How To Backup Iphone To External Drive

iTunes makes information technology well-situated to own a local backup of an iOS device on a machine you control. Just those backups can take up precious blank, specially if you have more than one. Good news so that iTunes lets you delete your excess backups reasonably quick. You nates also get rid of unnecessary iOS software updates aft you've used them, likewise, which should besides free up a puny chip of elbow room.

Here's how you can go about getting rid of of old backups and iOS software package updates on your Mac.

How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup connected macOS Catalina
How to delete an iPhone operating theatre iPad backup from iTunes on macOS Mojave and earlier
How to delete iOS software update files

How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup on macOS Catalina

iTunes as we've known IT has schism upwardly into twofold apps in macOS Catalina, and the iPhone and iPad backup and update capabilities have made their way to the Finder. Here's how to delete a backup through the Finder happening macOS Catalina.

Click on the Finder icon in the Dock.
Click on your iPhone operating theatre iPad in the sidebar.

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Click Manage Backups...
Click on the backup that you need to delete.

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Dog Delete Backup.
Get through Cancel.

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How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup from iTunes along macOS Mojave and earlier

Opened iTunes from your Dock or Applications folder.
Penetrate iTunes in the Menu bar.

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Click Preferences.
Click on the Devices tab.

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Click on the backup you want to remove.
Click Delete Backup.

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How to delete iOS software update files

Even though iTunes doesn't exist as its own app in macOS Catalina, you'll withal find the Software Update file you want to delete in the iTunes folder in Subroutine library, just ilk you did in previous versions of macOS.

Attend Finder.
Click Go in the Menu bar.

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Hold down the Option key (maybe labeled 'Elevation') on your keyboard.
Click Library, which should appear when you hold down Option.
Open the iTunes folder.

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Open the iPhone Software Updates folder.
Drag the iOS update file to the trash. Its name should conclusion in "Restore.ipsw".

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Questions?

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Updated April 2022: Updated for macOS Catalina.