How to change iTunes Backup Location in Windows 10-How to Change the Backup Location of iTunes

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

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[@TheEpicMeli]

Hi, Idid this and selected "back up" not sync. The back up is there in D (mobilesync/backup). However Itunes is not showing it at all when I'm selecting "restore from backup". PLEASE help. I use this for my work and now I have no files.

[@zorlones]

Lurgs thank you from Italy

[@joeg3797]

did you find a solution for this?

[@paulmancini7446]

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[@justART760]

hi lurge , my back up was doing fine the last few months until my hp decided to update it self , now when I try and back up my iphone on iTunes it gives me an error message "iTunes could not back up the iPhone xxxxx because iPhone back up was corrupt" also says to delete back up in preference, what can I do to fix this ? do I have to redo everything ?? thank you in ADVANCE for your help!!

[@dylgreco]

apple is so extra for all of this, cant just make a change backup setting in their itunes

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

dyl dog Yes that would be so easy for them. iTunes is going anyway. Glad I helped you out. If you would like more How To tips like this video then please subscribe, I am always posting new Videos to help you save time and money. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my Channel.

[@MsZsc]

it's so ironic when they try to be user friendly in one situation it's hopeless in 99 others

[@aishanzhong365]

I feel they did this on purpose, pushing users to buy their iCloud storage

[@robozbeci]

incredible irritating, frustration shit

[@CI_4C]

@@LurgsHowToGuides utter useless c%$p iTunes is...I'm over it

[@spontanious9340]

Spent 3 hours trying to get my phone to restore its backup. I watched this and did it instantly thank you.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff.

[@Revlawl]

I just got a new phone today. I tried backing up my old and forever I had issues trying to get it backed up because the space on my ssd was filling. I searched a long time to find information to figure this out. After a few hours of trying, I found your video and it helped me redirect! Thank you for your video!! I saved it in a new folder and everything. For anyone else working on this, If you do as I do and make more folders than necessary, in your cmd code, make sure to redirect EVERY folder you make. my new direct was D\itunes\mobilesync\backup if you add a folder, include it in your command line!! thanks again

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad I helped you out. If you want more How To tips like this video then please subscribe, I am always posting new Videos to help you save time and money. Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my Channel.

[@tengfongsiang5323]

OMG after finding so many solution and googling which is so long winded and confuse, finally found this video to relocate my backup and realize that 1 year ago I watched this video to solve the same problem haha! Thumbs up thank you!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

You should never have left ! Welcome back and glad I could help! 😎

[@tengfongsiang5323]

@@LurgsHowToGuides Nope didn't left at all haha, just too much of videos XP

[@joestarfish]

When I entered the command in CMD, I received an error "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" Solution: Delete the "Backup" folder on "C:\Users\%User Name%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" then repeat the steps again. Thanks Lurgs!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Nice one. Cheers for the info. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my channel.

[@joestarfish]

Subscribed! Keep up the good work!

[@Vbdullah]

thanks that helped !!

[@joestarfish]

@@Vbdullah Glad to know :) cheers!

[@SirHC888]

I forgot to delete the backup folder on C drive. Now it works!

[@fragmasters_fm]

A zillion "Thank you" for helping me solve this problem.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Brilliant. Happy to help. 😎

[@v1ce21]

I had a problem when doing a backup on my PC that I get the error message: Your phone is disconnected. After watching countless of useless video's on KZbin how to resolve this, I found the solution in this video... Thank you. My hat's off for you sir.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff, so glad I could help out. 😎

[@thaynararn]

It's 2023 and it's still working! Thank you so much for your help and this amazing video 🤗

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great news. Not many people use iTunes now but glad it worked ok

[@TrollCarl]

Viewers who face problem with hard link creation follow these steps... 1- Delete current backup folder from MobileSync folder. 2- Click inside address bar and copy current folder location from address bar. Your current folder location might look like "C:\Users\Guest\Apple\MobileSync\Backup". Whatever it is just copy the full location. 3- Then use this command mklink /J "C:\Users\Guest\Apple\MobileSync\Backup" "Here write the destination backup folder location for example, D:\Backup" 4- Press enter Hope this helps :)

[@tomg5187]

250gb of stuff in my backup folder! No wonder my SSD was struggling lol! and i worked in IT for 5 years. FML lol! :D Thanks again!

