Comments on: Tip o' the Week: Backup Blues Begone!

By: drhundertwasser

drhundertwasser — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:10:35 +0000

i also hit the X... but some have said that causes corrupted files on occasion. so it's not a perfect solution.

By: Bobowski

Bobowski — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:03:12 +0000

I've also been hitting X. Seems much simpler than going in and switching the settings. And occasionally it's nice to actually let the backup run. I'd hate to have to reconfigure when I felt like backing up.

By: Yegor H.

Yegor H. — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:47:51 +0000

@Jenny and @Zyber Joe

You're absolutely right. Instead of digging in terminals, first try the obvious

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:53 +0000

It's VERY odd that it's so slow!

@Jenny and @Zyber Joe -

That works for me sometimes, but I've found that iTunes gets a little crashy and loses its connection to the iPhone about half the time I try it.

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:28 +0000

Why does it take 20 minutes to back up about 20MB of data? I can copy an entire CD's worth of music to my iPhone in about a minute or two. That's what USB 2.0 is for. 480mbps and it creeps along at modem speed?

By: Zyber Joe

Zyber Joe — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:37:56 +0000

I do the same thing with the grey "x"

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:51:52 +0000

Ummm... I may be doing this wrong, but all I've been doing when I'm in a rush and don't want to wait for the backup, is press the little grey 'x' that appears right next to where it tells you it's backing up your phone.

This will skip the backup and go right on to syncing. That way, I let the phone back-up when I have time, or I skip it when I just want a quick sync.