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How to change iPhone backup location on Windows?

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iTunes creates quite a big backup directory on my C: drive whenever I back up my iPhone. Is there a way to tell iTunes to back up the iPhone data to another location?

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According to this article you can't change the iTunes behavior. However, you can use a feature of NTFS to point that folder to another drive. This feature is typically called a "junction". You can use this tool to create a junction: http://technet.m…

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