[@chakigun]

Hi! It's March 2019 --- still works if anyone is wondering. The description of the video was updated so you can make it work for you if you installed using the Microsoft Store (because iTunes behaves better that way... no spammy update notices etc) rather than from the Apple website. Thank you to the creator of this video guide. I really appreciate it. So helpful. Also you sound really fun on your voice and tone. Thank you

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Charles dela Cruz Cheers, appreciate that.

[@SirHC888]

Just don't forget to delete the "Backup" folder in C drive and you are golden. Thank you for this!

[@NJMoo3652]

theres like 4 different backup folders which one?

[@faranaijaz]

i am not able to make folder location and getting this message C:\WINDOWS\system32>MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "G:\MobileSync\Backup" Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

[@losiento3070]

you have to wait for the cutting process to finish then u do the command after

[@EmpireEmperor511]

mine says "cannot create a file when that file already exists" Edit: it appears i copied Backup instead of cutting it. Deleted it and did exactly what's in the video and it worked perfectly. Thx bro ur a life saver

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Fabulous. Glad it all worked out. I post lots of useful videos so stay tuned. Have a marvellous week.

[@goldengateducatidoc2839]

Thanks, that's exactly what happened to me. Fixed it now.

[@FreeEditsForYou]

So far so good on just doing this now and it working. I reealized you have to cut and paste first, then do command line, it has to be a 1 2 3 step thing. and I had to get my commandlines right. amazing tutorial

[@danielwillliams9669]

That was awesome and easy to follow. I have seen multiple videos on this that just didn't help. Great narration and thank you again for providing step by step direction. If only one suggestion and that is if it not the "D" drive direct people to which drive they want to use and direct them to Note Pad to change to which drive they what to use. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thanks. I didn’t think many people used iTunes now. Glad it still works

[@schnauzer1805]

Excellent video Lurgs. Absolutely brilliant. My 250 gb ss drive was getting so used up by my Apple backups. This was the solution to clearing up space on the c drive and storing the backups on another drive. Thank you also for updating the command line in January. That helped me big time. I also subscribed to your videos. I also use backups in the Apple cloud but I like to have a backup on my own computer. Seems in this day and age I feel safer with two backups. I like keeping my pictures. I don't want to loose them. So to me, it is worth it to pay Apple monthly to backup to the cloud. Paying $2.99 a month for that. You the man Lurgs!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

High praise indeed. Thanks for the great comments, that inspires me to carry on with my How To videos. And one thing I've learned over many years is....you can never have too many backups! I've got backups of everything three times over, especially Pictures and Videos. Thanks for subscribing, really appreciate it. Have a great week.

[@leotexas3485]

Thank you for this! And thank you for posting the update to those who downloaded iTunes through the Windows App ...

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad I could help. 😎

[@BunchOfNerdsMakingGames]

Thank you so much for the video! Absolutely crazy that it's 2024 and I still have to do this to back up onto a different drive.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Yeh it’s mad you can’t select a backup drive easily

[@anetizen6404]

yeah... I'm sure it's as confusing on a Mac as it is here. Lucky I have a little bit of programming experience and experience in tweaking in PowerShell and Command Prompt. The average Joe will simply complain about lack of space for their _base model 256GB_ MacBooks and PCs and subscribe to Apple Plus SMH

[@TheUndisputedBOSS]

Very grateful, worked perfectly. Did this with windows 10 tonight to back up 100+ gigs from my iPhone 7 to my d drive as my super small c drive was useless and maxed out right away after my first back up attempt. Couldn't figure out a way around it until I found your video. Getting my iPhone 11 Pro tomorrow. Once again big THANK YOU!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Francois Bernier Glad it all worked. So annoying that iTunes does not allow you to choose a backup location, but then when they do that no one will watch my video.

