good idea - problem we have is that the macbook currently runs off an external SSD drive , connected by one the 2 USB ports. I ned to get my 4 USB Port thing connected tot the macbook to connect all these things together - didn’t have time yesterday.
I remembered that I had some iPhone software called imazing https://imazing.com so connected both external backup drive and iPhone 7 to the macpro USB ports, then used iAmazing 2 ( which we have a license for) to backup iphone to the external hard drive. will do for now. thanks for the suggestion about moving the photos database to a different drive - I recently did this on my macpro when I upgraded to El Capitan - i.e. el capitan on SSD boot drive, data on a separate hardisk. chow Gary On 14 Jul 2018, at 12:02 PM, Peter <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > Yes, I was thinking a similar solution to Susan’s suggestion. Given the > limited space on the Macbook, why not get yourself a sizeable external drive > (1TB minimum) and migrate your existing iTunes Library to the external and > then you’ll have heaps of space. Also review your Macbook to determine what > other things you can offload to an external drive (Photos and other folders > perhaps). This will also help with the Macbook operation as Ronni has always > said to try to maximise your space available and having <10% of the SSD > capacity available is getting pretty light on. I have a 250GB SSD MBP Retina > and both my iTunes and Photos app Libraries are on the external (but also > included in the Time Machine Backup) so if you’re ok with holding those items > externally, then this could be a solution for you. > > Regards > > Pete. > >> On 14 Jul 2018, at 11:29 am, Susan Hastings <susanhasti...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Gary, why not use her laptop to back up the iPhone directly to an >> external HD. You would probably need to have an iTunes library on the >> external drive, easy enough to create. Cheers, Susan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 14 Jul 2018, at 10:50 am, gary dorn <gd...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> howdy >>> >>> my wife iPhone has issues with it, therefore before taking too the apple >>> shop for a looksee , we intend to do a backup. >>> she currently has it backup to iCloud, however we would also like to get >>> our own backup onto a backup disk. >>> >>> the back up is approx 40 gb >>> >>> the macbook she uses has only 22 gb free ( 250 gb SSD) >>> >>> can I backup on different computer ( macpro with 250 GB SSD - 170 GB free) >>> and transfer that to the backup disk for safe keeping.? >>> >>> can iTunes backups be assigned directly to a backup disk? >>> >>> any thought welcomed. >>> >>> ps can iCloud backup be completely assured of its security/reliability ? >>> >>> chow >>> Gary Dorn >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
