Backing up data on old MACBOOK and iPhone 3
Hi all,
What is the best way to help my friend back up her data?
I have a friend with an older white MacBook running I believe 10.5 and an older iPhone three or three GS
Currently the MacBook has only 10 gigs free
And her iPhone 3g has over 4000 pictures
As far as I know nothing has ever been backed up before! Yikes!
GOAL : back up all her MacBook and iPhone data
Question: what is the best course of action?
MY THINKING…
1 - get an external drive and back up the computer first using carbon copy cloner or superduper
2 - empty some space so that the MacBook has many more gigabytes to work with
3 - back up (SYNC) the iPhone to the MacBook - now that there are more gigabytes free
4 - now back up the MacBook second time with all the Data from the iPhone included
Q: Is that the best way to go?
ALSO…
As a short-term solution I was thinking if I could attach her old iPhone three to my MacBook Pro which is already synced to my iPhone five
Q: - if I connect her iPhone three using USB– Can I just use image capture out to grab all her photos for safety? With that in any way screw up her syncing connections to her MacBook later? What about My iPhone 5 after….. ex… what devices are connected it asks if you want to trust this computer? Can someone explain exactly what that means– And how it affects your main computer syncing later?
any help would be appreciated on this
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