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  • How to back up your iPhone or iPad to an external drive to save space on your Mac

    surfsagesurfsage
    Similar to WL's issue --

    I did a little digging and thought I knew how to resolve this.  Alas, I need more guidance.  I will keep digging around until I find or figure out a solution.  (I am an old UNIX hack, so I am comfortable doing so).

    This no longer seems to work with Mojave by default due to OS security changes.  The ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync directory is locked down by the OS (not by a simple, standard chmod!).  I suspect we have to tweak System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Full Disk Access, but I am uncertain what application I need to enable to create the requisite symlink in Mojave.

    For a test, I tried adding each of the commands -- ls, ln, mv, rm as well as my bash script name -- to the Full Disk access list all to no avail.  For security purposes, I backed that out, but if that does not work, then I am stumped for now.

    Can you (or someone) help?

    A few years ago, I wrote a bash script on my MacBook and successfully used it until Mojave to replace the link to alternate periodically between my two external HDDs called A and B based on which one I had backed up to last as well as which HDD was currently connected.  I would love to get this working again.  Will not upgrade safely to iOS12 until I do.
    GinoM