What does Library/Application Support/Mobile Sync/Backup do for me? Mine takes over 8Gb and has files dating back to 2011. Is it safe to delete these? I have no idea why I need them.
Any help appreciated as I try and slim down my MBP.
James
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
These backups are from your mobile devices.
You can delete those backups to free up storage space.
But make sure that you sync your mobile devices soon after deleting those backups to create a new backup for your devices.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
These backups are from your mobile devices.
You can delete those backups to free up storage space.
But make sure that you sync your mobile devices soon after deleting those backups to create a new backup for your devices.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Dominic,
thank you. The freed up about 6GB of precious SSD.
James
Hello dominic23,
I used omnidisksweeper drive list and it identified two separate drives which are my Macintosh HD and mobile backup. Under the mobile backup, it stated I had 0 bytes out of 159 GB.
So yesterday, I selected the mobile backup drive using omnidiskweeper and for about ten hours the system kept going thru identifying all of these backups, so I started deleting them after reading on the forum that it was ok to delete these old backups.
Also, in my Mac HD I deleted about 40 GB of waste using omnidisksweeper, which now shows only 65 GB being used but on my istat pro display, it shows that I only have 32 GB of space available out of 121 GB out of a 159 GB total. Also, shows 0 bytes available for mobile backups out of 159 GB.
I have a Mac Book Pro, Mid 2009, with 8GB ram, and 160 GB HD using Yosemite OS.
What am I doing wrong?
Please help
Hello dominic23,
I just checked the Mac HD, selected get info, and it states I have 88 GB available out of 159 GB.
So for some reason or another, my istat pro display on my dashboard is not displaying the correct info.
Either way, I want to thank you for the help you provide us on the forum. I truly appreciate it.
v/r
damageboss
What is mobile sync backup?
