Mac how to turn off itunes automatic backup

Now, a lot of people are using Mac computers. In the course of use, many users found that, at any time iOS devices linked to Apple Mac computer, the computer's itunes software will automatically synchronize and backup iOS devices. Although backup is very useful, we can directly recover the Iphone/ipad data when our iphone/ipad problems occur. But some friends want to turn off itunes's backup function, so how do we do that? The following small series to bring you mac turn off automatic backup of itunes.

Canceling itunes's backup capabilities for iOS devices

1. Quit itunes completely, run the terminal (Application-utility), and enter the following command:

Defaults write Com.apple.iTunes Devicebackupsdisabled-bool YES

2, open itunes, and connect to iOS devices, you will find that itunes will only sync the device, but will not back up the

Re-turn on the itunes Backup feature for iOS devices

1. Quit itunes completely, run the terminal (Application-utility), and enter the following command:

Defaults Delete Com.apple.iTunes devicebackupsdisabled

2, open itunes, and connect to iOS devices, you will find the itunes backup function recovery.