Iphone Backup Application. Use the date under date modified to see when the backup was created. Choose apple ( ) menu > system preferences. Get a new iphone, but find it's incompatible with the old itunes backups.
Drag the backup file on your external hard drive to the device backup folder. This may ruin the backup.
In our example above, it's located at ~/library/application\ support/mobilesync/backup/.
If you need to copy a backup, copy the entire backup folder. easy backup is the easiest and fastest way to backup, restore and transfer your contacts between mobile devices! Choose apple ( ) menu > system preferences. Each folder represents an entire backup instance for a single device.