23 Aug
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This is amazing step-by-step manual how to backup all your data from Apple iPhone. Big thanks to Tuaw guys.
1. Disconnect your iPhone from your Mac.
2. Navigate to Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ in your home folder.
3. Move all backup folders out of the way. If you’re using Terminal, just mv them up to the parent directory. If you’re using Finder, move them to your Desktop. It doesn’t matter how you do this so long as the folders are moved before you reconnect your iPhone.
4. Connect your iPhone to your computer and sync normally. A fresh backup gets created in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/. Go ahead and restore or upgrade your iPhone secure that your backup is recent and fresh. If you’re especially paranoid, copy the new backup folder to a secure location.
Here is where your iPhone stores its key databases:
SMS. /var/root/Library/SMS/sms.db
Calendar. /var/root/Library/Calendar/Calendar.sqlitedb
Notes. /var/root/Library/Notes/notes.db
Call History. /var/root/Library/CallHistory/call_history.db
Address Book. /var/root/Library/AddressBook/AddressBook.sqlitedb and /var/root/Library/AddressBook/AddressBookImages.sqlitedb
Keychain. /var/root/Library/Keychains/keychain-#.db. The number varies.
Voicemail. /var/root/Library/Voicemail/voicemail.db. Individual voicemails are stored as 1.amr, 2.amr, etc. If you’ve recorded a custom greeting, it’s stored as Greeting.amr.
In addition, Here are a few other folders to keep in mind:
Photos You can grab your recently snapped photos from /var/root/Media/DCIM/100Apple. Photos synced from iPhoto are stored in /private/var/root/Media/Photos.
Safari You’ll find Safari bookmarks and history files in /var/root/Library/Bookmarks.plist and History.plist. Cookies are stored in /var/root/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist.
Email If you want to back up email, it’s not straightforward. The files are stored in /var/root/Library/Mail however attachments are mime encoded (stored in /var/root/Library/Mail/(account name)/INBOX.mbox/Messages) and the “Envelope Index” folder is actually an sqlite db storing information about those attachments.
12 Responses
Sandra
December 7th, 2007 at 1:41 am
1What about a PC? I have an iPhone, but don’t own a mac!! I can’t find instructions like this anywhere for PC users. :( please help
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December 15th, 2007 at 8:04 am
2I was searching for ‘apply card credit’ at google and got this your post (’all Important Data from Apple iPhone: Step-by-step Manual | Apple iPhone Community in Europe’) in search results. Not very relevant result, but still interesting to read :)
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January 1st, 2008 at 2:39 am
3BOOKMARK THIS BLOG NOW!!! This is sooo to the point and well written (all Important Data from Apple iPhone: Step-by-step Manual | Apple iPhone Community in Europe). I wish I had found this blog a long time ago. Originally I was searching Google for information on Apply Bank Bank Card Credit Online Orchard Orchard when I stumbled across you Tuesday.
dan
February 12th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
4If you are using 1.1.3 then /var/root/Library/ is no longer the path for the user data, substitute the path for /private/var/mobile/Library/
e.g
SMS. /private/var/mobile/Library/SMS/sms.db
jeff
March 7th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
5great, but still cant read the contacts on the mac after the backup, tried dragging the AddressBook.sqlitedb to address book, nada
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April 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
6thanks good manual for me
PinkLaptopBags
August 25th, 2008 at 4:04 am
7seems interesting, iPhone from Mac is bit driving me from many days, but not able to get dragging process. SO I prefer Step-by-step Manual | Apple iPhone Community in Europe. That cool nae!
Roulette King
August 27th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
8I dig what you’re saying but there’s a lot more to this than meets the eye, like Transformers! -Roulette King
Pink iPhones
September 7th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
9Thanks for having such a great resource for iPhones. I\’ve been searching all over for this. http://www.iphonehub.com/iPhone/Pink-iPhones
Romel
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 am
10I am using a PC not a Mac.. how do i retrieve photos that is stored in the Iphone (not taken by the camera in the IPhone)? PLEASE HELP/
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August 6th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
11I just bought my iPhone, and thanks for your step by step manual, I will start to backup my data soon since I already have lots of stuffs on my iPhone already.
Thanks
Konto ohne Schufa
December 12th, 2009 at 8:58 am
12Great discussion is going on this blog for iphone, i’d like to join with you guys and gain knowledge from it.
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