How to transfer iphone backup from PC to MAC ?????

[gwinanthony1985]

Thanks brother!

 

[sheppy1]

Yea I'd like to know this too, hope someone can help

 

[gwinanthony1985]

Yea I'd like to know this too, hope someone can help

yea it is very annoying that i couldnt get any answers from google.
don't wanna buy any software.

I believe there must be someone who has done that !

 

[farmermac]

You can plug your phone in your Mac and right click it in iTunes, then select backup. Bam.

 

[outphase]

Your google skills need updating

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Copy from there to:

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

 

[gwinanthony1985]

Your google skills need updating

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Copy from there to:

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

Just copy the files directly? so easy ?

 

[outphase]

Just copy the files directly? so easy ?

Yes. That's why I said you need to check your google skills.

 

[gwinanthony1985]

Your google skills need updating

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Copy from there to:

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

and how can i get 'mobilesync' ?


Do i need to plug my iphone first?

 

[gwinanthony1985]

Yes. That's why I said you need to check your google skills.

haha. how did you search??? =P

 

[stisdal]

Will that method also move all your songs & playlists to the new computer?

 

[outphase]

Will that method also move all your songs & playlists to the new computer?

That wasn't the question asked. You'll have to transfer the whole iTunes folder and import the library xml file for that.

 

[gwinanthony1985]

That wasn't the question asked. You'll have to transfer the whole iTunes folder and import the library xml file for that.

so what will be copied by your method?

Contacts, sms iphone apps yes?

 

[gwinanthony1985]

Will that method also move all your songs & playlists to the new computer?

i wonder...

 

[draz]

Songs, Playlists, Photos, Videos, do not get transferred from the backup, everything else will which is what moving those files will do. What you can do is sync them to the computer currently sync'd on the phone and move them via other methods like networking.

 

[gwinanthony1985]

Songs, Playlists, Photos, Videos, do not get transferred from the backup, everything else will which is what moving those files will do. What you can do is sync them to the computer currently sync'd on the phone and move them via other methods like networking.

how come i can't see the folder 'MobileSync/Backup' on my mac?

do i need to do something first??

 

[gwinanthony1985]

how come i can't see the folder 'MobileSync/Backup' on my mac?

do i need to do something first??

I only have 'syncservices' in Application Support

PLease help.

 

[gwinanthony1985]

how come i cant transfer all the backup files?

 

[nippyjun]

As another said just make a new backup on the new computer. Then you can just copy your media over manually.

 

[gwinanthony1985]

As another said just make a new backup on the new computer. Then you can just copy your media over manually.

the problem is when i copied the backup file from my old PC...not all the files that can be copied...

i had around 6GB of data in my backup folders but i can only copy 2GB out from there...


so basically i can't transfer everything from my old PC to new Macbook?