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A Mac can also backup your phone wirelessly. TM doesn’t make much sense without the Finder’s interface.

• lxgr 4y ago
  > A Mac can also backup your phone wirelessly. Yes, to its local storage only, which makes it completely useless to me. (I have more data on my phone than on my computer, and I can't be the only one.) > TM doesn’t make much sense without the Finder’s interface. Why? I can even already connect to the same SMB mount that holds my Mac's backup via my iPhone's "Files" app. Just let me backup to that!
  • tgv 4y ago
    The TM back-up wil include your phone’s backup too. I agree it could be better. Don’t exclude the back-up folder from TM, though.
    • lxgr 4y ago
      Yes, but I don't want that data on my Mac in the first place. It takes up almost all disk space there, completely needlessly. (Actually it doesn't – I symlinked the backup directory to an external drive, and fortunately ~iTunes~ Finder follows that. But this is something completely unrealistic to ask of an average user, in my opinion.)
      • tgv 4y ago
        True. My situation is probably different: I've got a fairly large disk (1TB), and a tiny phone (16GB). I guess they prefer to sell iCloud subscriptions.