Backup Iphone 4 Without Itunes

If for some reason you don’t want to use iTunes in order to backup your iPhone 4, you should know that the software market built around this smartphone makes available some alternatives that are more than worth considering. If you are interested, here are some possibilities that I was able to discover with just a little research.

A first alternative that allows you to backup an iPhone 4 without iTunes is 4Media iPhone Max, an iPhone manager that can automatically create backups of your iPhone 4’s content on any targeted computer. If you are interested in discovering how you are supposed to use the capabilities of this software to your advantage, here’s a list of simple steps that you will have to follow. The first thing you need to do is download the software mentioned and install it on your computer. In the next step, you will have to connect the iPhone 4 to your computer and wait until 4Media iPhone Max automatically recognizes your smartphone and displays device information. You will then have to browse the content of your iPhone from within the software and select the files that you want or need to backup. After the selection is made, you will have to click a drop-down button that says “Export Checked Files to Local Folder” and then choose “Export to Local” in order to be able make a choice regarding the destination folder and launch the actual file transfer. In a few minutes you will see that a backup of all the files of your choice has been made available in the destination folder.

You should also know that, besides easily backing up your iPhone, this iPhone manager is also able to transfer files between your computer and iPhone, convert any video or music file to a format compatible with iPhones and rip and copy DVD content on your Apple smartphone.

Another method that allows you to create iPhone backups without iTunes is made possible by iPhone Explorer. This app will help you backup a category of data that iTunes is not pretty good at backing up: third party apps. With the help of iPhone Explorer you will be able to create backups of such apps on your computer or copy them along with their settings to another iOS device or a computer. The best news is that the use of this app’s capabilities doesn’t involve jailbreaking your iOS device. In addition, you will no longer have to go through the trouble of creating full backups and syncing with iTunes in order to make sure your iPhone third party apps are properly backed up. Isn’t that a powerful enough reason to start using this app?

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