[@TheUndisputedBOSS]

Honestly if they haven’t done it by now, I really doute it be any time soon. You should be fine for a while still 👍

[@muzzledot]

Thank you for this very detailed tutorial on how to do Itunes song back-ups on a non-default drive. While instructions, as written, did not work with my particular set up, it was fairly easy to tweak it to make it actually. I'd say that you got me 97% of the way there.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

muzzledot Great stuff and thanks for subscribing, really appreciate it. And cool shades on your dog.

[@muzzledot]

Ha ha thx!

[@douglasraymond2718]

Thank you Lurgs. My 128Gig C: drive overflowed whenever I tried to sync or backup my iPad, was at my wit's end till I found your solution. Subscribed to your channel now.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thank you, really appreciate that. Have a great weekend

[@MarcelQT]

Worked for me, cheers man. For those who it's not working for, make sure the command entry is adjusted to the name of your own drive. E.g I had to change "D:\MobileSync\Backup" to "E:\MobileSync\Backup"

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool.

[@silvercoupe97]

I know this is 2 years old, but it's still useful. I had to do this today because my drive was filling with large backups and just had to move them to a larger drive. Anyway, thank you for this video!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool, glad to help. 😎

[@aleb.giler10]

MkLink /J "%UserProfile%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup" This command worked for me. windows 10 / intel core i7 8th Gen / 16 ram

[@syedur2011sonica]

thank you this command has also worked for me

[@MA-ez1mx]

Hi, Any idea how can I cancel the command if I want the root to be back again to C drive? appreciate your help!

[@ngoanhvuofficial3998]

thanks so much

[@HarbringerSalami]

do you change the "UserProfile" to whatever your pc name is?

[@aleb.giler10]

@@syedur2011sonica just saw it! Youre most welcome! Although all the credits to the creator of this informative video =)

[@TreVox]

MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\Documents\iPhones\MobileSync\Backup" You're a lifesaver!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

TreVox Thanks. Have a great weekend. Stay tuned for more helpful tips.

[@vincentrobertson5069]

Thank you! Absolutely brilliant work Lurgs! I had an error "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" This comment by J fixed it: "J - 1 year ago When I entered the command in CMD, I received an error "Cannot create a file when that file already exists" Solution: Delete the "Backup" folder on "C:\Users\%User Name%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" then repeat the steps again." Bingo!! Thank you Lurgs and J

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff. 😎

[@djmystery7235]

“iTunes could not back up the iPhone “enter iPhone name here” because an error occurred” VERY SPECIFIC APPLE, THAT HELPS ME SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

[@J101191514]

Thanks a lot, man. It worked when I wrote a variation on your command: MkLink /J “Apple\MobileSync\Backup” “J:\MobileSync\Backup” I didn't need the percentage signs as I presume they are used instead of writing "Roaming", which was not relevant for me since my backup folder was in a different place to yours.

[@hannerhan9931]

yup.. me too.. can try this... thanks

[@Arusha109]

Thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhh! it worked when I follow your command.

[@RichRonin8]

This worked for me.

[@jamescooper1485]

Yessssss🎉 this worked for me too ! Thank you both !!!!!!

[@MrBurkistan]

I honestly feel like this should be taught in school.

[@KingVVIlly]

This is a GREAT video. Much more helpful than any apple tutorials. I have a quick question though: if you want to upload the latest backup to your phone, will the redirect work? Thanks!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

In theory it should do yes. Worst case scenario you could manually copy and paste the contents back from D: to the original C: folder.

[@LemonsRage]

Thank you I needed that because apperently you cann't play the backup back on your phone without itunes creating a second folder THE SAME SIZE of the backup... Ofc my 120gb SSD was full fast...

[@maciejmynarczyk2395]

Help me PLS. When I entered the command in CMD, I received an error "Local volumes are required to complete the operation." PLS I NEED HELP

[@vulcarona5238]

im assuming you fixed this by now but i had the same issue and want this answer to be there for anyone who sees this in the future: make sure the part in the link thats like ' "D:\MobileSync\Backup" ' matches up with whatever letter you used in naming your other ssd/hard drive. for example, mine was X: so i had to modify that part of the link you copy/paste to make it Backup" "X:\MobileSync\Backup" since otherwise it wouldnt know that was the drive i was trying to change it to.

