We all know how annoyingly long the backup process is of the iPhone. If you have had to restore a backup then you also know that half the time they don’t work and it is best that you just take a deep breath and restore to factory defaults. Well here are some instructions for Mac users on how to disable backing up of your iPhone. (Disclaimer: This is simply a howto and not a suggestion or recommendation that anybody do this. I say this so that you can’t hold me responsible for data loss that you incur).
This command will change a hidden setting in the iTunes preferences that will force it to skip the backup process.
1. – Quit iTunes.
2. – Open Terminal.app
3. – Copy and paste this in, then hit return:
defaults write com.apple.iTunes DeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true4. – Open iTunes
5. – Plug in your iPhone (2.0 or 3G) and sync.It will take a few seconds, assuming you don’t have a ton of music or podcasts.
Changing the ‘true’ in step 3 to ‘false’ will re-enable the backup feature.
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