Stop iPhone backing up during sync

Is there a way to keep my iPhone from backing-up during a sync? There are times I want to quickly sync and not wait an hour for a back up.
Thank you.

Hi
This may help you
Launch iTunes on your computer. You don't need to connect your iPhone.
Click the "Edit" menu and choose "Preferences".
Click the "Devices" option.
Uncheck the option to "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from Syncing Automatically. Click "OK."
Connect your iPhone to your computer, if you haven't yet. Click the "This Computer" option in the Backups Section.
Uncheck the option to "Automatically Sync When This iPhone is Connected."
Click the "Apply" button. Your iPhone won't make backups automatically until you manually sync your iPhone with iTunes.
Hope this helps

Similar Messages

My iPad Air gets a error when I try to backup. It does sync properly. My iPhone backs up and syncs without isssue. I am running latest itunes and iOS 8 versions. Thank you.

My iPad Air gets an unknown error when I try to backup. It does sync properly. My iPhone backs up and syncs without isssue. I am running latest itunes and iOS 8 versions. Thank you.

Try rebooting your computer and reset the iPad. Press and hold both the Home button and the Sleep/Wake button continuously until the Apple logo appears. Then release the button and let the device restart. You will not lose data doing this. It's like a computer reboot.

IPHONE KEEPS REBOOTING DURING SYNC

my replacement iPhone keeps reboting during sync. Anyone have an idea as to why and what the solution may be? Thanks for the help!!

my replacement iPhone keeps reboting during sync. Anyone have an idea as to why and what the solution may be? Thanks for the help!!

I need to stop iphone photos from automatically syncing to my facebook.

I need to stop iphone photos from automatically syncing to my facebook.
iphone 5s
ios 7.1

IPhone photos don't automatically sync to Facebook.
However, you may have allowed your Facebook photos to sync into your phone's photo app.
If you don't want the Facebook photos to appear in your photo albums, turn off the option to sync Facebook photos.

"iTunes has stopped working" error message during syncing

I've downloaded the latest version of iTunes, and just started to download Podcasts. But now I get the error message during syncing....almost everytime. Is there a solution out there or update that I haven't downloaded??

Same problem here! Moreover, for some reason, the pictures in my iPhone 3GS somehow have been divided into 2 folders, Photos and Medialibrary. And when I open iPhone as a folder through the explorer I can see only the Photos folder, but cannot see the Medialibrary folder which stores the photos taken before updating/upgrading the iPhone and getting separated folders!!! What the hack with all of this?!!! When I connect iPhone to PC it automatically opens iTunes and starts syncronizing it, but at the process of OPTIMIZING the photos (and according to the number of photos it shows, I see that it tries to syncronize that invisible Medialibrary folder) the process suddenly stops and error message pops out Tried the sync test, tried the button DEBUG in that pop out message, but NOTHING HELPS!!! Also, when I open the Medialibrary in my iPhone, the screen get sblack all through scrolling it down, only the video clips are shown there... >.<
So, could you, apple developers, please, explain WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS ABOUT?!!!!!! FIX IT! I am getting ****** of to spend hours at the computer and reading those lame advises which do not help at all! I have my own things to do except reading your support websites. And I payed for the product ready to use, but not a halfproduct which problems should further be solved somehow by users..

Does Backing Up during sync take 20-30 minutes for everyone else?

Since the 2.0 upgrade, syncing takes one minute less than eternity. Well okay, not that long, but at least 1000% longer than it did before. The longest step is "Backup up iPod" which just crawls.
My syncs, which used to take less than a minute when I wasn't copying new music or shows over, now take at least 5 minutes, and have taken as long as 30 minutes.
Certainly this isn't normal? Anyone else seeing incredibly long sync time?

So I tried deleting my iTouch 2.0 backup file (first manually, by going into the\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup folder, and second via the iTunes:Preferences:Syncing dialog) - this makes no difference. Sync now apparently always Backs Up in the Windows environment as part of the Syncing process. Since Back Up and Sync are separate context-menu items for the iPod, shouldn't they be independent operations.
Also, it's not good backup policy to have exactly one backup (of your iPod 30 seconds ago) - has this change been implemented because of instability in the iTouch 2.0 release? (as a defense in case your iPod self-destructs during the Sync process) - if so, perhaps the backup will be removed / sped up in the first patch release.
Does the Mac environment show the same behavior change?

