Find iPad backup files on Mac

Choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and provide ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ as the path.

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Preface the command with "sudo ", or open the Script Editor and run:

do shell script "ln -s /Volumes/USBbackup/iOSBackup/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync" with administrator privileges

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PL1956 wrote:

Thanks

how to control which drive is used for the backup?

Neil provided an unsupported way and it does work, however if you move the backup you introduce a security vulnerability; the contents of the backup becomes available to any user of your your computer, including a hacker who has gained access to it. That’s why Apple does not recommend doing so.

Niel wrote:

The backup can be encrypted, either directly or by being put on an encrypted disk image.

True, if the user thinks to encrypt the backup. But that’s just an assumption. And if it’s on an encrypted disk any user of the Mac will have access to the encrypted disk, as disk encryption is set at the device level, not a user level.

Click here and follow the instructions.

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The backup can be encrypted, either directly or by being put on an encrypted disk image.

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