iPhone 3GS: Permanently Disable iTunes Backup Process (Windows)

Posted by Mitch on Sep 05, 2009 under iPhone Tips | No Comment

The iPhone backup process while syncing takes forever. If you don’t give a hoot about backing up your data, you can permanantly disable backing up.

1. Close out of iTunes.

2. Press Windows Key + R, or click Start > Run.

3. Type:

“%CommonProgramFiles%\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\defaults.exe” write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool true

and press Enter.

Note: If you copy and paste this command, you may need to retype the quotes.

Now try enjoy backup free iPhone syncing!

If you wish to enable backups again, use the command below:

“%CommonProgramFiles%\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\defaults.exe” write com.apple.iTunes AutomaticDeviceBackupsDisabled -bool false