Recent video content on iPad/iPhone is reloading during sync.

Recently purchased video content is reloading to my devices even though the same content is already on the device.
Can successfully remove the video, and that stops the reload during subsequent syncs. If the content is put back, the reloading starts again in subsequent syncs.
Not the worst problem, but a big time and data consumer, and very annoying.
I have tried the following without success of stopping this behavior;
1.) Deleted the video in question from my library and downloaded it again from Apple.
2.) Downloaded/Reinstalled iTunes from Apple on my laptop.
3.) Device soft reset.
4.) Device factory reset and restored.
My current system is; OSX 10.9.3 and iTunes 11.2.2 running on MacBook Pro, while OS Version 7.1.1 resides on my iPhone 5S and iPad2.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Update to the above concern... not only does my video reload over and over on each subsequent sync after it is already on the device, I am now also seeing 2 apps just purchased do the same.
I figure this must be an iTunes or an Account issue as it is doing the same thing across devices.
Local Apple store had no idea what to suggest to correct this error tonight.

Iphone shuts off during sync! Whyt?

I have an issue with Itunes and syncing. I have the latest version of Itunes, however this problem existed even the previous version of Itunes. Anyway, the issue is whenever I try to sync, during the sync the iphone autumatically shuts off and restarts on its own. I am not running 2.0 on the iphone yet. I tried to install which automatically backs up but even then I get an error because the phone shuts off. Is anyone else having these problems? I have reinstalled Itunes and have pulled other USB devices off. I even switched the ports for the USB for the phone. Does anyone have any ideas? I been trying to figure this one out for a while. I know the first issue is the PC part. Just saving up to buy a new Mac. This is my work computer....URGGGHHH!

I have personally witnessed this with a coworker. During the restore process after the upgrade her screen would go completely blank and then after a while she would see an error message on her XP machine saying that the iphone cannot be restored error 1603 (or 1604).
When I plugged her phone into my MacBook and did a restore everything was different. Rather than get a blank screen we saw the apple logo and the circle down at the bottom indicating that it was doing something. We were able to completely restore her phone from my MacBook when she had not been able to restore her phone for 2 days on her XP. There seems to be some incompatibility between something running in Windows, for example in our office PC's we run Norton antivirus, that causes a problem with the device. It must somehow sense that whatever it is trying to do is a threat and is blocking its ability to communicate with iTunes.

ITunes not syncing to iPhone - Backed up & then synced the backup but....

I have the iPhone 3gs with the latest software on and also iTunes 10.
My phone has not been syncing with iTunes for some time now, I always had to sync it more than once for the new music to be on my phone. However it always showed under the iTunes tab of 'recently added'.
Whenever I put new music into the library or change apps I always backup my iPhone just so I know everything is saved and I've still got it. So yesterday I backed up my iPhone and then restored it, then restored iPhone from backup... However non of my apps are on the phone only the basic apple apps such as settings, safari etc.
I can't ring apple today as they are not open on a Sunday and I've looked through the apple help support sheets but theres nothing on there about if the backup failed. I did however today restore my phone from recovery mode but I still do not have any of the apps I purchased on my phone.
Can someone help please?

Welcome to the discussions,
app and other media, like songs for example, are not part of the backup, only app data and settings. More info about the content can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
But, unlike music, you can download apps again for free: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

HT1766 iPhone photos lost during syncing; are they still available

Today I decided to sync my iPhone 5 and download the new version of the operation system because of warnings in the news about security breaches with the older versions. When I plugged the device in and selected it, I was not presented with the option of syncing but was guided to a screen with two choices: 1) register a new device or 2) restore the device to the settings of the last backup (2/27/13). I chose restore since the device was already recognized by iTunes when I plugged it in. There was no dialogue warning me that restoring means that you will be deleting any new data stored on the phone since the last backup. This is a crucial piece of information worthy of a red flag and warning similar to those you get if you attempt to delete a photo or contact. I proceeded through the restore process; eventually, there appeared an error message saying that the restore had failed. I unplugged the iPhone then plugged it in again. This time, I was guided to the screen for syncing and proceeded to sync apps, calendar, photos (there is no music on the device). When I finished, I discovered that many, many of my most precious photos and the albums I had created to arrange themon the iPhone were missing, although many of them remain. Most of the photos on the iPhone at this time are those that were already stored on the computer in Picasa while many of the iPhone photos I was attempted to save by syncing have disappeared. Is there any chance of recovering these photos, either on the computer or on the iPhone? My Photo Stream option was on for the photos, but most of them were apparently not captured and are missing from Photo Stream on the computer and on the iPhone.

