There are a significant number of iPhone users running Windows 10 operating system on their computers. Most of these users use the official iTunes software to create backups of their iPhone on a Windows 10 PC.
Έχοντας τις προεπιλεγμένες ρυθμίσεις στο iTunes το πρόγραμμα αποθηκεύει το backup του iPhone στην ίδια μονάδα δίσκου όπου είναι εγκατεστημένα και τα Windows 10. Η πραγματική τοποθεσία των Backups of these are:
If iTunes is installed by Microsoft Store: Users \ UserName \ Apple \ MobileSync \ Backup
If iTunes is installed outside the Store (using an installation file): Users \ UserName \ AppData \ Roaming \ Apple \ MobileSync \ Backup
(where User_name you need to change it with the name you have entered in Windows)
The problem και με τις δύο αυτές προεπιλεγμένες θέσεις είναι ότι βρίσκονται στη μονάδα δίσκου όπου είναι εγκατεστημένα και τα Windows 10. Εάν έχετε εγκαταστήσει τα Windows 10 σε ένα σχετικά μικρό SSD και που δεν διαθέτει αρκετό ελεύθερο χώρο για να δημιουργήσετε copies ασφαλείας για το iPhone σας, ίσως να θέλετε να δημιουργήσετε τα αντίγραφα ασφαλείας σας σε έναν έτερο σκληρό δίσκο (εσωτερικό ή εξωτερικό).
The current version of iTunes for Windows OS does not offer the option to change the default backup location. So, before you can back up your iPhone to an external hard drive, you need to make a solution by creating a symbolic connection.
Let's see how you can change the default iTunes backup location for iPhone backup in Windows 10.
Step 1: Connect your external hard drive to your Windows 10 computer and make sure it appears on your computer. Alternatively, you can also choose an internal disk other than Windows 10.
Step 2: Navigate to “O. computer and go to the beginning of your external hard drive by double-clicking the drive icon.
Step 3: At the beginning of the external hard drive, create one new folder called MobileSync. For example, if the drive letter of your external hard drive is "D", then the path to the MobileSync folder will be D: \ MobileSync.
Step 4: Then go to one of the following locations:
If iTunes is installed from Windows 10 Store: C: \ Users \ UserName \ Apple \ MobileSync
For the classic iTunes desktop version: C: \ Users \ UserName \ AppData \ Roaming \ Apple Computer \ MobileSync
(where User_name you need to change it with the name you have entered in Windows)
Step 5: Cut (do not copy) the Backup folder from this location and paste it into the new MobileSync folder that you created at the beginning of the external hard drive. So the path to the Backup folder will be: D: \ MobileSync \ Backup (Where "D" is the drive letter of your external drive).
Step 6: Open a Command Prompt as an administrator. To do this, right-click Start and select "Command Prompt Command Line".
Step 7: In Command Proprt, run the following command:
If iTunes is installed from the Store:
MkLink / J "C: \ Users \ UserName \ Apple \ MobileSync \ Backup" "D: \ MobileSync \ Backup"
If iTunes is installed outside the Store (using the installation file):
MkLink / J "C: \ Users \ UserName \ AppData \ Roaming \ Apple Computer \ MobileSync \ Backup" "D: \ MobileSync \ Backup"
(where User_name you need to change it with the name you have entered in Windows)
In the above commands, "C" is the drive letter of Windows 10, "username" is your real username on your computer, and "D" is the drive letter of the external hard drive (new location) you want to use to back up your iPhone.
Now you can connect the iPhone to your computer, start iTunes and create a backup that will be saved in our case on disk D:
