Stops the backup process of iPhone in iTunes (Mac and Windows)

The other day he commented exploiting the launch of iTunes 7.7.1 and the insufferable eternal backup processes carried out by the application every time I connect my iPhone. A real ordeal that should be turned on and off at our whim, or at least done in a much smarter and more selective (if I have 14 GB of music on the iPhone, I do not need to be copied back to iTunes, of That is where he went!). Some have commented on the possibility of pressing the button to cancel (the “X” next to the message that is being done backup) but it seems that iTunes will update the last backup on the fly, and canceling the process could corrupt the copy question.

Fortunately, there are safer alternatives and that no permanent force us to cancel the process over and over again. If you use Mac OS X, the solution is as simple as downloading and running the application Backup disabled that just shows a button activation or deactivation and a state that is currently the parameter.

Moreover, users of iTunes for Windows, kids UNEASYsilence have found the steps to follow, although in a somewhat more spartan:

* You need to locate the file iTunesPrefs.xml, usually located at C: Documents and SettingsnombredeusuarioApplication DataApple ComputeriTunes or C: Documents and SettingsnombredeusuarioLocal SettingsApplication DataApple ComputeriTunes. Unless we find it, assure you that you have enabled display hidden files.
* Make a copy of the file in question.
* Open with a text editor, look for a section called “User Preferences and paste the following code after the first label” dict “:

<key> DeviceBackupsDisabled </ key>
<data>
dHJ1ZQ ==
</ data>

… so that is something like this:

Save the file, and restart iTunes despídete of backups. To re-activate them, removes the code to insert or replace the file by the original copy.

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