Users with Apple devices must know iTunes, iTunes is a free digital application for Mac and PC, which can manage**digital**and**, and can also be used for iPhone iPad flashing, upgrading, data backup and recovery, etc.
Although iTunes is a good software, many users say that iTunes is not so easy to use, and some users even say that they have not understood how to use iTunes after using it for several years. For example, I don't know where the backup file is stored, and I won't modify the iTunes backup path, etc.
Let's take a look at the most asked questions firstiTunes backs up files in **?
iTunes automatically backs up each time you connect your device and stores the backup files in a designated directory on your computer. The data backed up by iTunes is generally stored in C: Users username AppDataOaming Apple Computer MobileSync Backup by default.
However, because the specific storage path of each computer is different, we can directly search for "Apple Computer" in the C drive, so that we can find the data backed up by iTunes. For example, iPhone backup, under the searched Apple Computer folder, go to Apple Computer MobileSync Backup, which is the backup iPhone database file.
In this folder you can find folders named after a string of random characters, each corresponding to a backup file for a device. The format of the backup file is. db or. plist, which contains information about your device's settings, app data, and more.
However, it should be noted that these backup files are encrypted, basically some log files, we can't directly view the contents of them, it is very troublesome to retrieve some of the data that has been backed up in iTunes, and users need to have a certain understanding of the database.
If you want to modify the iTunes backup path, you can do the following:
Step 1: Delete the MobileSync folder in the C: Users username AppDataOaming Apple Computer, you need to run iTunes for the first installation
Then change the partition where the iTunes backup is stored (e.g., E drive) and create a new folder named "mobilesync" (the folder name can be customized, you need to change it to the corresponding folder name in step 2).
Step 2: Press and hold the keyboard [win+r] to call out the "Run" menu, enter the "cmd" character, copy and paste this character:
mklink/j "C: Users Your username is AppDataOaming Apple Computer MobileSync" "d:\mobilesync"(If the file on drive E is named xxxx, it will be changed to e: xxxx).
After the above operations are completed, the iTunes backup file will be automatically stored in the xxxx folder of the E drive.
Relatively speaking, useiTunes is more complicated to backup, restore, and view filesIf you want to view the backup file of iTunes, it is recommended that you directly use the AIS Assistant tool.
AISI Assistant provides a more user-friendly interface and richer functions, which allows us to easily manage backup files on the computer, view the content of **, text messages and other content in the backup. Especially for novice users, it's easier to backup, restore, and browse backup files.
Here's how to use AIS Assistant to restore and view iTunes backup files
Step 1:**After installing AIS Assistant, connect your iPhone to the computer with a data cable connection, and enter the "Toolbox" - "Backup and Restore Data".
Step 2:After clicking "Full Restore (View Historical Backup)", a list of all the data that has been backed up on iTunes or AISI Assistant will appear, and you can select "Professional Mode" or "Easy Mode" according to the backup time to view the backup data
Step 3:In the "Alternate Viewer", we can view the relevant data that has been backed up on the iTunes side, such as application documents, cameras, newsletters, call logs, etc., which is very convenient
Step 4:We can also select the classified backup or restore the data we want to recover through AISI Assistant, and click "Back Up Now" or "Start Recovery" to selectively backup or restore the relevant data.