[@pyroft9040]

@@vulcarona5238 still it says local volumes i need help pls

[@audyhssell742]

if anyone can help me I'm having a problem, everything worked fine with redirecting but when i try backing up my iphone it says that my back up is corrupt an i need to delete it. it works fine if i dont redirect it but when i do it gives me that error. please need help

[@srujananandgajjala6267]

I have the same problem, Did you find a solution ?

[@shanuthala8046]

storage issue. you need another same backup file free storage in same drive to extract those backup data. then only it work.

[@quintenboumann1488]

Is there a solution for this problem? I do have the same issue. Tried the method described by Lurgs a couple of times but keep getting the error described as above. Also tried to reinstall Itunes, no results unfortunately. Thanks!

[@theresawong9541]

I have the same issue. Lurgs can you help with this? I was able to follow your instructions to change folders, so thank you so much! :) Now itunes says my back up is corrupt and it won't back up to my computer or icloud! Please help!

[@christianrichardson1321]

You are a lifesaver my friend. I'm wanting to upgrade my iPhone but had zero space available to back it up. Thanks!!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Fantastic, it's great when I get such nice feedback on my How To Videos. Glad to have helped. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great 2019 and thanks for visiting my channel.

[@Ant.frenchy]

Been trying to follow different tutorials none have worked so far until yours! You are an absolute star 👍👍👍thanks

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff, glad I could help. 😎

[@RobertWestland]

Worked like a charm (App downloaded from Windows App Store) after I remembered to change the USER NAME in the COMMAND PROMPT. Thank you...subbed \m/

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thank you for Subbing. Great stuff.

[@macacodometal2964]

"The system cannot find the location specified" need help :'(

[@Shanopla]

change apple computer to apple so it reads like this MkLink /J "%UserProfile%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup

[@nickolaisimmons4638]

Awesome video! If it didn’t work for you, make sure that drive letter is correct in the command prompt. I had to change my letter from “D” to “E”.

[@isaacchow1545]

Hi, thanks for the video! Hope it will solve my issue. I am having problem in restoring my backup with an error message "error occurred in reading from or writing to iPhone". Is it not enough space in C: while restoring because the C: was only 15GB space but is full now after attempting to restore backup. If I follow your video to move the backup from C: to D:, will it have a chance to restore the backup to my iPhone?

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

I'd be very wary because this video is how to change the backup location, you are trying to Restore but it doesn't sound like your iPhone has fully backed up. I wouldn't want you to lose anything. You might restore but it won't work if it hasn't backed up correctly. I would seek some expert help before you start tinkering with Restores and moving Backups. Best bet would be to try and clear down your C: drive of anything you don't need. Delete old temp files etc.. Have a look here > kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SzgaWrg5yhers

[@weirdyoda04]

This is the simplest feature you could possibly add yet its been missing from itunes for what? a decade or more? And is STILL missing.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

I totally agree. Should be a very simple feature to add

[@Ax1oM11oo]

But how do you revert it to the default location thou?

[@Earsex4life]

Thank You. Why does apple not have a simple support for this..... Thanks!!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Kyle Gagnon No idea, it's very poor. iTunes is going soon. Glad I helped. Thank you for subscribing. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my Channel.

[@pablodev4934]

I tried the command, MkLink /J "C:\Users\Gaurav\Apple\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup" and it said it worked but the little arrow wasn’t on the file so I tried it again and it said local ntfs volumes are required to complete the operation. Any ideas on what I should do?

[@filipivan5125]

Finally a useful, working and quick solution ! Thank you so much, it was driving me crazy and forcing me to do my updates on the phone using wifi. Not anymore APPLE !

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great to hear! 😀

[@ikhwankhaleb3511]

I like how you show us how to right click the mouse

[@jel1951]

Little obvious note: MAKE SURE YOUR DRIVE IS ACTUALLY CALLED 'D:' . If not change his CMD text to whatever name your drive is. In my case, it was E: not D:

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Yeh good point. This backup solution is really for people who have a bit of IT knowledge. Glad I helped you out. If you would like more How To tips like this video then please subscribe, I am always posting new Videos to help you save ⏱TIME and 💰 MONEY. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my Channel. Lurgs.

