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By Selena KomezUpdated on March 16, 2017


How to backup my previous SMS from iPhone 6S to Mac without iTunes?Do I need to get help of some data backup tools?Please sent me your advice.Thank you so much.”-Matthew

What data stored on your iPhone contain most important personal information that you don’t want to lose it?Photos?Contacts?For me,text messages.I used iPhone 6S for 2 years,now there are a mount of SMS saved on my text box.iTunes is really a good tool to manage iPhone data, while it also has drawbacks. You can’t backup iPhone data with iTunes selectively. And the iTunes backup file is a SQLite database, which makes you can’t read your iPhone SMS backup on computer after syncing SMS via iTunes.Here I will introduce the best tools for you which base on my experience to complete the data backup job on Mac freely.

Safely Backup iPhone SMS on Mac without iTunes

Phone Transfer is designed for backup iPhone SMS on Mac without iTunes indeed.Thanks to Phone Transfer,you could sync several types of iPhone data to Mac/PC with few clicks,including contacts,SMS,photos,videos,call logs,apps,calendar,music.Simple and efficient.Additionally,Phone Transfer allows to restore data on mobile device from backup,erase data from device cleanly,transfer data between two mobile device easily even though it run different operated system.Supported most of mobile phones,not only iOS device,but also Android device:such as,iPhone 7/6S/6;Samsung (Galaxy S7/S6/S5,Note 5),Google (Pixel,Nexus),Huawei (Mate 9,P9),ZTE,Motorola,HTC,Sony,Lenovo,LG,etc,.

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How to Backup SMS from iPhone 7/6S/6 to Mac

Step 1.Run Phone Transfer on Mac and Select the Backup Mode
First of all,run Phone Transfer on Mac.Click “Back Up Your Phone“ in the home page of program.

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PS:If you want to customize the location of your backup folder.Simply click the menu on the right top of the window and then choose “Settings” to do this.Once you are finish with the location folder, click “Ok”.

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Step 2.Connect iPhone 7/6S/6 to the Mac
Connect your iPhone to Mac via an USB cable.Make sure that Phone Transfer detects your device.

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Step 3.Select Files to Backup on Mac
Check the files you would like to backup.Such as “Contacts”,”Text Messages”,”Photos”,”Videos”,”Music”.For SMS backup,you should click “Text messages“.

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Step 4.Backup SMS from iPhone 7/6S/6 to Mac without iTunes
If everything is ready,click on “Start Copy” to begin the transfer process.Keep the phones connected until the entire process is end.

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