Multiple backups of same iPhone possible?

Hello,
Does anyone know if it is possible to have multiple backups of the same iPhone on your computer? I have tried changing the name of the phone (ex. my_iPhone, myiPhoneA) but it still only lists one phone (the most recent name) in the "iPhones backed up on this computer" list in itunes. If anyone has been able to do this, or just knows it could be done, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, does anyone know where the computer actually stores the backup info. Assuming I could overwrite an existing backup file with them, being able to navigate to and save those files would allow me to do pretty much what i am looking to.
thanks,
christian

Yes. It's possible to have more than one backup of your iPhone on your computer. The backup is stored in this folder: Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup in your users profile. You have to disconnect your iPhone, navigate to the folder, move that folder to another part of your computer, and then plug your iPhone back in. This should create another backup in that folder. Then if you add the folder that you moved back in. You'll have two different backups. This is a link to the article where I got this info from. It also has the other places backups are kept on your computer.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/22/more-on-iphone-backups

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Multiple backups of same iPhone on one computer possible?

Moved this over here from a different area in hopes of getting more eyeballs on it.
Does anyone know if it is possible to have multiple backups of the same iPhone on your computer? I have tried changing the name of the phone (ex. my_iPhone, myiPhoneA) but it still only lists one phone (the most recent name) in the "iPhones backed up on this computer" list in itunes. If anyone has been able to do this, or just knows it could be done, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, does anyone know where the computer actually stores the backup info. Assuming I could overwrite an existing backup file with them, being able to navigate to and save those files would allow me to do pretty much what i am looking to.
thanks,
christian

Yes. It's possible to have more than one backup of your iPhone on your computer. The backup is stored in this folder: Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup in your users profile. You have to disconnect your iPhone, navigate to the folder, move that folder to another part of your computer, and then plug your iPhone back in. This should create another backup in that folder. Then if you add the folder that you moved back in. You'll have two different backups. This is a link to the article where I got this info from. It also has the other places backups are kept on your computer.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/22/more-on-iphone-backups

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To avoid such a near miss in the future and to add some healthy redundancy into my life, I would like to be able to keep at least one additional backup copy of my iPhone data. Elsewhere it has been suggested to periodically copy the backup folder to another location. This seems terribly inefficient. Is there a more Apple-like way to create and manage multiple backups of my iPhone and iPad data?
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That's the only suggestion I have seen (or maybe renaming the files where they are). It is most un Apple-like for a person to want to do anything than how the programs are set up to do things! You're making life complicated.
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How, in iTunes, do I remove multiple backups of my iPhone that were backed up to the Cloud?

iOS 5 and later
Tap Settings, then tap the iCloud icon.
Tap Storage & Backup.
Tap Manage Storage.
Tap your iOS device in the Backups area.
Tap Delete Backup.
You will be asked to confirm this change. Deleting this backup will also turn off Backup of your iOS device. Choose Turn Off & Delete if you want to turn off Backup and remove all backups for this iOS device from iCloud.
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From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences, then Click iCloud.
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Open the Windows Control Panel:
In Windows 8, go to the Start screen and click the iCloud tile.
In Windows 7, choose Start > All Programs > iCloud > iCloud.
In the iCloud Control Panel for Windows, click Manage to view your iCloud storage.
Select Backup from the items listed.
Choose the backup for a specific device in the list provided, and select Delete to remove it from iCloud.
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I have two iPhones, both of which are iPhone 4 with latest iOS 6.1.2. Everytime I connect one iPhone with iTunes on my windows-based computer, it generates a new backup on the computer thus now there exist more than ten backups of this iPhone (labeled with different dates in iTunes->Preference->Devices). However, everytime I connect the other iPhone with iTunes, it updates the latest backup on the computer thus now there exist only two backups of that iPhone. I've not found any setting different betwee those two iPhones. Since sometimes I need to restore iPhone from an old backup, how can I explicitly ask iTunes to keep multiple backups like the former iPhone?
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I did a complete backup, reset and restore for my iPad 2 this morning (to ensure maximum performance with IOS 8.1). It worked like a charm, but now I have two seemingly identical backups in iTunes - one with a date in the title and the other without. I have the same situation with my iPhone 5. To make this even more puzzling, I performed the backup and restore using iCloud, but the backups are on my PC. Can anyone explain what is going on? I'd like to remove redundant backups, if possible, but I'm not sure which ones to get rid of (if any).

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I see you didn't comment on editing the numbers in the keypad, I believe you have that problem too but you forgot to click "I have this question too".
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