[@Thiago01071997]

Thank you so much!! If you are not succeding through the video tutorial, don't forget to read the description guys

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thiago Pereira Great stuff, glad to have helped. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my channel.

[@davewiersma7634]

Nicely done! I am not a computer guru and I was easily able to follow these instructions. Found out that hidden folders had to be set to "show".

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool. Glad u got it sorted. Thanks for the comment and have a marvellous week.

[@iqbaldhaliwal2655]

Thank you :-) very helpful My Drive was E instead of D...So I changed the cmd to MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "E:\MobileSync\Backup

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

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[@michaelly2674]

Thanks! Had a problem and realized this was why

[@MrHakimdadream]

what if the source forlder isn't at the same place as your's, whats should i type, thank you by the way verry helpfull@@LurgsHowToGuides

[@zanendraparajuli4229]

To everyone having problems saying path cant be found please look in description the next cmmand prompt is there

[@yoavyoutube]

doesnt work

[@yilai_suissa8673]

@@yoavyoutube MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup" do this

[@mickey245]

@@yoavyoutube אתה צריך להעתיק את השורה שכתובה לך למעלה איפה שהבקאפ שלךת מה שכתוב אצלו זה לא בהכרח מה שיהיה כתוב אצלך.

[@mickey245]

@@yoavyoutube נגיד אצלי זו הייתה השורת כתובת, תראה שזה שונה מאצלו, ברגע שגילית את זה אז זה עבד. mklink /J “%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup” “D:\Apple Backup”

[@radukapu]

Search for many options online, so guys do bit more complicated method but this is the easiest and working way! Thank you for sharing.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Happy to help. Stay safe. 🙂

[@Rabbit086]

2021 and still works. absolute legend

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Yeh amazing. Merry Christmas. 🎄😎

[@libanjames]

Thanks brother. You're the man!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thanks. Happy to help 😀

[@yazzaf4776]

i had an issue with the command which stated that the folder already exists or something like that. I solved it by: 1.deleting the new mobilesync folder that we created and used the command again, by that it can create its own folder. 2. changing the command a little to because it should be mklink [options]

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool. Thanks for the info.

[@devonfox6592]

Hassan Senpai THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Devon Fox Great stuff, well don. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my channel.

[@yazzaf4776]

Devon Fox, no problem 😁

[@Skya334]

Its says junction created but my C drive is still filling up ?

[@prateekpamecha7854]

Quite a helpful video. These things always need a crash course. I once ended up with total data loss due to such a typical backup system by Apple.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad to help. 😎

[@DEN8Y]

Legend! I couldn't update my iPhone because it wanted to backup to my C: drive and I didn't have enough space. This worked perfectly! NOTE make sure you change the letter of your drive accordingly for example I had to change mine to "E:\MobileSync\Backup" as the drive I wanted to use was E: not D:

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

No problem. Merry Christmas. 🎄😎

[@okapiday]

Thank you You're a legend

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Twezy Glad to have helped. Thanks for visiting my Channel, please subscribe if you found this useful, would really appreciate it. Have a great 2019

[@bhavyajain8679]

thank you. I couldn't open cmd on other tutorials. and It might be better for you if you edit the video and blur your ph no. and serial no.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Oh dear I hadn't even noticed the ph no. on the screen! Thanks. I should be able to add a caption over it. Cheers for that. Thanks for visiting my channel.

[@Racingmix]

Success following lurgs tips. Windows 10, itunes iOS 12.1.3 update, bricked my phone, likely due to lack of SSD drive space. In hindsight, Apple back up on my computer is the reason my SSD went from 45% capacity to 99% capacity by plugging in my iphone and updating my music in iTunes. When your computer is at 99% storage, there's not much more writing you can do even with 32GB of RAM. Would recommend copy-paste instead of cut-paste because if in the rare instance that the power went out in the paste action progress, you'd lose all the data.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Good tip re. Copy not Cut. iTunes is a nightmare for storage space. Glad to have helped. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great 2019 and thanks for visiting my channel.

