Note, however, that Apple is soon going to shut down iTunes on Mac computers. It will still be available on PCs for the foreseeable future, but Mac users will have to perform this step through their Finders instead. Open iTunes with your iPhone plugged in and wait for the device to finish syncing. If the device prompts you for your Passcode or asks if you want to "Trust This Computer," select yes. Select your device in iTunes, which should bring you to the Summary panel.
From here, you can see and manage your backups, choosing from either iCloud or your computer. Note that if you want to backup your Health and HomeKit data, you must select "Encrypt iPhone backup.
This screen will also show you when your most recent backup was and allow you to backup manually. One thing the above screen doesn't show you is how to delete previous backups, which could be a concern if you have limited hard drive space. But deleting old backups is still pretty straightforward. This menu should show you all of your devices' backups with the options to delete. If, however, you're interested in keeping device backups on an external hard drive or simply want the flexibility to store and restore old backups from multiple devices, you'll have to dig a little deeper.
Use a similar process for Windows. Now that you've found where your backups are hidden away, you can copy them to an external drive and delete the ones on your hard drive. Apple advises users to copy the entire folder if you want to preserve the data without any chance of it becoming corrupted, so go ahead and make a copy of the folder and drag that over to your external hard drive or a different cloud service than iCloud.
Now, you can delete your copy and if you wish to remove your now-redundant iPhone backup from your primary machine's hard drive, return to iTunes and follow the instructions on deleting backups above.
For you. Right-click on your iTunes folder, then choose Copy. Go to your external hard drive, then right-click and choose Paste. Restore your library from a backup You can restore your iTunes library from your external drive to your computer. Go to "This PC," then click your external drive. Select your iTunes folder, then right-click and choose Copy.
Go to the location on your computer where you want your iTunes library, then right-click and choose Paste. Hold down the Shift key while opening iTunes. Choose the location where you copied your iTunes folder. Choose the iTunes Library. Click Open. Published Date: November 12, Yes No.
Character limit: Maximum character limit is In the Organize Library window, select Consolidate files to move the files in your iTunes Library to a single location.
If available, select the Reorganize files in the folder iTunes Media check box. If your files are organized into subfolders for Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and other media, this option isn't available. Select OK. Consolidate Files copies items rather than moving files, so you'll end up with duplicates of any files that were outside the iTunes Media folder.
Delete those files to save space after you perform the backup. An external hard drive isn't the only option to create a backup of your iTunes library. Other options include:. If your hard drive crashed, and you don't have a backup, find out how to use an iPhone to save your music after a hard drive crash.
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