Iphone Backups filling up C drive.

Recently, I have faced an issue with the Apple backups. The iTunes is taking the backup of iPhone to the C drive of the laptop. I have moved the same some other drive to keep the C drive free.

The issue again generated popped up when the new backup is again initiated

Many of you can face the same issue, since it will fill up the C drive of the machine very quickly. Please find the below techniques you may need to be follow to avoid this in future.

For Windows Users

This original backup folder is located in: C:\Users\*USERNAME*\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

Copy the folder to the new location (for example to an external hard disk drive)

Steps to follow:

1. Go to the original folder location C:\Users\*USERNAME*\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\

2. Delete the folder "Backup" within or rename it "BackupOld" to keep it

3. Press Shift+Right Click to open a Command window from that location

4. Type the following command in command prompt

mklink /J “%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup” “<Your External HDD>:\iTunes Backup”

5. Close Command prompt. Launch a backup, see if it has been properly located and iTunes sees is as the latest

For Mac OS X

This original backup folder is located in: ~/Library/Application Support

And to do move this folder's location, you will have to:

Copy the folder to the new location (for example to an external hard disk drive)

Steps to follow:

1. Go to ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/

2. Remove the folder "Backup" within or rename it "BackupOld" if you want to keep it

3. Open Terminal

4. Type the following command:

ln -s /Volumes/<Your External HDD>/MobileSync/Backup ~/Library/Application\ Support/MobileSync/Backup

5.Close Terminal.Launch a backup, see if it has been properly located and iTunes sees is as the latest