jgeekw wrote:
ok I got mine to work. Here's what I did: instead of using the shortcut directory (%APPDATA%....), I typed out the entire directory path and it worked. Hope this helps.
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WeedWhackerDood wrote:
This is a great process! I have been backing up Crapple iTunez data and it has eaten up tons of HDD space. Speaking with Crapple Lack of Customer No Support, where they informed me that the default backup path could not be changed. Finding this process has enabled me to clear space off of my SSD and dump this data to another locally attached HDD.
NOTE: I tried to create the link to place the data onto my NAS, however, that would not work and I had to point it to a local HDD. I REALLY want my data on my NAS as it is protected via RAID and I can always rely on that storage location vs. loss of my secondary HDD.
Thanks for the process, it has saved me and I have sent the article to Crapple with a HUGE SMILE on my face.
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Jaffar Shariff wrote:
Hi Guys I use Windows XP and I'm stuck at the stage when you say to hold the shift key and right click at window pane... I dont get the option "open cmd prompt here" option at all what do I do?
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How to Change the Backup Location of iTunes (or Any Windows App)
howtogeek wrote:
Originally published at: http://www.howtogeek.com/164275/how-to-change-the-backup-location-of-itunes-or-any-windows-app/
The vast majority of Windows applications park their backups and bulky data directories right on the primary partition. This means the precious space on your SSD is chewed up by backups, a less than ideal situation. Read on as we show you how to move your backups to a data disk.
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Jim Walsh wrote:
Another reason to do this symbolic linking occurs to me. I like to keep the operating system and programs on an operating system partition and data on a separate data partition. I keep scheduled disk image backups of each partition for a few weeks on another drive. This symbolic linking should make it easy to restore the operating system and programs to an earlier state without affecting data by keeping it all on the data partition. If I decide I don't like something I've installed (or find there is malware in my operating system partition), I can usually find a recent operating system partition disk image to restore to without having the data overwritten with old data. Therefore, keeping the operating system partition as free of data as possible reduces unwanted data loss when I restore the operating system partition.
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Miriam Stark wrote:
Usually I don't have any issues following the directions in these articles, however I can't seem to get this one to work. The most recent error I have is "Location not available" when I click on the Backup shortcut. Has anyone else had any difficulty with this? It looks like a very useful thing; I would like to get it to function. Thanks.
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Gerard Mc Carthy wrote:
You must create the backup directory folder on your "G:" (or similar) drive. Should solve your problem if you got the <<===>> symbol from command prompt.
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Jack Kitchen wrote:
You say"Initiate an iTunes backup" I am lost, because I don't know how to do that. Could someone tell me how to do that.
Details please.jkitc
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dpb wrote:
Connect your device to your computer with iTunes on it. Once it shows in "Devices" (in the left sidebar), right-click next to devices and choose "BACKUP".
Also an automatic backup is usually done when you connect your device or when you sync it to sync your purchases.AfaIk, the 'change of backup in iTunes' only works if you actually backup to it. A lot of users use iCloud instead. Would be interesting to find out if that backup could be copied to a computer to a location of choice.
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dpb wrote:
I had "location not available" too at first. I solved the problem by formatting the new drive first. Make sure it's FAT32. I used an empty USB stick. Make sure everything on there is temporarily moved, otherwise it will get lost during formatting. In Computer, right-click and choose format. After that, create a new folder in it called iTunes and a subfolder within that called Backup.
In the original MobileSync folder on drive C:\, I made sure, that in the command line, the new location is divided by backslashes. Like so
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "F:\iTunes\Backup"press ENTER. Notice that the slash before J is a forward slash and all others are backslashes. Now try clicking on the new "Backup" in the original MobileSync folder and create a textfile.
It showed up perfectly for me. Of course to continue with this, make sure the stick is plugged in when a backup of iTunes is performed.
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Jack Kitchen wrote:
Thank you very much. Everything worked great. One problem along the way. This part I had to type in manually: mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "F:\iTunes\Backup" - It would not accept a copy & paste. I tried a number of times, but when I typed it in it accepted it.
I have made other symbolic links in the past, so I was familiar with it.jkitc
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dpb wrote:
I am not sure which OS you have...I am on Windows 7 (Command Prompt might be different on yours).
Once I copied the link in the post for the command prompt with CTRL+C, I'll right-click within the title bar of command prompt and choose
EDIT and PASTE followed by pressing ENTER.
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Jon Woellhaf wrote:
I can also paste to the command window by right clicking the prompt and clicking paste.
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Jack Kitchen wrote:
Here's a neat trick,while still in the command prompt in the MobileSync folder, type in dir and ENTER and it will show this: JUNCTION Backup B:\iTunes Backup
This is another verification that the symbolic link was created.
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Roel Wyman wrote:
Not quite clear on one point: I want to move all my iTunes files to another disk, not just the backup. If I follow these instructions, can I delete my files on C:? If not, what's the best way to transfer my iTunes library tom another drive?
Roel
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Miriam Stark wrote:
I think my problem is that I want to put it in a different place on the C drive. (so that it is not picked up by a roaming profile. our users are allowed to have music but not on the server).
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Will_Patey wrote:
Im getting "'mklink' is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file".
Any ideas why?!
Help!
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Frank479 wrote:
I tried this awhile ago (moving my entire iTunes folder from my C drive) and it did work but, if memory serves me correctly, Windows Backup then wanted to back up my C drive and my G drive which was NOT what I wanted it to do.
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lmg93 wrote:
I tried this and it changed the backups location but now I can't restore to any of my older backups that I moved. It used to give me options to back up from at least 2012, and now I don't have the option to restore to any of those. Any help?
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Ryan wrote:
I followed your tutorial down to the T. The symbolic link works great. I am trying to free up the 29gb space my backups are hoarding on my 70gb hdd. I don't want to lose my backups. Any new backups are being stored on my R: I want my backups transferred to my R: drive now. Can you go into more detail on how you did this? I used your folder naming method to make everything easy.
Thanks for the article!
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