How to Change the Location of Your iTunes iPhone Backups (Windows)

Posted March 20, 2013 at 6:20pm by iClarified | Please help us and submit a translation by clicking here | 12232 views

These are instructions on how to change the location that iTunes uses to backup your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch for Windows.

Step One
Press Windows+R on your keyboard to bring up to the Run dialog. Input cmd into the Open field and click OK to launch Command Prompt.

Step Two
Navigate to the MobileSync directory by inputting the following command and pressing Enter.

cd "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync"

Step Three
Rename your old backup folder using the following command.

ren Backup Backup_Old

Step Four
If you haven't created a new directory to store your backups please do so now.

Step Five
Input the following command to create a symbolic link to your new directory.

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

Step Six
You can use Windows Explorer to verify the symbolic link was created. Notice the arrow at the bottom left of the icon.

Step Seven
Test out the change by performing a backup with iTunes and verifying that your files are backed up to the new directory.

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gasoved - May 18, 2013 at 5:17pm

Worked great. Just have to add missing double quotes between paths in step 5. Like; mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\temp\Backup"

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Vineet - May 14, 2013 at 4:57am

Helped me a lot, Thanks.

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Zioneer - May 13, 2013 at 12:01am

Worked Perfectly ! Thanks ! :DD

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itaymis - April 7, 2013 at 7:32pm

try this one, http://www.rapidunlockers.com/ I have unlocked my phone there. very fast service (about 6 hours total) and cheap, now i can update to any version without having to worry that my phone will be locked ever again. Only 9.99 for phone unlocks!

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shar - March 20, 2013 at 6:55pm

or "Junction" http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

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