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    Backing up an iPhone back-up to an external hardrive

    Hello all, I have backed up the actual iPhone backup file on my Windows, to an external hardrive. Question is this - I am going to wipe my computer and reinstall everything. Computer is playing up so want to clear any potential virus' etc. So once I reinstall iTunes and plug in a new iPhone -...
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    Usage Experiences? Reliability? Run iTunes with Media & Backup folders on external drive (save SSD)?

    Usage Experiences? Reliability? Run iTunes with Media & Backup folders on external drive (save SSD)? There are tons of articles for Windows (I use) and Mac about moving some of this heavy space eating stuff off my C drive / SSD. 2 key methods I see are (I'll post some links for them) ...
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    Help deleting mobile sync backups

    I have a macbook pro and I have like 50 gigs of backups in mobile sync. Most of this pointless and I can't figure out a way to delete it. I have time machine but don't leave it plugged in all the time. Someone please help me find out how to delete mobile backups and this nonsense that is...