Other Apps Besides iTunes That'll Back Up All of iPhone's Contents?

Question

Hi. iTunes only backups or syncs in one direction, from iTunes to the iPhone but if you want to put the contents of the iPhone to the iTunes to overwrite what's on the iTunes, there's no feature yet for iTunes or iPhone to do that (anyone knows why Apple has not made that so?). I did wish it was straightforward and that you could just choose from or to which device you want to overwrite and you could see graphically the flow of data so you'd know exactly how it'll go about things.
What other third-party apps could back-up your iPhone contents completely?
Thank you in advance.
Gbu.

Answer 1

You're welcome.
I'm just wondering supposing if you just got a new Mac with a freshly installed OS (or a freshly installed OS X without back up) and supposing you already have an iPhone (or any iOS device) first which is filled with photos, movies, sms and third-party apps already. Upon syncing with iTunes (blank) on the new Mac does it mean the iPhone's contents will be erased because iTunes only syncs one way, from itself to the iPhone? What's the solution for situations like this?
Copied from my previous post.
+*The iPhone is not designed or intended to be a backup storage device or a stand alone device, so there is no reason for a backup of all iPhone contents especially since the overwhelming majority of iPhone contents should be and remain on your computer's hard drive which should be included with your computer's backup.*+
First and foremost, the iPhone is not designed or intended to be a backup storage device or a stand alone device. There is no excuse to not have a backup for all important data on your computer's hard drive - none whatsoever.
When syncing iTunes content with an empty iTunes library, all iTunes content on the iPhone will be erased. For the not too bright folks who don't maintain a backup for all important data on their computer's hard drive and namely their iTunes library or at least for some of it, iTunes includes an option to transfer iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store from an iPod, iPad, or iPhone, but this is for iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
Photos transferred from your computer to your iPhone (selected under the Photos tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes) are optimized for viewing on your iPhone as part of the iTunes sync/transfer process - the original resolution of these photos is reduced on your iPhone, which is why the transfer of photos from your computer is a one way transfer process only. Photos on your computer's hard drive should be included with your computer's backup along with all other important data. There is no excuse for not having a backup for your computer's most important data.
Any third-party apps (freeware if possible) that'll put the iPhone's contacts to OS X's address book and/or the SMS to OS X at least?
Also copied from my previous post.
+*Although your iPhone contacts are included with your iPhone's backup, contacts are designed to be synced with a supported address book application on your computer. Your contacts should be available on your computer regardless - with or without an iPhone or any cell phone, which can be lost or stolen.*+
Contacts are important data to most people, so contacts should already be available on your computer and be included with your computer's backup along with all other important data. With an empty supported address book application, before the first sync for this data enter one contact in the supported address book application on your computer. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.
SMS/MMS are not synced - there is no supported OS X or Windows application to sync SMS/MMS. SMS/MMS are included with your iPhone's backup, which is updated by iTunes as the first step during the iTunes sync process. There are a number of 3rd party apps/utilities that provide for extracting this data from your iPhone's backup on your computer. Here is one such app/utility.
http://mobilesyncbrowser.com/
The photos are easier to back up using Image Viewer or iPhoto).
iPhoto or Image Capture on a Mac can be used for importing photos/videos from the iPhone's Camera Roll, but this is not a backup - not technically. Although photos/videos in the Camera Roll are included with your iPhone's backup which is updated by iTunes as the first step during the iTunes sync process, photos/videos on the Camera Roll can and should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera. All photos/videos imported from the iPhone's Camera Roll and from any other digital camera along with all other photos on your computer's hard drive should be included with your computer's backup along with all other important data. Apple makes maintaining a backup easy or much easier with Time Machine.