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iPhone backup switch: toggle iPhone backup off and on in iTunes

July 4, 2010 By 5 Comments

iPhone backup swtich screenshotI love my iPhone, but when I sync it via iTunes I am annoyed by that software’s insistence on backing up my device every single time, a process that can take quite a long time. This is especially true when I simply want to sync an app or a podcast and quickly be on my way. Also, on my work laptop, I simply don’t have enough free space on my hard drive for a full backup, and if I don’t manually stop it it will simply take up all my free space and fail. Yes, it seems Apple’s programmers are not infallible and perfect after all.

So I set out to find some registry tweak or trick that would switch off automatic phone backup in iTunes, and found something that’s even better: iPhone backup switch is a simple app that will simply toggle iPhone backup off and back on in iTunes, with a single click.

This is a simple software that just works, and for those, like myself, who have had to manually abort every single bone-headed iTunes backup operation it will simply delight.

Version Tested: 1.1

Compatibility: WinAll. Requires iTunes.

Go to the program home page to download the latest version (approx 2.52 megs).


 
 
 
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  • wtf

    its a setting in itunes, clear as day. if u need to toggle backup off, stop sync.. yay for wasting hdd space.

    • Samer

      @ wtf: If its a setting in iTunes, it’s certainly not clear as day.
      I’ve looked for this in iTunes many many times to no avail. There is a setting to prevent syncing, but not to prevent backing up and allowing syncing to proceed.

      If I’m wrong please describe how to get to this setting, as I am very curious.

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  • Kyle

    With my IPhone 3GS i saved it to my laptop cause i was going to the US for a month at the time. Itunes has some great features but I do hate how it takes control… the stupid backup and getting music on their was a pain. Once i did i stopped useing itunes all together and about 18 months later I wanted to update/add music to my iphone but it wanted to do a backup. I attempted to disable backing up with no luck so I let it back up and after a 24 hour backup it still wasn’t at 50% so I gave up. I later learned if you can get into the habit of backing up every week or so, when ever you make a change… it doesn’t do the entire iphone… just the newest data…. so with my Iphone 4gs im backing up alot more right from the start and its alot faster.

    I guess cause its a Apple product it doesn’t need to backup the entire iphone each time, it just adds the newest changes to the backup.

  • Kyle

    Holy **** this website is acting weird…. im very very sorry for the duplicates :(

    i clicked send and it said an error so i went back and clicked it again and got another error.

    if an admin can delete the first two posts, the 3rd one id rather have XD

    again im very sorry