I am not computer savy....I was trying to add some contacts and it would not let me. My grandaughter told me I had to sync phone. I did something stupid I told it to restore to last back up. I got all old contact information. I messed with it until I got my current contacts back. Everything is back to normal except my photos are gone.

I can see my iPhone 4s in iTunes, but when i make a change on iTunes or on my iPhone, nothing changes during sync

When iphone is connected to itunes, under tab>apps i can see my springboard. when i move or delete an application on my springboard on itunes and then sync, nothing changes. its like i cant change anything on my iphone 4s through itunes. all the changes i make on my iphone or my itunes, after the sync everything is the same.
Please help!!!!!
I tried to restore my iphone, it fixed my problem half a day, andthen the same problem came back.

I also noticed that my contacts arent being synced to my address book. What the **** is the problem, i never had these kind of problems with my last 3 iphones.
TO CKUAN: I cant risk to restore as new as long as im aware that my contacts arent gonna come back, cuz my contacts are not being synced with my addressbook

Backing up during sync taking extremely long time

i unboxed my iPad, activated, then downloaded some apps straight on the device. went back to sync about 3 hours ago and its about 75% done with the "Backing up" stage in iTunes. its definitely moving, just ever so slowly. reminds me of the slow backups in iPhone OS 2.0
anyone else seeing this?
Message was edited by: nabilshahid

My initial restore from my iPhone backup to my iPad took over an hour. I then added seven movies (~12GB) and synched the configuration changes I wanted on the iPad. That backup only took ~5 minutes on my 2.8GHz iMac with 4GB memory. I plugged directly into a USB jack on the back of the iMac.

How to stop iPhone automatically disconnecting during an iTunes update?

When I'm updating my iPhone on my brother's laptop or my grandfather's computer iTunes updates my iPhone well, but when I try to update my iPhone on iTunes on my computer, it will say "8 hours remaining" or during the "8 hour" update it will say that my iPhone has been disconnected during the update. I won't even touch the phone and this message would still appear. Can someone please help me because I really want to upgrade to ios 6 and this is the only thing that is in my way. Could this be a problem with my computer or my iPhone?
Thanks, for future references

Probably a slow internet connection where your at
the update is very large (700mb ish) so it can take a very long time to download (roughly the sice of 250 mp3s for example)
Best bet is to go somewhere where else with wifi (starbucks, mcdonalds, etc) and try the update there

Ipad gets stuck in "backing up" during sync. How do i get sync to work?

I updated my version of Itunes. I plugged in my Ipad to sync and it also needed an update to its software. It extracted the software and then moves to "backing up", but gets stuck for hours w/ only appx. 5% of back up complete. I have cancelled sync and tr-tried this several times and the result is the same. I deleted the old back ups. Nothing seems to work. Any suggestions? Itunes is version 10.4.0.80. Version on Ipad shows 4.3.3
thank you

This happens to me often. I am unable to pin down what exactly causes it but I have discovered how to get it to sync. I delete the iPad backup from within iTunes and then hard reset it (by holding the top button and home button until the screen turns off) and then I force quit iTunes. I then restart iTunes and plug in the still-turned-off iPad allowing the connection with iTunes to boot up the iPad. From here, the sync will almost always work, albiet after a long backup process. This is normal, I believe, because iTunes needs to rebuild the iPad backup from scratch. By the way, I'm assuming you're on Mac OS X. I have no idea if this would work in Windows.

Is application data backed up during Sync?

A first generation iPhone and ITunes (8.02-20) on an iMac (10.5-6).
I bought an app called To Do's and use it. I would be in trouble if I lost the data. The application syncs, but does iTunes backup the data that I have put into To Do's? How can I verify the backup was successful? Can I view the To Do on the iMac? Even if the data was in text only at least I would have something in case of disaster. Is such a backup application dependent?
+All help is appreciated!+

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

Stop iPhone backing up during sync

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for