

You can change the settings by enabling “Show hidden files” in the Explorer settings and then repeat the procedure. Note: If you aren’t able to find the backup folder this may be due to the AppData folder being hidden. Once in the Appdata folder double-click the “Apple” folder and then “Apple Computer” and “MobileSync” and finally go to the “Backup” folder and you’ll find all your iTunes backups. If you downloaded the iTunes from Microsoft Store, click in the Search bar and enter %appdata% Right next to the Start button you’ll see a search bar. You can also find the backups using the Windows Start Menu’s Search box. Here’s the pathĬ:\Users\Your username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\Ĭ:\Users\Your username\Apple\MobileSync\Backup\ Now, how to get to the mobile sync folder. On Windows 10 you can find your iTunes backup files in the MobileSync folder. ITunes backups are stored in different locations primarily based on the operating system.

But whilst this makes sense, personally, I still like to backup my photos which I do by using Time Machine to Backup the library on my Mac.Part 3: Backup iOS with MobileTrans – Backup I guess the theory goes that your photos are already in the cloud anyway if you use iCloud Photo Library and that there may be some sort of conflict if you restore photos from a backup while they are synced to iCloud Photo Library. there isn't an option to turn their backup off. Likewise, if you backup through iTunes and iCloud Photo Library is turned on photos don't get included in backups, but if it's off photos are automatically included in backups, i.e. If it's turned on your photos aren't included in backups. However, that option is only available if your iCloud Photo Library option at Settings ➔ Photos & Camera ➔ iCloud Photo Library is off. You can turn the iCloud backup of Photos on and off at Settings ➔ Apple ID(Top) ➔ iCloud ➔ Storage ➔ iCloud ➔ Manage Storage ➔ Backups ➔ This Device ➔ Choose Data To Backup ➔ Photos. Photos are only included in backups in some circumstances.
