I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups saved.
I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups saved.
I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders has
a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number) for the device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different models of iPhone
or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it to
the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes, and
clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the UDID.
You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think you
may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should first
make a backup of it for safe keeping.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think you
may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should first
make a backup of it for safe keeping.
Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups saved.
I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders has
a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number) for the
device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different models of iPhone
or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it to
the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes, and
clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the UDID.
You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think you
may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should first
make a backup of it for safe keeping.
Thanks Roger.
On 10/15/23 12:27, Jolly Roger wrote:
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think
you may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should
first make a backup of it for safe keeping.
~~Funny that you're making a backup of a backup~~
Probably should .zip it
Just don't expect much compression. I just tested it with one of my
backups:
Uncompressed: 39.83 GB
Compressed: 37.93 GB
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups saved.
I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders has
a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number) for the device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different models of iPhone
or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it to
the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes, and
clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the UDID.
You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think you
may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should first
make a backup of it for safe keeping.
On 10/15/23 16:34, Jolly Roger wrote:
Just don't expect much compression. I just tested it with one of my
backups:
Uncompressed: 39.83 GB
Compressed: 37.93 GB
Ouch, zip compression varies so much sometimes.
Maybe you could try .gz compression?
On 10/15/2023 1:27 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:My iPhone and iPad backups using iTunes on Win 10 Pro are in %USERPROFILE%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups
saved. I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders
has a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number)
for the device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different
models of iPhone or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders
there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it
to the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes,
and clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the
UDID. You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think
you may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should
first make a backup of it for safe keeping.
On 2023-10-16, Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> wrote:
On 10/15/2023 1:27 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:My iPhone and iPad backups using iTunes on Win 10 Pro are in
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups
saved. I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders
has a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number)
for the device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different
models of iPhone or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders
there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it
to the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes,
and clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the
UDID. You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think
you may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should
first make a backup of it for safe keeping.
%USERPROFILE%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup
Interesting. Older version of iTunes, perhaps? Or is there some user
policy in effect that directs things there instead?
On 10/15/2023 10:57 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2023-10-16, Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> wrote:used as supplied by Apple without changes currently 12.12.10.1
On 10/15/2023 1:27 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:My iPhone and iPad backups using iTunes on Win 10 Pro are in
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost >>>>> 10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013. >>>>>
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups
saved. I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders
has a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number)
for the device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different
models of iPhone or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders
there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it
to the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes,
and clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the
UDID. You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think
you may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should
first make a backup of it for safe keeping.
%USERPROFILE%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup
Interesting. Older version of iTunes, perhaps? Or is there some user
policy in effect that directs things there instead?
I really don't care enough about Windows to research why some things get stored in %USERPROFILE% rather than %APPDATA%. Suffice it to say you can
find your backups (and other interesting things) in either one,
depending on how your particular system behaves. 🙂
Zaidy036 wrote:
On 10/15/2023 1:27 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2023-10-15, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:My iPhone and iPad backups using iTunes on Win 10 Pro are in
I use iTunes to backup my iPad to my Windows computer. I recently
found this; {user name} Appdata/Roaming/Apple Computer/ It is almost
10GB in size, a hidden folder, and holds backups right back to 2013.
I can't find a setting in iTunes to limit the number of backups saved. >>>> I assume, however, that I can delete a few of them.
All of the backups are stored at:
AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Inside that folder are the individual backups. Each of those folders has >>> a name that is the UDID (Universal Device IDentification number) for the >>> device. If you've backed up multiple devices (different models of iPhone >>> or iPads), there will be multiple backup folders there.
You can figure out the UDID of your current device by connecting it to
the computer, viewing the summary page for the device in iTunes, and
clicking the "Serial Number" displayed there which reveals the UDID.
You'll find a matching backup folder with that name.
You can safely delete any backup folders you want. But if you think you
may ever want to restore from one that you've delete, you should first
make a backup of it for safe keeping.
%USERPROFILE%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup
Under %USERPROFILE%\Music (Win10 Home, same computer as my AppData
files) I have a folder "iTunes", 10GB in size.
It contains things like "iTunes Media", "Previous iTunes Libraries",
"iTunes Library Extras", "iTunes Library Genius". Dates run from 2016 to
2023 (yesterday).
On 10/16/23 11:10, Jolly Roger wrote:
I really don't care enough about Windows to research why some things get
stored in %USERPROFILE% rather than %APPDATA%. Suffice it to say you can
find your backups (and other interesting things) in either one,
depending on how your particular system behaves. 🙂
Cause some publishers don't know/care about what's "supposed" to go in certain system folders. I mean, quite a few resort to creating a folder
in your home directory instead.
On 2023-10-16, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Under %USERPROFILE%\Music (Win10 Home, same computer as my AppData
files) I have a folder "iTunes", 10GB in size.
It contains things like "iTunes Media", "Previous iTunes Libraries",
"iTunes Library Extras", "iTunes Library Genius". Dates run from 2016 to
2023 (yesterday).
But no MobileSync\Backup, which I'm betting is in %APPDATA% instead on
your system.
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