[X4U] Time Machine purposely not backing up ~/MobileSync? SOLVED

[Michael Elliott]

I've actually found my own answer with a little Googling:

"iphone+mobilesync+"Time Machine""

Apparently, there is a .plist entry somewhere that specifically  
excludes the ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync  directory from  
being included in Time Machine backups.

Ugh!!! Apple, why would you do this?

Read about it:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6963715


On Apr 10, 2008, at 11:38 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> I upgraded my iPhone firmware for the first time since July to the  
> newest iteration.  (Had previously Jailbroken the phone so I could  
> install 3rd-party apps. )
>
> Restore and Firmware upgrade went smoothly, but it wasn't until  
> afterwards that I noticed that I had erased my old Notes on my  
> iPhone.  No problem, I thought, I'll go into Time Machine, find  
> where Apple stores those Notes, and extract them.
>
> I found through some Googling that you go to ~/Library/Application  
> Support/MobileSync/Backups/ to find the appropriate backups, stored  
> as .mdbackup files.
>
> Unfortunately, when I check in Time Machine in that directory, the  
> MobileSync folder exists only in the most recent, hourly backup of  
> my drive.
>
> I can't find any trace of it just a few hours ago, much less a  
> couple of weeks ago.
>
> Can anybody else with an iPhone and Time Machine check out their ~/ 
> Library/Application Support/    directory to see if MobileSync  
> exists there, and if it goes Back In Time?
>
> Michael
>
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