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iPad Backups

A few questions about iPad Backups via iTunes......

1. How can I delete all of the iPad and iPhone backups on my MacBook Pro? Where are they stored in Finder? I want to delete all previous backups hen create a new fresh one....

2. My devices backup when they connect to my MBP before they sync, as per normal. Is it possible to exclude certain files from the backup? For example, I have some movies on my iPad which I load on and play via CineXplayer. I dont want these large movie files to be included in my Backup yet again - how can I set it so that these files from CineXplayer are excluded from the backup?

MacBook Pro 13" 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM, 240GB Vertex 2 SSD -, Mac OS X (10.6.4), / Magic Mouse / Airport Extreme / iPad 32GB / iPhone 4 32GB

Posted on Sep 5, 2010 5:48 AM

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iPad Backups

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