Changing iPhone backup location

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When I try to follow the procedure laid out in Backup iPhone to external drive on Mac and run

ln -s /Volumes/DriveName/Backup/ ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup

to change the backup location for my iPad and iPhone terminal tells me that the file directory doesn't exist... what am I missing?

nohillside · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-02 16:51:01Z

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You need to replace the DriveName part with the name of your external drive. One way to find the name is to run

ls -l /Volumes

in Terminal.

answered Nov 2, 2014 at 16:51

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I did that... Seagate Exp is my ext drive name and i replaced DRIVENAME with "Seagate Exp" and get the same result... other thoughts?
– Eric
Commented Nov 2, 2014 at 16:53
That would be Seagate\ Exp in this case (to take care of the space character). If this isn't the issue, can you please add the full error message you get directly to the question?
– nohillside ♦
Commented Nov 2, 2014 at 16:57

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grg · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-02 16:51:04Z

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The path you provide must exist. In this case, /Volumes/DriveName/Backup/ must exist and be writable.

answered Nov 2, 2014 at 16:51

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