Mobile applications storage expendable?

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Mobile applications storage expendable?

Needing to free up some storage on my Mini, I discovered I have 9.35 GB of "Mobile applications" in the iTunes folder. We don't even use iTunes to manage iOS apps in MacOS any more, right? So what's all that stuff doing on my hard drive? I can delete it, can't I? (I'm viewing it in the document browser that pops up when you view storage under "About This Mac" and click the "manage" button). Or are those files part of the iPhone and iPad backups I've stored on this computer?

Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2), macmini6,2: late 2012 2.3 GHz i7

Posted on Dec 17, 2017 1:45 PM

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Niel

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Dec 17, 2017 2:04 PM in response to Nina R

If the applications get removed from the iTunes Store or updated to a version incompatible with older devices, you may need those files; they can still be manually dragged to the iPad or iPhone in the iTunes sidebar. They’re separate from the backups.

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Nina R Author

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Dec 17, 2017 2:05 PM in response to Niel

Ah, okay. There is never a quick and easy solution to neglected housekeeping, is there? I'll have to look elsewhere. Thanks Niel.

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