[@mharoon]

Thankyou man. My C drive got overflowed everytime I tried to backup my iPhone, and then boom......your solution. I appreciate your time giving for this video, and your updated video summary makes it so easy for users in 2020.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Marvellous news. Happy to help out. So annoying iTunes doesn't allow you to choose a backup location. Stay safe. 😎

[@mharoon]

@@LurgsHowToGuides yeah, i mean it's obvious they could've given an option to change the location....but like you said in one of your early comments, itunes is going anyway🤣 doesn't really matter to them, huh? but seriously out of so many tutorials, yours was the only one that got me through👍

[@rxrexe2687]

All I get when I enter any of those is "system cannot find the path specified", no matter which of the links in the description I used, I've tried all of them.

[@lyudachka11]

make sure you cut the mobilesync folder from the C: drive instead of copying it. if you can't, just delete the mobile sync folder from the C: drive after copying is done to D: drive. Then the commands should work.

[@cassianospier3327]

Para brasileiros: DESCRIÇÃO DO COMANDO, pois o youtube faz tradução. MkLink /J "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "E:\MobileSync\Backup"

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thank you.

[@julianc694]

Thanks, faced the same situation on low memory for c: followed your steps and manage to finally backup iphone X to iphone 12 ! appreciated.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool. 😎

[@dekester13]

Very Good tip! Simple and Helpful. For me only works after selecting the MkLink /J "C:\Users\NoName\Apple\MobileSync\Backup" "H:\MobileSync\Backup". Also thanks for the tip about the MicrosoftStore Itunes download backup folder. After all, Hello and Thanks from Brazil!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad to help. Greetings from England. 😎

[@dehrk9024]

He sound kinda like trump! :D Nice Video Thanks!

[@AntonChe]

Hi there, Lurgs, and thanks for detailed review! Please be so kind to advise on these points: 1) what’s better - to use iTunes App from MS Store, or iTunes program from Apple website? 2) and what is the proper way to update iPhone through iTunes - regular one or via “recovery mode / update”? Big thanks! ❤👐

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Probably iTunes from Apple but I’d avoid installing it if I was you. It’s not great. I use my iPhone without ever connecting to iTunes.

[@AntonChe]

@@LurgsHowToGuides Wow, so surprised to hear that since there are so many articles over web saying you should do it with pc/mac and Apple Support also recommends to make in recovery/update mode.. Now, I’m frustrated a lil bit after your answer :) Thanks for the prompt reply!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

@@AntonChe Best go with what the majority say, I don’t use it.

[@farhanabyanalgerie3917]

OMG I LOVE YOU DUDE. YOU SAVED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad I could help out. 😎

[@TryToBeLost]

Thank you so much! Only video that helped me

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great news.😎

[@apurvasharma2370]

This worked perfectly for me ...took me a couple of tries as I am not too good with computers .. lol... but thank you so much for this video and tutorial really really helps!! fabulous work !!! 🙌😊

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thank you for the comment and have a marvellous week.

[@AtomicHorror135]

This one worked for me: MkLink /J "%UserProfile%\Apple\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\MobileSync\Backup" I've tried the original one in the video but it didn't work. Downloaded iTunes from Microsoft store. The command is also in the description. Thanks Lurgs!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad to have helped. Please subscribe if you can, would really appreciate it. Have a great week and thanks for visiting my channel. Lurgs

[@zeppelinvuong1882]

Thank you for this video. THANK YOU. I struggled to handle this process using some other guides, but yours carried me through with no troubles at all. Cheers!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Happy to help. Have a marvellous week.

[@MrZH5gk]

@@LurgsHowToGuides you just CANNOT imagine how much trouble you saved me from. hope the best to your channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Yes let's hope so. Put alot of time into this channel and it makes it all worthwhile when I get nice comments. Thank you. Have a marvellous week.

[@sayomimimimi]

This is super helpful since I need to create a backup from 2 different phones. Thank you for the simple to understand tips. It worked well for me.

[@ramonincabo]

Thank you so much for your help, I just spent 25 mins with the Apple support and they could not give an answer on how to fix it! 5 mins with this tutorial and DONE!! THANK YOU AGAIN!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Maybe I'm in the wrong job! Happy to help out. Have a marvellous Christmas🎄.

