iPhone backups on iTunes

[mpsparrow]

Now, before all your Apple haters stone me, please let me explain my situation.

 

My Sister and Mother both have iPhones (I told them to get Android phones but they didn't listen). Apple is stupid. When you backup your phone through iTunes you can't download the backup. I would like to put both of the phones backups on our Synology DS415+ NAS. Is this possible? Or do I have to locate the files in my AppData folder, transfer them over to the NAS and then every time I need to restore I have to pull the file off of the NAS and put it back in the computers AppData so that iTunes sees it?

 

If it was up to me, I would blow up both phones and by them Android phones. But since they are my family, I am sort of obligated to help them.

 

If someone has a solution for this, that would be greatly appreciated.

[79wjd]

You have to either change the target destination in iTunes to the NAS or just copy the backup files there.....but how frequently are you doing this that it matters anyway...

 

The last time I restored my phone from a backup (or backed up to iTunes for that matter) was about a year ago.

[mpsparrow]

Hopefully I will backup the phones every time I download the pictures off of the phones, which is about once every 3-6 months.

[mpsparrow]

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You have to either change the target destination in iTunes to the NAS

How do I do that @djdwosk97?

[79wjd]

3 minutes ago, mpsparrow said:

How do I do that @djdwosk97?

http://www.howtogeek.com/164275/how-to-change-the-backup-location-of-itunes-or-any-windows-app/

[mpsparrow]

Why it isn't built into iTunes to change the backup location, we will never know. This is why I hate Apple so much.

[79wjd]

23 minutes ago, mpsparrow said:

Why it isn't built into iTunes to change the backup location, we will never know. This is why I hate Apple so much.

Because there's basically no reason to change the backup location for 99.99999% of the population. And it's not exactly difficult to put the backup wherever you want it. It's still easier to backup an iPhone and move the backup then it is the backup an Android phone (much easier actually).