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terrycloth's avatar
Aug 06, 2017
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iTunes backup to ReadyNAS How-To Guide for Windows

iTunes for Windows creates backups for iPhones and other Apple devices in the following Windows folder:   "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync"   where %APPDATA is a Windows Environment setting. ...
  • terrycloth's avatar
    Aug 10, 2017

    DOH!  No - do not follow step 5!

     

    5) In Windows Explorer, navigate to "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming" and rename the folder ""C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roamingxxx" or something so it still exists but iTunes won't point to it.  (Be sure you do not have iTunes running!)

     

    This should read:

     

    5) In Windows Explorer, navigate to "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync" and rename the folder ""C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSyncxxx" or something so it still exists but iTunes won't point to it.  (Be sure you do not have iTunes running!)

     

    Do NOT rename your whole roaming profile!  Just the Apple Mobilesync folder.

     

    Sorry!

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