[@timfairfield407]

Very helpful video!!!! One more point, if you are using a NAS for storage the /J option should be changed to /D That's what I had to do otherwise you get an error saying "Local volumes are required to complete the operation."

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great info. Thanks for that. Have a marvellous weekend.

[@ayfanny821]

I follow the original steps and redirect to external hard disk E:\, but i want to change back to NAS, i then del the folders on E:\ and use the command MkLink /D "%AppData%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "Z:\MobileSync\Backup", it returns "Cannot create a file when that file already exists." How can I solve this please?

[@ayfanny821]

I searched online and rename the old back up as old and created "Backup" and also did this: C:\WINDOWS\system32>cmd /c mklink /D "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "Z:\MobileSync\Backup" symbolic link created for C:\Users\Fanny\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup Z:\MobileSync\Backup I click the back up folder in C:\, it didn't redirect to Z:\ but keep to prompt to C:\, but i put a file to test and it actually redirected, so is it correct?

[@ayfanny821]

finally, i still got this error: "an error occurred while reading from or writing to the iphone" anyone can help?

[@aakash4351]

Hi! Thanks for the video. This is my first iphone and so far i am hating the user experience on everything. Thanks for making one thing easy. One more question, i've and older sony smarty tv, is it possible to mirror my iphone to it? If not mirror can i even open youtube or playmusic by clicking on cast?

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

aakash singh Depends what model it is. Mine doesn’t do mirroring. But if you play a KZbin video on your iPhone you may see a TV icon with a WiFi symbol, click on that and it will send it to your TV. But it has to be a modern TV with the KZbin app on it. Good luck

[@aakash4351]

Lurgs it is bravia kdl 32w 700b, earlier with android phones i did screen mirroring and youtube casting. It has all the apps youtube , netflix etc

[@saran7720]

It took sometime for me figure it out in my Window PC. Finally got it done. Even i didn’t see the Link for the Window Pc in the description.when i saw it i already spent too much time figuring it out and found it in my way. Thanks to you sir for the help🙏🏻

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff. Glad I could help. 😎

[@paulhempel5663]

IT took a number of tries, but your latest note from 1/19 along with what you had previously done helped and I finally got there.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff

[@DiveShadow]

Is there any way to view photos in the new backup folder? My friend said they usually save to system pictures as dated folders. But since theyre on my D drive I dont have that. gr8 vid btw

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

I don't think there is. Apple uses compression so they are not stored as viewable photos.

[@YozoraVII]

Is it okay to delete the backup file in the C drive after this process? (What I meant is Will I be able to restore the backup from the D drive using itunes in the future) Thank you very much for this helpful video

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

If you Cut and Pasted the files that C: folder should be empty. Yes you should be able to restore after from the D:

[@xxeniikoxx]

@@LurgsHowToGuides I cut and pasted the files from C drive to D Drive. But when i click backup, they seem to duplicate a folder in C drive too. Now that I've deleted the folder in C Drive, itunes state that my phone has not backed up in this computer before.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

EnikoLove TeddyBear I expect when you looked at the C: version it wasn't actually full of files, it was probably showing you the redirected files from the D: version

[@rebeccataylor6843]

THANK YOU! Your video/command helped me reroute my iphone backup from C to E! Would love to lean how to override a current backup file with a new one. I have a lot of data on my iphone and wouldn't want to recopy everything each backup to fill up my E drive. How can I redirect the backup to copy over the old backup? Thanks!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Rebecca Taylor Not sure how you'd do that. All I would say is be very careful, you can never have too many backups!

[@Lushn25]

Thank you very much, this was the best one, and most usefull video on youtube. Ivbeen searching for a tutorial whole day, and now i discovered your. Thank you!!!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thank you. 😎

[@ely1223]

Hi Lurgs, thank you for your video! I followed it carefully and I was liberated! I have a second iphone with a separate Apple ID. What should I do and not mess up my two different back ups.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

EL Y I'd be very careful as not sure how it works with more than one iPhone

[@ely1223]

Lurgs would you reckon if I repeat the same procedure and sign in with another Apple ID?

