Backing up Ipad and IPhones with a Macbook - What’s the best way?

[Marty_Macfly]

Hi All,


Sorry newbie question, I normally back up onto my Windows laptop via iTunes , then back the windows laptop itself onto a external WD hard drive, once a month.


If I was to get a Macbook, what’s the best way to do it? (Most practicle, most cost effective, least effort etc.)

Extra Internal storage on the macbook looks an expensive way to go for backup.


Can I possibly?:

1. Connect an external backup hard drive to macbook
2. Connect the Iphone to the macbook
3. Then backup the iphone directly onto the external backup hard drive?
4. Repeat for Ipad
5. Then back up the macbook as well onto the external HD

Or is this approach problematic?


Hope you can advise on the best way To do this.


Kind regards
Martin

PS:
I have photos etc saved on the iCloud, but always do a local backup as well.

 

[Marty_Macfly]

Bump 🙂


Hope you guys can advise


I’m looking at the new M1 macbooks, and working out my budgets for buying one.

I have never had a macbook before, they look amazing.... but soooo expensive!


Specifically, I am trying here to work out the most cost effective way of doing backups, and how best to spend my money on the M1 configuration etc.



Best wishes
Martin

 

[chabig]

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Find the right backup method for you.

support.apple.com

 

[Apple_Robert]

In addition to what @chabig posted, take a look at the app “iMazing.” It does an excellent job.

 

[Marty_Macfly]

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Find the right backup method for you.

support.apple.com

Hi C,

Thanks for the read.

Hope this forum can advise on the below:

I thought there could be some complications, if trying to backup iphone/ipads directly to a removable drive:

Can I check - If the backup hard drive is removable, can it cause issues when plugging it into the macbook, Month by month etc? E.g. A new “drive path” is given to the removable drive, and even if the “Drive letter” etc is corrected, it cannot access the backup files?

Regards
Martin



I.e. Reading on:

The extract I’m refering to is highlighted in green below from:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204215

Find backups stored on your Mac or PC​

To avoid ruining any of your backup files, here's what you should know:

• The Finder and iTunes save backups to a Backup folder. The location of the Backup folder varies by operating system. Though you can copy the Backup folder, you should never move it to a different folder, external drive or network drive.
• Don't edit, relocate, rename or extract content from your backup files, because these actions might ruin the files. For example, to restore from a relocated backup file, you need to move it back or the file won't work. Backups serve as a safe copy of your entire device. So while you might be able to view or access a backup file's contents, the contents usually aren't stored in a format that you can read.

 

[Marty_Macfly]

Bump.



Be great to get some advice on this.




Can there be issues, if I backup the iphone/ipads directly onto a removable drive?




Many thanks for your help on this!

Regards
Martin