How to Back Up Data from iPhone to Mac

It’s a good practice to back up your iPhone’s data frequently, in order to protect important data from loss. Because different reasons may result in the loss of data, such as accidental deletion, device damage, virus intrusion, factory reset and more. In this cause, recover and extract lost data from backup is very useful.

Well, even you can back up your iPhone data to iTunes, but iTunes does not support you to directly enter and preview backup data. And iTunes does not allow you to extract your backup data selectively. Directly extract backup data from iTunes also may overwritten your old data on iPhone.

If you want to back up different kinds of file types to Mac, you can try the third-party tool called iPhone Data Recovery for Mac software, which not only can help you recover deleted data from iPhone, but also supports you back up iPhone data to Mac selectively. You can preview and use those backup data on Mac directly. Now, keep on reading and follow the steps to back up your iPhone data to Mac computer.

Steps to Back Up iPhone Data to Mac

Step 1. Run the Program on Mac

Download, install and run iPhone Data Recovery program on Mac computer. Then use USB cable to connect your iPhone to Mac. The program will detect your device soon.

Step 2. Choose the Mode

If you want to backup iTunes or iCloud data to Mac, you can choose the mode of "Recover from iTunes Backup" or "Recover from iCloud Backup". Here, this step is about back up iPhone data to Mac, so choose the mode of "Recover from iOS Device" and continue.

Step 3. Select the Data Type you want to Scan

Follow the interface as below, select the data type you want to scan, like contact, message, call history, photo, video and more. Then click "Next" button to let the program begin to scan your device.

Step 4. Preview and Choose Data to Back Up

After the scan, all the found data will be listed in the interface, including existing data on your phone, as well as deleted data. You can preview them one by one, and choose the data which you want to back up to Mac. Click "Recover" button to extract and back up them to your computer in one click. When the process is finish, you can directly read and enjoy them on Mac by yourself.