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terrycloth
Aug 06, 2017Guide
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. ...
- 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!
terrycloth
Aug 10, 2017Guide
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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