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Change backup location?

My C-drive is full(has 3gb free) and itunes fails to backup my ipad (32gb) when trying to install the new iOS. OTA updates keeps on failing aswell.

How do you change the default backup location of your ipad?

iPad, iOS 5.1.1, Trying to get to iOS 6

Posted on Apr 17, 2013 10:09 AM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2017 4:39 AM

After moving my backup data here is what I see in:

C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync

Note the link arrow over the folder icon in which also shows in the sidebar.

C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Showing the linked content that is really on D:

D:\MobileSync\Backup

The actual location of the data.

I can remove the existing junction by deleting the Backup icon shown in the first image, and then recreate it with the command:

MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup"

Have you got to the point where you see something similar in those locations? If not, what do you see at the moment?

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