How to save iPhone backups and messages on a Mac?

I'm about to wipe my 2011 MacBook Pro running osx mavericks and I would like to keep my imessages I have on there and my iPhone backups. Is there a way to do that? Like to export them to some other device then put then back on my mad after I have wiped it?

Generally your iPhone's data should sync to an iCloud Account or Apple ID if you have one. You can check by going to your iPhone's settings>iCloud. See if your data is backed up on iCloud.

If it is not synced, you can go to ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ and copy the files to an external storage device like a memory card or USB.
Than when your MacBook is clean reinstalled, restored those files back to the location.

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