Comments on: Mac users: Disable iPhone backup for faster sync

By: Goldbeard

Goldbeard — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:35:12 +0000

Windows users can use the same approach:

Quit iTunes.
Press Win+R (opens the Windows Run dialog)
Type or copy the following command:
â€œ%CommonProgramFiles%\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\defaults.exeâ€ write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true
Open iTunes.
Connect the iPhone.
Make Sync without backing up.

By: Tribal

Tribal — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:38:58 +0000

Okay.. so heres the fix.. same issue was happening to me… DELETE FACEBOOK! reinstall after backup is complete, but facebook is causing all the trouble. I Let my iphone sit for 2 hours today before i had enough and decided to fix the damn thing. Facbook is the #1 killer of backup time. Also i use “AppSniper” (Love that app btw.. i recommend it to everyone) if you use it make sure you go into the apps config and delete the icon cache.. Deleting facebook and clearing the appsniper cache made my backup drop from 2+ hours(no idea if it was ever going to finish.. stayed halfway for an hour and a half) 15 minutes. (i got all 9 pages filled with apps.. 15mins isnt bad)
hope this helps!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:22:22 +0000

Thank you very much for this. You have made life, otherwise fantastic since I found your website. Cheers.

By: Sharlene Harding

Sharlene Harding — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:04:25 +0000

OMG…this has got to be the best and useful information, i’ve had in a long time. My back-ups used to take ages!!!!!!

Thanks

One question though, when I re-enable the backup, can I not just delete what I pasted or is it advisable to put the ‘false’ in?

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By: Finally!

Finally! — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:13:19 +0000

I am not so high-tech that I am comfy imputing codes and such, so i just ran the app. Downloaded in less than 5 secs, opened, disabled backups and I am back on track! Sweet!

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:05:44 +0000

And the interesting thing is the only time I needed to restore from one of these gargantuan backups it turned out to be corrupt and failed to restore from it.

By: frag

frag — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:56:43 +0000

Too bad there’s nothing like this for a PC.

I maybe have 20-30 apps(yeah, it’s a lot) but sometimes it can take 1-2 hours to back up. That’s just ridiculous even for apps.