Actually my thing is to save each installer in a folder on my external drive so 
if I restore I can jut ctrl click on the restore button in itunes and downgrade 
to what ever was before the IOS upgrade.
On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote:

> Theres not really any point in backing up the ios installers.
> 1: If your thinking of being able to downgrade to something older
> using this method then it won't work.
> 2: If you're worried that you might some how break your phone and are
> wanting to preserve the files to do a factory restore theres no point
> since iTunes takes care of this for you.
> 
> On 30/11/2010, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hmm I don't remember having been asked to install a carrier update. Just the
>> ones from apple. but I will keep that in mind.
>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> You are normally asked to install these carrier updates if necessary after
>>> an update, or whenever one is available for your provider. You have
>>> probably had one of these at some point, so it's andy to know where they
>>> are.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Nic
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>>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I don't think at&t downloaded stuff for me to that folder but yeah I
>>>> googled and found that longish path and thte bigish file. lol!
>>>> 
>>>> S
>>>> On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello Sarah,
>>>>> 
>>>>> The update will be stored in ~/library/iTunes/iPhone SOftware Updates.
>>>>> In the iTunes folder, you will also find carrier updates related to
>>>>> carrier changes if you ever need them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Nic
>>>>> 
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>>>>> On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello. I accidentally said to update rather then download so I could
>>>>>> update later. Where is the download saved so I can copy it to an
>>>>>> external drive if I ever need to restore it? I'm in the middle of
>>>>>> doinga podcast on this and I am stuck, or screwed. lol! the download is
>>>>>> going very well btw.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Take care all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sarah Alawami
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>>>>>> aim: [email protected]:
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125
>>>>>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com
>>>>>> Mobile site for podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The early bird gets the worm. The late worm gets to live.
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