How to Change the Backup Location of iTunes (or Any Windows App)
@mirihawk 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...
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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! Read full topic
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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...
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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...
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@supercoupe08 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...
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@BuckeyeBob wrote: I'm desperately trying to get this to work so that I can upgrade to iOS 7. (My SSD is nearly full, thanks to Steam Games.) I'm using the mklink command and get the error "Cannot...
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@prajwalsivampet wrote: I am unable to access the command mlink.Am using winxp sp 2. Read full topic
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@jgeekw wrote: I keep getting a "syntax of the command is incorrect" error. I am copying your text and just modifying the target directory (mine is E:). Any ideas would be helpful. Read full topic
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@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. Read full topic
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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...
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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...
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@grdance wrote: I am doing everything right, or so I think, and as you can see on the image I get a DOS syntax error. I also tried different combinations after using DOS help but had no lack. I am on...
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@Vincent_Tan wrote: Hi I have tried the symbolic link but all new backup will still take up space in the OS drive (c:)! Does this mean that i have to keep changing name whenever the local drive is...
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@schroedey wrote: I was also getting a "The syntax of the command is incorrect." error, and the issue was that I had copied and pasted the command from the article and then edited the destination...
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@4SaleUSA wrote: One of the problems of having iTunes backups is storage space. It’s a huge problem if you run a Windows machine with a lot of software / data in the C: Drive. This is because iTunes,...
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@lbeck wrote: Everything works until creation of the junction. I paste the command: mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "E:\iTunes Backup" at C:\Users\Lee\AppData\Roaming\Apple...
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@BirchRW wrote: I was so pleased to find this article. I followed all the instructions... Everything went as suggested.... I even managed to backup an old iPhone (with little data) as a "test run"...
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@Tomas_Guillen wrote: Hi! I had no problem with the changing my backup location. I think a possible area that you might have made an error was typing in the command consol. Make sure you literally...
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@Tomas_Guillen wrote: You're problem may lie in that "iTunes Backup" isn't what you named the folder on your secondary drive. Make sure that whatever the name was you chose for your secondary drive...
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@smaointe wrote: Hello, I'm having issues performing the tutorial mentioned above. Well, let me back up. I had success creating a new back up location to begin with. I moved the back from my C drive...
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