/Users/Name/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

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/Users/Name/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

What exactly is in this folder? I have 28.6GB of data in there and my iPhone is my. My old backups are valuable to, however I'm not sure it's quite worth nearly 30GB of space. Could someone clue me in as to what specifically these individual files are? Thank you!

Macbook Pro 2.6ghz 4mb ram, iPhone OS 3.1.2, iPhone 3G S

Posted on Jan 20, 2010 2:52 PM

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Chris CA

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Jan 20, 2010 3:02 PM in response to Zathrak

I have 28.6GB of data in there and my iPhone is my.

Your iPhone is your what?

Could someone clue me in as to what specifically these individual files are?

They are backups. Delete what you don't want to keep by going to iTunes prefs - Syncing.

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Zathrak Author

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Jan 20, 2010 3:05 PM in response to Chris CA

oops sorry - my iphone backups are my life as it were...very important. I realized they are backups but I guess how do I know what backups are ones I should keep around versus useless ones? I guess I'm kind of nervous about deleting backups...

p.s. thank you for the screenshot 🙂

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Chris CA

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Jan 20, 2010 3:14 PM in response to Zathrak

If your iPhone had everything you need/want on it the last few times you backed up, you can delete everything previous to those.

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