![]() ![]() You can also confirm it with dir from the command line. Note the little "shortcut" overlay icon? That's saying this is a link. You should see something like this in Windows 7. Mklink /J "C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "f:\yournewfolder\Backup" One thing to to make sure of, don't end up with a folder like f:\yournewbackupfolder\Backup\Backup, so be sure to check how your folders ended up when you moved them.From the command prompt, create an junction point as I do below, just change f:\yournewfolder with your new location. You can do this from the Start Menu, type cmd.exe, then right click and select Run As Administrator. Finally, start a command prompt as an administrator.Now, move the C:\Users\(yourname)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\ folder to your preferred location.You'll move it to a drive with more space, but you'll LIE to iTunes using a little-used Windows Utility that will make a LINK between the folder iTunes expects to find and the folder you want your backups in. ![]() ![]() If you are reasonably savvy and you understand that this Works On My Machine, then we'll get along fine. Remember that you googled your way to this blog and I'm just a random guy. It's totally not supported and could totally screw up your computer, so you've been warned. I wanted to move it but there's no officially support way. My C:\Users\Scott\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync was almost 25 gigs and on a 256 gig hard drive, that's 10% and that's tight. ![]()
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