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wanderlens

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Q: Is there a way to move the location where iTunes backs up my iPhone?

My C drive is a small SSD drive and my iphone backup is hogging all the memory. Is there a way to tell it to back up to the D: data drive instead?

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 9.1, iTunes 12.3.1.23

Posted on Oct 30, 2015 6:42 PM

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by turingtest2,

turingtest2 Oct 30, 2015 6:46 PM in response to wanderlens
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Oct 30, 2015 6:46 PM in response to wanderlens

See Relocate iOS device backups. Review the rest of the Make a split library portable user tip if your media or library files are on the C: drive.

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wanderlens Nov 1, 2015 12:58 AM in response to turingtest2
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Nov 1, 2015 12:58 AM in response to turingtest2

I tried using the method described, creating a new folder on drive D:, moving the files, then pasting the command (MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup") into command prompt, but I get an error message saying "Cannot create a file when that file already exists."
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wanderlens Nov 1, 2015 1:56 AM in response to wanderlens
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Nov 1, 2015 1:56 AM in response to wanderlens

I figured out why it wasn't working. Seems to be backing up to the new location now. Thanks.
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