Where to find iphone backup

Turn on iCloud Backup. Back up iPhone using your Mac Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable. In the Finder sidebar on your Mac, select your iPhone. At the top of the Finder window, click General.

Click Summary. Click Back Up Now below Backups. The default backup location can be shown in Finder using Spotlight. The Finder window that opens will show a folder named "Backup". If you'd like to change the folder that iTunes backups up to by default, we have a handy guide in our support centre.

We've helped over 10,, people recover their lost iPhone data. Let us help you too. August 8 th , July 24 th , Hi, I would like to restore a previous backup but I'm having trouble finding out my backup password. Can you please help me with this? Hey Jake, we've got a guide on password recovery. You can find it here. June 30 th , Many thanks for enabling me to find the backup file for my iphone on my PC.

When I click on the properties of the backup file it shows that I have 2. If I now wish to view the contacts that have been backed up or restore them to a different device how do I do that if I've replaced my iphone with an android phone?

Hi Gerry, thanks for asking. We're glad the article was helpful. If you install iPhone Backup Extractor, you'll see the free edition lets you browse through all of your contacts. Try that — it can export your contacts into a VCF format that your Android will easily be able to import. April 3 rd , I plan to buy an iPhone 6S Plus from a client, but they want me to transfer all their data to their old 5C.

I backed it up in iTunes, then plugged in the 5C, but the 6s backup is nowhere to be seen from the drop down list! Hi guys, thanks for commenting. This one's an old chestnut: it's caused by one of the phones running a different version of iOS to the backup. Upgrade one or other so that they're running the same version, then update the backup. That'll sort it out! October 5 th , First of all; Thanks for the easy and helpful steps to get this far in the process.

I am just curious as I am copying my backup off of my pc if it just as simple as me copying this backup off of my non internet accessible pc onto a hard drive, then I can drag and drop into the list of backups on the new Mac. I am trying to restore my old backup onto my new iPhone six, but my pc has lost ability to connect to the Internet, so I can't download the new iTunes update to be able to work with my iPhone six.

Thanks for writing. Look for the phone icon in iTunes. After that, the process for either iTunes or Finder is much the same, although the look of the pages and the language will be slightly different. First-timers may also be asked if you want to set your phone up as a new device or restore it from a previous backup.

In this case, select the first. Using Finder to set up a computer to back up your iPhone. To do this on your Mac: Click on the Apple icon in the top corner of your system.

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