Nov 26, 2011 - You'll move it to a drive with more space, but you'll LIE to iTunes using a little-used Windows Utility that will make a LINK between the folder. In the Change Media Folder Location window that appears, navigate to the location where you would like your new iTunes Media folder to be created. Note: By default, your iTunes Media folder is a folder named 'iTunes Media' in ~/Music/iTunes/ where the tilde '~' represents your home directory. Proceed to your iTunes folder, and open the.itl file in this location. Go back into the advanced tab of your Preferences, and adjust your iTunes Media folder location to the folder which your music is now in. If necessary, click the 'i' showing on any un-located tracks, and let iTunes locate this. When you install iTunes for Windows, by default the Library location is in your local My Music folder. If you want to save space on your hard drive, change the location to an external or network.
iTunes keeps the iOS backup folder directly on the system drive. The space on your primary Windows partition – precious and often scarce – is constantly reduced with the ever-expanding iOS backup folder. iTunes does not allow to change the backup folder location; what’s the solution? Follow the steps below in order to easily change the iTunes backup location.
Why change iTunes backup location?
iTunes backs up only certain iOS data such as app files, settings and camera roll photos from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch each time you sync. Nevertheless, it is often unaccounted for how quickly the iOS backup files may accumulate on the system drive and take up valuable system resources ultimately leading to a less than ideal system performance. That’s why sometimes the best solution is to relocate iTunes iOS backup folder to another drive.
Automatically change iTunes backup location
Use CopyTrans Shelbee to automatically change the location of your iTunes backup folder and move its contents wherever you like. Begin by downloading CopyTrans Shelbee from the following page: Download CopyTrans Shelbee
(CopyTrans Shelbee runs on Windows 10, 8 and 7)
Save even more PC space by moving the entire iTunes library
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Manually move the iTunes backup folder (advanced users)
The steps below are intended for advanced Windows users who would like to change the default iTunes backup location.
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This was how to move the iTunes backup folder from the original system drive to a new location.
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