My solution to slow iPhone / iPad backups

I unplugged my Digital Concepts Card Reader (model no. CR-70R).

My iPhone was taking 12+ hours to backup. iTunes would write it’s .mdinfo and .mddata files at the rate of about 2 per minute.

Search the internet for “slow iPhone backups” and you’ll find as many different solutions as Google returns hits. None were working for me.

On a hunch, I started unplugging other USB devices. The moment I unplugged this card reader, the backup files began appearing at the rate of about 300 a minute.

Try unplugging those devices!

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