Re: Learn from the idiot

Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 23 Aug 2010 15:59:04 GMT, zoara <me18@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Twice now I’ve had iPhone problems (jailbroken, no-one to blame but
myself) that have required a restore from backup.

Learn from this idiot’s mistakes by not doing what I did. Twice.

First, if and when your iPhone starts playing up and looks like it
might
need restoring from backup, get those backup files copied somewhere
safe
before you do anything else. When plugged in, a half-working iPhone
will
happily back up its half-working state over the top of your
(previously)
working backup. Those files are in ~/Library/Application
Support/MobileSync/Backup

Second, don’t leave it until after you make the above mistake to
realise
that your computer’s daily backup (in my case, Time Machine) hasn’t
been
backing up for six weeks. Check it once in a while.

Did this end up inside the CrashPlan backup round here?

Nope. Just photos and documents.

I know I'm
adding my MobileSync folder to the backup plan now...

I might do the same.

-zoara-


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