Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Backup Faster http://www.officecafe.com/blog/2009/06/iphone-3-0-backup-faster/ Computer Tips and Tricks Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://www.officecafe.com/blog/2009/06/iphone-3-0-backup-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-2214 David Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:29:18 +0000 http://www.officecafe.com/blog/?p=342#comment-2214 @Karen I wonder how many "large data" apps you have on your iPhone. Perhaps there is an app on your phone that notoriously slows the backup process. It would be great to figure out if the backup process could be sped up by removing that app before backing up the iPhone. I have been doing a lot of reading in the Apple Support Discussion regarding the <strong><a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2044778&start=45&tstart=0" rel="nofollow">Slow Backup Process</a></strong> and found that most people with slow backups have solved the problem by going in to iTunes and disabling many of the apps that keep a large cache on your iPhone. The biggest offenders seem to be news outlets that cache a lot of articles for later reading. You can disable them by not allowing iTunes to sync them. Then do the backup. Then re-enable them. See the discussion for the details. @Karen I wonder how many “large data” apps you have on your iPhone. Perhaps there is an app on your phone that notoriously slows the backup process. It would be great to figure out if the backup process could be sped up by removing that app before backing up the iPhone.

I have been doing a lot of reading in the Apple Support Discussion regarding the Slow Backup Process and found that most people with slow backups have solved the problem by going in to iTunes and disabling many of the apps that keep a large cache on your iPhone. The biggest offenders seem to be news outlets that cache a lot of articles for later reading. You can disable them by not allowing iTunes to sync them. Then do the backup. Then re-enable them. See the discussion for the details.

]]> By: Karen LH http://www.officecafe.com/blog/2009/06/iphone-3-0-backup-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-2213 Karen LH Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:17:24 +0000 http://www.officecafe.com/blog/?p=342#comment-2213 My backup was 40% complete after 8 hours. I canceled the backup to complete the sync. I'm glad that other people are having better results, but I'm pretty frustrated. My backup was 40% complete after 8 hours. I canceled the backup to complete the sync. I’m glad that other people are having better results, but I’m pretty frustrated.

]]> By: stooovie http://www.officecafe.com/blog/2009/06/iphone-3-0-backup-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-2212 stooovie Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:48:40 +0000 http://www.officecafe.com/blog/?p=342#comment-2212 I do too! With 2.2.1, it took 4 hours without batting an eyelash. Now, with comparable amounts of data, it took under 5 minutes! I do too! With 2.2.1, it took 4 hours without batting an eyelash. Now, with comparable amounts of data, it took under 5 minutes!

]]> By: David http://www.officecafe.com/blog/2009/06/iphone-3-0-backup-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 David Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:17:36 +0000 http://www.officecafe.com/blog/?p=342#comment-2209 Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you had the same experience. I was beginning to wonder if anybody else got better backup performance. There still seem to be quite a few complaints out there. One thing in common (with slow backups) seems to be how many apps are loaded and whether or not those apps store a lot of data on the iPhone. Thanks for the comment! I’m glad you had the same experience. I was beginning to wonder if anybody else got better backup performance. There still seem to be quite a few complaints out there. One thing in common (with slow backups) seems to be how many apps are loaded and whether or not those apps store a lot of data on the iPhone.

]]> By: Chris http://www.officecafe.com/blog/2009/06/iphone-3-0-backup-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-2208 Chris Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:39:06 +0000 http://www.officecafe.com/blog/?p=342#comment-2208 Yes i have experienced the same with backup being much quicker since updating to OS 3.0 it was rather annoying before having to wait for ages for it to finish. Yes i have experienced the same with backup being much quicker since updating to OS 3.0 it was rather annoying before having to wait for ages for it to finish.

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