For those of you who may or may not know, iTunes backs up your iOS device settings but not your device entirely. For those of you looking to have more security by backing up all of your data on your iOS device, we have the tip for you. Thanks to Lifehacker, to get started, all you need to do is an app called PhoneDisk and a command-line app called rsync. The step-by-step instructions are below:
- Download and install Phone Disk.
- Connect your iOS device to your computer and run Phone Disk. This will mount your iOS device like a drive.
- In Phone Disk, open Preferences and rename your iOS device so it has a simple, one word name. That means no spaces and no special characters—just letters and numbers.
- Make sure you have the latest version of rsync installed (if not, download it) and run the following command:
cd /volumes;/usr/local/bin/rsync -avv —protect-args ‘iPhone’/ ‘Macintosh HD’/Users/Home/Downloads/iphone_backup
After running the command, rsync will create a copy of all of your data as a complete backup. This process doesn’t require you to jailbreak your device in work.
via Lifehacker
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