Change iTunes Backup Location in Windows 10/8/7

"My C: drive is full (has just 2.5 GB free) and iTunes neglects to reinforcement my iPhone 6 (32GB) when attempting to redesign to the new iOS 9.3. OTA overhauls continue flopping too. Can anybody disclose to me how I can change the default area of iTunes reinforcement?"

iTunes keeps the iOS reinforcement envelope straightforwardly on the framework drive, for the most part the C: drive. With the regularly growing iOS reinforcement, the valuable and frequently rare space of the C: drive will be decreased always. What's more, we are probably going to come up short on space in Windows framework parcel soon. To dodge this happened, you have two decision: one is to reinforcement iPhone/iPad to an outside hard drive and the other is to change iTunes reinforcement area. In this post, we will concentrate on the best way to change the default area of iTunes reinforcement.

Note: Before any activity, you ought to peruse this introduction on iTunes reinforcement and what we will do.

1. As a matter of course, iTunes will store the reinforcement records in the accompanying way.

• iTunes reinforcement area on Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

• iTunes reinforcement area on Windows Vista/Windows 7/8/10: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

iTunes is designed to put all reinforcements into the way appeared above and we can't choose to spare these reinforcement documents to another drive specifically.

iTunes Backup Location

2.We will make another reinforcement organizer in another hard drive on the PC, for example, D drive, E drive et cetera. And after that connection the first reinforcement organizer to the new reinforcement envelope. When we have connected them, each time iTunes tries to spare a reinforcement to the C: drive, the documents get spared in the new made reinforcement organizer.

Instructions to Change iTunes Backup Location on Windows PC

Step 1. Make a New iTunes Backup Folder on another drive

Firstly, you ought to make another iTunes reinforcement envelope on D drive, E drive or any drive that has all the more free storage room. Additionally, you can make the organizer in a blaze drove, thumb drive, outside hard drive, and so on. You can name the organizer as "New iTunes reinforcement" and any name that is elucidating enough.

Step 2. Rename old iTunes reinforcement organizer on framework drive

You can discover the iTunes default area with the way we give above and rename the organizer name from "Reinforcement" to "Old iTunes Backup" or whatever else.

Step 3. Change iTunes reinforcement area on Windows PC

You may discover it is difficult to comprehend what typical connections is. Really, you don't need to know much about it the length of you can make a typical connection by taking after our means. In any case, in the event that you need to know, we give the foundation information to you toward the finish of the page as well.

1. Once your rename the first iTunes reinforcement organizer, squeeze SHIFT key and right tap on the old iTunes reinforcement record area, you will get a fly up menu.

Pick Open Command Window

2. Select "Open summon window here", you will get a screen this way:

Windows Command Promote

3. In the provoke window, physically sort in the accompanying order where D:\ is the new drive area (drive letter may fluctuate) and "Reinforcement" is the name of the iOS reinforcement envelope you simply moved:

mklink/J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\Backup"

Order to Change iTunes Backup Location

4. You will now observe the order provoke window give back an achievement in making an intersection. What's more, another organizer alternate route called "Reinforcement" will show up in the first area.

Change iTunes Backup Location

5. Presently, erase old iTunes reinforcement documents existing in the MobileSync organizer. At that point interface your iPhone to PC and move down it with iTunes. You'll see that the new reinforcements are made in E: \Backup (or wherever you made the new reinforcement organizer).

Changing iTunes reinforcement area is a decent begin to spare the capacity of the framework drive. Be that as it may, the means could be somewhat entangled and specialized. In the event that you need to maintain a strategic distance from these long strides, I would prescribe you to utilize FonePaw iOS Transfer. This product permits you to reinforcement iPhone information including photographs, music, recordings, motion pictures, contacts, instant messages, iBooks, ringtones, playlists, and so forth to PC and you can pick any organizer you jump at the chance to spare them.

Foundation Knowledge

Keeping in mind the end goal to change iTunes area, we have to make a typical connection (or called intersection point) from the first iTunes reinforcement area. As indicated by Wikipedia, "a NTFS intersection point is a typical connection to a catalog that goes about as a nom de plume of that index. This component of the NTFS document framework offers benefits over a Windows shell alternate route (.lnk) record, for example, permitting access to documents inside the catalog through Windows Explorer, the Command Prompt, and so forth." For detail clarification for typical connection, you can allude to typical connection in Windows framework