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my MacBook Pro crashed I pulled out my 128G SSD and was able to connect and read it with my HD reader, I would like to locate the iPhone backup created previously I would like to locate it since I'm a PC user I'm not familiar with Mac OS I have both Mac & PC available to use Thanks in advance Joe Hi, and thanks for the repay I was able to follow the steps provided but now it's telling me the folder "Library" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents. Thanks in advance –

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  • Hi, and thanks for the repay I was able to follow the steps provided but now it's telling me the folder "Library" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents. Thanks in advance
    – JoeCaptain
    Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 20:36

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Assuming you can see the contents on the file system, the backups are located at /Users/yourusername/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ in relation to the root of the drive.

Heads up that the Library folder located in your user's directory is hidden. You can use shortcut Shift + Command + G in Finder to bring up the 'Go To' dialog so you can copy + paste that location to get to the file. Just be aware that if you're mounting the drive, you will need to append /Volumes/DriveNameHere to the beginning of the path.

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  • Hi, and thanks for the repay I was able to follow the steps provided but now it's telling me the folder "Library" can't be opened because you don't have permission to see its contents. Thanks in advance
    – JoeCaptain
    Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 21:35
  • Are you logged into the same user that owns the library folder?
    – SteppingHat
    Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 22:41
  • I was able to figure it out I really appropriate your quick response is it possible to walk me through the same step but it's a HD removed from a Windows PC the thing is I'm trying to recover a project I had saved on my iPhone at one point thanks for your help in advance
    – JoeCaptain
    Commented Nov 14, 2016 at 23:10
  • I don't understand. Your question says it's a hard drive removed from a MacBook Pro but you just said it's removed from a Windows PC. Which one is it?
    – SteppingHat
    Commented Nov 15, 2016 at 0:28
  • I have 2 hard drives both computers crashed one Windows 7 pro and the other one is a Mac OS
    – JoeCaptain
    Commented Nov 15, 2016 at 0:39

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