iTunes is discontinued on macOS Catalina, with device managing utilities moved to Finder. Even though you still can use iTunes on macOS Mojave and on lower versions, iTunes or Finder fall short in the task of selective backup & restore.
DearMob iPhone Manager adopts an incremental backup mechanism, with additional options to selectively backup or restore iOS content without data erasing. You can create a full backup of your device, or go ahead with more custom options such as backup iPhone to Mac without photos, or only backup iOS photos to Mac.
In DearMob iPhone Manager,
You can create a full device backup offline to Mac, at utterly high speed and with option to encrypt your backup folder.
1.Plug in your iPhone (or iPad, iPod touch), hit backup icon on DearMob iPhone Manager.
2.Tick Encrypt your Backup (optional), and hit Back Up now. When it’s done, you will see a success notification.
Tips:
In DearMob iPhone Manager,
You can restore backup files from Mac to your iOS device. If you have previously created backup files with iTunes, DearMob iPhone Manager will display all the backup files stored on Mac and help you restore desired one to your iPhone.
1. Connect your iPhone to Mac, turn off Find my iPhone, and go to Backup module.
2. Switch to Restore backup files tab, select your backup file and hit Restore Now.
Tips:
In DearMob iPhone Manager,
You can selectively backup whatever you want and restore it to your other iOS devices. Take photo backup and restore as an example.
1. Plug your iPhone to Mac, lauch DearMob iPhone Manager and go to Photos module.
2. Tick photos you want to backup, and hit Export.
3. Unplug your source iPhone, connect the destination iPhone to Mac, and go to Photos on DearMob iPhone Manager.
4. Click the + icon to create an album, hit Add Photos, and select all the photos exported in step 2 and hit Sync to confirm restore these photos to your destination iPhone.
Tips:
After the nixing of iTunes, the iOS device managing utilities is incorporated into the Finder app, with which you can backup your devices as a whole, but there is no option to preview items in backup files, nor can it help you to backup only the selective data types such as photos, songs, movies, etc.
Finder backup utility adopts the same mechanism with iTunes backup. Therefore, A Finder backup doesn't include:
If you want to back up iPhone to Mac using Finder, follow these steps:
1. Connect your iPhone to Mac, make sure to unlock your iPhone screen and tap trust when you are asked whether to trust this computer.
2. Lauch Finder, hit your device icon at the side bar, and hit Pair to pair your iPhone with this Mac.
3. Hit summary, and click Back Up Now, as you normally do with iTunes. Make sure to stay your iPhone connected to Mac the whole times. Otherwise, you might get a corrupted backup file without knowing until next time you wan to restore from backup files, and that would be too late.
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