2 Best Alternatives to iTunes for iPhone

iTunes 11.3 was released today, brought the new feature that it is able to add iTunes Extras for HD Movies, and the new content will be added automatically to previously purchased iTunes movies for free. Yet, the iPhone and iPad users have to wait for the release of iOS 8 this fall. Well, sometimes iTunes also would make iPhone, iPad users disappointed that they may want to find the iTunes alternative. In this article, two alternatives to iTunes for iPhone, in particular, the data management function, will be highly recommended.

1.    iAny Manager- Alternative to iTunes for iPhone Backup

iAny Manager is an awesome substitute for iTunes to backup and restore iPhone data but better than iTunes.

You can backup iPhone data with iTunes, the result is to create an iTunes backup file on the computer, however, this backup file is unreadable or rewriteable. Every time you synced iPhone with iTunes, the backup file will be updated and all the files in the last backup file will be covered. Even worse, after the restore, data in iPhone will be deleted! Fortunately iAny Manager have worked out these problems.

iAny Manager provides two ways for iPhone data backup:
The first method: Transfer iPhone data to computer as readable and editable file.
The second method: Backup all iPhone data on PC as backup file. The backup times is unlimited and won’t cover the last one. 

2.    Tenorshare iPhone Data Recovery- Alternative to iTunes for iPhone Data Restore

 

As we mentioned above, all the files on iPhone will be overwritten after restoring data from iTunes backup with iTunes, and iPhone data recovery is able to avoid this point and do iTunes what can’t do.

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-Restore iPhone Data from iTunes Backup: The advantage of this recovery mode not only because it won’t delete the current data on iPhone, but also because this way needn’t iPhone. Just imagine if your iPhone is stolen, lost, broken, water damaged, how can you restore data into iPhone?

-Restore iPhone Data from iCloud Backup: Likewise, no iPhone is required, and no iPhone data are deleted after recovery, just need iCloud account and password. The most important point is this program allows restoring data from iCloud selectively which will save you a lot of time.

-Recover iPhone Data without Backup: No one can help you if you do not have a backup before iPhone data recovery program was developed. So, this recovery mode has a great significance.

Note: iTunes installed in the computer is required when use these two iTunes alternatives for iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4/3GS.

How to Backup your iPhone 5S Data to iTunes and iCloud or Computer

It is essential that learning iPhone 5S data backup technology, for it can ensure the safety of your files that you can easily to restore iPhone data from backup. Do not lay emphasis on this problem? I think the iPhone users who have encountered iOS 7 update and blue screen of death could realized the significance of data backup. I won't make you regret to read this article. In the following, I will show you how to backup iPhone 5S file in the order of the title.

One. How to Backup iPhone 5S with iTunes

iTunes not only the music play program but also help to manage Apple devices. These are step-by-step instructions on how to backup your iPhone using iTunes.

1.    Check whether your iTunes version has been update to the latest one by going to Help > Check for Updates.
2.    With iCloud is enable you can’t create a backup with iTunes, so you must go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup and turn off the iCloud Backup switch.
3.    Run iTunes and connect iPhone 5s to computer. In iTunes, right-click (or Ctrl-click) on your device, which appears in the leftmost pane under Devices. Choose Back Up.

 

Two. How to Backup iPhone 5S file with iCloud

Is there any way to backup iPhone data without iTunes? Yes, that’s iCloud. iCloud is the solution from Apple that used cloud-based storage.

Here's how to manually create a backup on iPhone 5S with iCloud:
Step 1: This way need to operate in a networked environment so make sure your iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network.
Step 2: Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
Step 3: Tap Storage & Backup, then Back Up.

Three. How to backup iPhone 5S data to computer

Every time you update the backup in iTunes, the old backup will be covered, and the iCloud backup is limited, then iPhone Data Recovery program is the smart way that helps you backup iPhone data to the computer perfectly and without limits.

The process is very simple. First, you need to download iPhone Data Recovery and install it on your computer. Connect your iPhone 5S with computer and click “Start Scan”. When the scanning is over, you can choose the files you want to backup and click “Recover” to save them on your computer.

Thanks for reading,and stay tuned for more techniques of iPhone 5S data recovery, as well as iPhone 5S tricks.