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The chances are that your iPhone or other iDevice is larger than the paltry 5GB iCloud account Apple offers for free. But we also think backing up to another location via iTunes or Finder is a good idea.

You can always back up to iCloud–and we recommend doing it. ln -s /Volumes/ /MobileSync/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync.For the Finder app in macOS Catalina+, use the same command for Terminal but add two spaces in between the word Backup and ~ (the tilde symbol for your user library), so it looks like this:.

ln -s /Volumes//MobileSync/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync.

Use Terminal to create a symbolic link to your external drive’s new iTunes backup folder using the command:.

Copy your Finder app or iTunes iDevice backup folder (MobileSync) to your external drive and then rename your internal folder.

Create a folder named MobileSync at the root directory on the external drive.

For macOS Mojave and above, make sure you grant the Terminal Utility Full Disk Access in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy.

Quick Tips Follow These Quick Tips To Move Your iTunes iPhone Backups To An External Drive

How to Return Backup to the Internal Drive.

Seeing Error “Operation Not Permitted” in Terminal?.

How to Set Your iPhone Backup to an External Drive.

Backing Up Your iPhone with iTunes or Finder app.