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

EL Y I honestly don't know I'm afraid.

[@ely1223]

Lurgs thanks Lurgs, will take a dive and hope for the best. Thanks again and keep it up.

[@cptamari_]

Very helpful even 2 years later, thank you

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad it helped! Stay safe 😎

[@heyryanramsey]

Thank you! Had to alter the command since my files are named/positioned differently, but you helped me get there!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool. Glad it worked out. 😎

[@jandry_delacruz]

The best!!! short time and direct. Thanks BRO!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

No problem.😎

[@CrispyOWisp]

Thanks so much for this mate. I looked up other people's methods and never worked. Your explanation worked perfectly. Thank you heaps.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

AussieMatt336 Great stuff, glad it was useful. Have a marvellous weekend and thanks for the comment.

[@RinoDo]

Thanks so much! One of the most useful youtube videos for how-to! Just subscribed your channel today :)

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Thank you for subscribing, have a marvellous weekend. 😎

[@donbastiano7]

Thank you very much sir! You are the best. I've searched a LOT about this subject and it kept non working. Even when I called Apple they didn't know how to do that. Thank you! Liked and subscribed!

[@orivagames5317]

thank you for doing this one, simple and straight forward

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cheers.

[@LT_Dangles_Music]

on my first attempt, i tried to put the MobileSync and Backup folders within a couple other folders on the D: drive, (might have done something to mess it up here), then changed the junction command prompt to show the correct route. command prompt would tell me something like "can't create this file because it already exists". deleted the new stuff in the D: drive, "re-backed-up" my phone to the C: drive, this time ONLY making D:\MobileSync\Backup folders, did the cut+paste, ran the command, and it worked just fine. Thank you for the video! With a gaming rig using an M.2 as the boot drive, and the other "fast drives" needing to be filled with games, I've been looking for all possible ways of moving things over to the 2TB drive. This was a big help because my Backup is about 100GB!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

LT_Dangles_Music Glad to have helped out. Good luck with your music and sorry to hear about your accident. All the best.

[@as061558]

Hi, If use this way to backup I phone into D drive, how do I restore backup into I phone from its new changed locate

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Yes it should automatically pickup the redirect.

[@as061558]

Lurgs Thanks guy, but I still a bit worry it will be distortion of backup file if I change the original path from C drive

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

If you are not confident I would leave it as it is. You can try clearing up your C: drive > kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5SzgaWrg5yhers and kzbin.info/www/bejne/e364n51vlsplms0

[@as061558]

Lurgs Hi, How can I command if my existing path is C:\Users\Users\Apple\MobileSync\Backup. I have several tried but can’t be recognised

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

@@as061558 As above. If you are not confident I would leave it all as it is on the C: version.

[@yueplushart]

You literally saved my life thx!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

@@yueplushart an old video but still working, cool. 😎

[@bingc6481]

Thanks alot man! This save me $8 iCloud backup storage per month.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad I could help. 😎

[@MA-ck4wu]

Thanks it worked. Except for me the original backup folder was located in the Apple folder in the regular user directory, not in %Appdata%

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool. Stay safe. 😎

[@JoshRimer]

The update in the description worked for me - thanks!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Good to hear! Stay safe 😎

[@supersixseven9827]

Thanks Lurgs. Perfect video. Had pretty much the same scenario going on with my PC.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Cool. Glad to help 😎.

[@largealmond3085]

thank you so much. you would not believe how frustrated i was whenever i'd wait minutes to back up my phone only to have itunes say it couldn't because I was out of space LMAO

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Great stuff. Glad I could help. 😎

[@tonyschenk3357]

This worked for me. I had to do it twice though. I'm not sure what I messed up the first time. I freed up 50 Gb on my C drive. Thanks!

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Fabulous news. I hope that Leonard is still with you.

[@tonyschenk3357]

@@LurgsHowToGuides, unfortunately Leonard died this past January at age 101. But thanks for caring.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Tony Schenk Sorry to hear that. All the best to you and your family.

[@LaserKoray]

Thank you so much! I will use this to install Ios14. Creating a backup just in case

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Glad I could help 😎.

[@viraj7581]

Lol same dude