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On my laptop I have a backup of my older iPhone, under MobileSync/Backup/[some-string].

I want to backup my new iPhone device and don't have the space to do so.

I want to move the older backup to an external hard drive, so if for some reason i'll ever need it, I could copy it back to my laptop.

The backup is encrypted. Is it enough to simply cut and past the some-string folder and that's it? Or is this going to break anything? for example maybe another file contains some important meta data that will make the backup useless without it?

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  • Is that folder not already backed up to an external, as part of your laptop's backup?
    – benwiggy
    Commented May 30, 2022 at 11:37
  • No, since I rarely back up my whole laptop to the external drive. Normally I just add to the existing backup new files that weren't on it yet.
    – Stackaloo
    Commented May 30, 2022 at 13:01

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Yes, if you copy/move the entire "some-string" folder, that will work. That folder altogether as a unit is the entire backup, including the encryption information.

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