When iPhone is checked by iTunes, click on its icon and tap on Back Up Now to wait for backing iPhone to connected USB flash drive.Īs long as you don't cancel the Mklink routing to the external drive with command below, the iTunes backup will be stored on external drive from then on.
Step 2: Back up iPhone in iTunes to USB flash drive on WindowsĬonnect your iPhone to Windows computer, and open iTunes. Instantly you will see there is a new folder called "Backup" created with an arrow on it in the default iPhone backup location.
Mklink /J "C:\Users\yourWindowsusername\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "H:\iPhoneBackup" Type following command lines and press Enter. Close iTunes and run Command Prompt as administrator on Windows computer.Ģ.
If a mklink symlink creation error appears, see how to fix it at first.ġ. Connect prepared USB flash drive to Windows computer. You just need to simply create a symbolic (virtual) link in Windows, to a folder on your external hard drive. Delete or rename the backup folder in this path: C:\Users\yourWindowsusername\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\ Step 1: Change iPhone backup location with Command Prompt Create a new folder called " iPhoneBackup" in the root of USB flash driveģ. Format USB flash drive to Windows NT file system (NTFS)Ģ. Option 1: Backup iPhone to external hard drive via iTunesġ.