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How do I back my iPad onto an external hard drive?

How do I change the destination for the backups on iTunes? I can't use my primary HDD to save files because I'm running dangerously low on space on this computer. However, I do have a 2TB external hard drive. I'm trying to back up 10 GB of video, which will be refilled every week. Does anyone know how to back up my videos on to an external hard drive? Thanks!

iPad, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Dec 12, 2013 3:37 PM

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Dec 12, 2013 4:40 PM in response to SlickRunner

itunes creats a "disk image" of your device and it is located in the harddrive itself - see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946 for location. you can copy the backup file and then put it on your external hd for the time being but you cannot direct itunes to immediately send your backup there - if you are importing videos and need the space i would just import ios photos/videos onto the computer via the camera import app on the computer (iphoto, autoplay, windows photo gallery) and then send those videos to the external. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

How do I back my iPad onto an external hard drive?

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