlier, open iTunes. Click Preference Devices. Right-click an iPhone backup and select Show in Finder. Find iPhone backup location on a Mac Click the magnifying glass icon in the menu bar. Type or copy and paste ' /Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ '. Then press the Return key on the keyboard. How to Find iTunes Backup on Mac OS (X) and MacOS Sierra Default Location for iTunes Backup on a Mac: Here is the default location for your iTunes backup: /Library/Application. Access Backup Files on Mac: Go to Finder menu and click 'Go Go to Folder. Type '/Library/Application.

iTunes backups happen automatically, each time you connect your iPad or iPhone with iTunes (if you didn't turn on the iCloud Backup option), or manually, when you right-click the device in iTunes and choose ‘'Back Up''. They are saved on your computer and contain important data, such as contacts, text messages, calendar, notes, call history and app data.

So where are iPhone or iPad backups stored? It depends on which operating system your computer is using, although the default backup location is the same between iOS versions.

Where is the iTunes backup folder on Windows?

How Do I Find Backups On My Mac

iTunes backups are stored in %APPDATA%Apple ComputerMobileSync on Windows.

On Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista, this'll be a path like Users[USERNAME]AppDataRoamingApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup.

With Windows XP that'd be similar to Documents and Settings[USERNAME]Application DataApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup.

The Microsoft Store version of iTunes is a little different: it stores its backups under %HOMEPATH%AppleMobileSync. That'll be a path like Users[USERNAME]AppleMobileSyncBackup.

Where is the iTunes backup folder on macOS / OS X?

Interior design apps for mac. iTunes backups are stored in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync on macOS.

That folder is typically at /Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup.

In macOS 10.15, Finder creates iPhone backups, instead of iTunes. However, these backups are stored in the same location.

How to find the iTunes backup folder automatically

iPhone Backup Extractor automatically finds the iTunes backup folder for you, and can open it with a click. This functionality is in the free version, so this won't cost a thing.

1. Download and install iPhone Backup Extractor
2. Open the Preferences window from the app's pull-down menu
3. Select the Backups tab.
4. Where the window says 'We always look for backups in your default folder', click the 'default folder' link. Easy!

Opening the iTunes backup folder on Windows

How Does Time Machine Work

Open the default Backup location in Explorer using the Windows Run command. Press ⊞ Win + R and the Run window should appear. Enter %APPDATA%Apple ComputerMobileSync and press ⏎ Enter.

For the Microsoft Store version of iTunes, you could do this: Press ⊞ Win + R and the Run window should appear. Enter %HOMEPATH%AppleMobileSync and press ⏎ Enter.

Here's what this looks like on Windows 10:

The Explorer window that opens will show a folder named 'Backup'. This contains any iTunes backups which are already present on the computer.

Finding the iTunes backup folder on macOS

The default backup location can be shown in Finder using Spotlight. Pressing ⌘ Cmd + and type ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync before pressing ⏎ Enter.

The Finder window that opens will show a folder named 'Backup'. This contains any iTunes backups which are already present on the computer.

Changing the iTunes backup folder location?

If you'd like to change the folder that iTunes backups up to by default, we have a handy guide in our support centre.

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How Do I Find Backups On My Macbook Air

If you backup your iPhone using iTunes (or Finder on macOS Catalina), the backup file is stored on your PC or Mac.. but where?

Want to find your backup location, extract data from a backup, or restore your iPhone from a backup? You're in the right place.

iPhone backup location Windows PC:

Where are iPhone backups stored? On Windows systems, your iPhone backups are located here: Users(username)AppDataRoamingApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup

To locate a list of your backups manually, follow these steps:

1. Open your search box.
   • Windows 7: click Start
   • Windows 8: click the magnifying glass in the top-right corner
   • Windows 10: click the Search box next to the Start button
2. Click inside the search box and type: %appdata%
3. Hit Enter (Return) on your keyboard
4. From here, open these folders: Apple Computer > MobileSync > Backup

Your backups will now be listed for you as seen in the image below. Note that these files are not human-readable. If you need to view and access this data, skip to step 3.

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iPhone backup location Mac:

Where are iPhone backups stored? On Mac systems, your iPhone backups are located here: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

To access this location, click in the menu bar, then type the address above.

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To find a specific backup:

1. Open iTunes if you are using macOS 10.14 or earlier, or open Finder if your Mac is running macOS 10.15 or later.
2. In iTunes, go to Preferences, then click the Devices tab. Control-click the backup that you want from the list. Then click 'Show in Finder'.
   In Finder, connect your device and select it from the list of Locations. In the General section, click Manage Backups. Right-click a backup adn select 'Show in Finder'.

Note that these files are not human-readable. If you need to view and access this data, skip to step 3.

Recover data from your iPhone backup

As these backups are designed to keep your data safe, until needed for an iPhone restore, you cannot view and access individual items within the backup - e.g. if you want to copy out a particular photo album to your PC. If you'd like to browse your backups, and extract data from them to your PC, you'll need a third-party software like iBackup Extractor.

If you should need to retrieve data from your iOS device backups, such as contacts, messages, photos and more, iBackup Extractor can do just that!

With iBackup Extractor you can even access and view the contents of iPhone backups on your computer FREE.

Download the free trial version of iBackup Extractor today, to see what you can extract from your backups to your computer.

Restore iPhone from backup

There are many reasons that you'd need to restore an iPhone from a backup: Troubleshooting problems on your iPhone, data loss, and a broken/damaged device to name a few.

Here's how to restore an iPhone backup from your computer..

• Open iTunes (or Finder on macOS Catalina) on the PC or Mac that you backed up your iPhone to.
• Connect your iPhone with your USB cable.
• Select your device.
• Click 'Restore Backup..'
• Pick the backup you'd like to restore, and click 'Restore'.

If you run into any issues when attempting to restore a backup to your iPhone, Apple's iTunes guides are great!

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