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Ask HN: Backup iPhone directly to USB drive?
So my wife's Iphone is filled up with videos and photos of the kids. I need to back this up, and I would ideally like to put the photos and video on a usb drive.
My MBP would not have enough space to take on all the extra files, so I am curious if anyone has solved this problem?
- jjjbokma 6y agoMove your iTunes library to an external drive, and point iTunes to it. There are many tutorials on how to do this exactly, e.g. https://blog.macsales.com/43972-how-to-move-your-itunes-library-to-an-external-drive/ https://blog.macsales.com/43972-how-to-move-your-itunes-libr... You could do this for a single account (e.g. your wife's account).
- mceachen 6y agoKnow that you can spend $50-75 and get a 1TB 2.5" external drive, or ~$100-150 for a larger 4-6TB 3.5" drive, but if you've got several computers at home, a NAS is really convenient, as it lets your files be wirelessly available on all your computers. I've had a number of my beta users ask how to safely store stuff, so I wrote this up: https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/ https://photostructure.com/faq/how-do-i-safely-store-files/
- tmaly 6y agoThanks, I do have a 2 TB external drive I can use.
- msh 6y agoIf you are not cloud averse you could upload the files automatically by installing onedrive, dropbox or google photos.
- tixocloud 6y agoWould this work? https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.imore.com/how-use-external-hard-drives-your-iphone-or-ipad%3famp https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.imore.com/how-use-externa... Was planning on trying it out myself. Have the same issue as you.