How to Transfer iTunes Backup Files from Windows to Mac? Planning to switch from Windows to Mac and don’t want iTunes backups to be left behind? Here’s how to copy iTunes backup folder and files from Windows PC to Mac.
Transfer Backup Files from Windows to Mac
Step 1. Open file sharing on Mac
Click the Apple menu click System Preferences…>>>Sharing select File Sharing on Mac click to enable File Sharing feature.
Click Options… >> Share files and folders using SMB then select your user account and enter your password to verify.
Transfer Backup Files from Windows to Mac
Step 2. Show iTunes backup folder on Mac
iTunes backup files on Mac are hidden by default. To access the iTunes backup folder on Mac from other computers, you need to show this folder first. To access and show the user library on Mac, you can do it by following these steps.
Access Mac iTunes backup folder from Windows PC
To connect to Mac File Sharing from a Windows 10 PC, right-click the Windows menu in the bottom left corner, select Run from the drop-down menu, or press the Windows + R key combination on your keyboard to open it simultaneously and open the Run window.
In the Run box, type your Mac IP address, such as \ 192.168.1.xxx, and then click OK. You will see the authentication dialog box. Enter your Mac username and password to continue.In the Run box, type your Mac IP address, such as \\ 192.168.1.xxx, and then click OK. You will see the authentication dialog box. Enter your Mac username and password to continue.
When you open the Mac user library folder in Windows File Explorer, browse to the iTunes backup folder ~ / Library / Application Support / MobileSync / Backup / . “~” represents the Home folder of the logged in user. For example, if your username is Hilalay, the iTunes backup files on your Mac will be saved in the Hilalay / Library / Application Support / MobileSync / Backup / directory.
Step 4. Find itunes backup files on PC and copy them to Mac
For Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, the iTunes backup path is \ Users \ (username) \ AppData \ Roaming \ Apple Computer \ MobileSync \ Backup \. Note that the iTunes backup folder is also hidden on the Windows computer.
…. Each subfolder under \MobileSync\Backup\ represents an iTunes backup file. If you have backed up your iOS device 3 times using iTunes, you should find 3 subfolders. You can view the folder modification date to find the most recent backups.If you have backed up several iPhones and/or iPads in iTunes, run iTunes on your PC, click the Edit menu, select Preferences…, go to the Devices tab in the Device Preferences window. Here you can find a list of all device backups in iTunes with your device name and backup date/time….. Each subfolder under \MobileSync\Backup\ represents an iTunes backup file. If you have backed up your iOS device 3 times using iTunes, you should find 3 subfolders. You can view the folder modification date to find the most recent backups.If you have backed up several iPhones and/or iPads in iTunes, run iTunes on your PC, click the Edit menu, select Preferences…, go to the Devices tab in the Device Preferences window. Here you can find a list of all device backups in iTunes with your device name and backup date/time.
Copy the iTunes backup files and folders from Windows PC and paste them into the iTunes backup folder via SMB on Mac. It takes about 12 minutes to transfer an iTunes backup from Windows 10 to Macbook, which is more than 2 minutes. The average file transfer speed is about 3 MB/s. I hope this was a useful article.
