Any way to change the location where itunes stores the backup files?

I am running low on my C: drive in XP. Any way to change the location where itunes stores the backups of my various devices?

i am currently in the same situation. i purchased an external hard drive and set itunes to save to it in the preferences, and this worked, but only for new additions. all of my current music still plays from my mac HD and not the external. i am assuming i will need to re-add every song. the only plus is that when i transferred my songs to the external, it saved my settings. hopefully it saves the play counts.

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How can I change the location where itunes stores my backup?

I don't know how to change the location were itunes stores my backup and my transfer purchases. I don't have enough memory on the hard driver where the windows is installed.Please help me!!!

Transferred purchases usually get stored in the iTunes Media folder although if your library started life back on iTunes 8 or earlier then apps could be stored within the main iTunes library folder. This post gives an overview of how to restructure your library on a different drive. I can give specific instructions if you tell me more about your current setup.
To change where iTunes stores iOS device backups redirect <Profile>\<AppData>\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup to a folder on another drive using NTFSLink (shell ext., might only work on XP) or Junction (cmd line tool). In essence you move the existing folder to a new location, create an empty folder where the old one used to be, then get the operating system to link the two together and silently redirect any file operation on the old location through to the new one.
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Any way to change default point where iTunes creates thumbnail for videos?

Is there any way to change the default point in time where iTunes creates its own auto-generated thumbnail previews for videos when you drag them into your Library and view them all using the "Movies" section in the left panel?
So when you look at them all using Cover Flow view, for example.
I know you change the thumbnail for each video after the fact, or even batch-add thumbnail artwork for several videos at once, but that's not what I'm after...
I have a WHOLE LOAD of videos that are non-sensically named (Y1_D1-4, etc.), and I want to import them all into iTunes.
Of course I will also need to change the NAMES of these movies as well.
They are actually TV shows, which illustrates the following point:
What all these "movies" have in common is that their intro sequences are all EXACTLY the same length, before they then show the title of the particular show.
Now, if I could get iTunes to use this point in time as it's setting for creating default thumbnails, that would help me in two ways:
Firstly, it would create the thumbnail that I want, and secondly, it would also show me the title of the show, so I could easily re-name the file there and then, without having to scrub back and forth, to find the name of the show.
Any clues anyone...?

Eric Willhelm wrote:
I'm wondering, is there any way to change this so I don't have to click three times to get to that last point, where the cursor is placed in the filename and ready to edit?
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but you can speed up what you're doing by pressing the "return" key after the first click instead of pausing, then clicking a second time.

Does any know what is the name of the folder where iTunes saves the iCloud cache like the songs being played, etc.?

Does any know what is the name of the folder where iTunes saves the iCloud cache like the songs being played, etc.?

Checked:
when you add a song to iTunes, that song is copied to the itunes library folder (on your external drive) with all your other songs, so they are all in the same place, on that drive. you can then delete the song you added to itunes from wherever you added it, because it has been copied to the itunes folder.
Unchecked:
the song is not copied to the itunes folder on the external drive. this means that once you add it to itunes, you must keep the song wherever you added it from, because itunes only remembers where it is located, and does not keep a copy in the itunes folder. moving this file will make the song unplayable in itunes.

I need to know the location where iTunes downloads software to, it is filling up my hard drive.

I need to know the location where iTunes downloads software to, it is filling up my hard drive.
I am trying to put my iPhone4 into recovery and then will restore it. iTunes starts extracting the software. But the iPhone reboots and by the time the software has completed extraction, the iPhone can no longer be seen by iTunes.
We have a very small hard drive on our laptop. Each time iTunes does an extraction, it uses up more space on the C: drive.
Nothing frees up that used drive space. Not closing iTunes or rebooting the computer. Nothing.
How do we release / delete these files?

See Re: when itunes downloads ipsw where does it go.
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Can I specify the location where iTunes places ripped mp3's?

I would like to use iTunes to rip my CD's.
However:
1. I keep my music at a different location (directory tree arranged by genre, artist, albums etc) than the iTunes library. I manage the music library myself.
2. I edit the MP3 tags outside of iTunes (using MP3TAG software).
So, can I
1. tell iTunes the directory where to place the ripped mp3's and
2. prevent iTunes from automatically integrating the rips into its library. I will import the mp3's into iTunes when I an good and ready.

Aloke wrote:
I would like to use iTunes to rip my CD's.
However:
1. I keep my music at a different location (directory tree arranged by genre, artist, albums etc) than the iTunes library. I manage the music library myself.
2. I edit the MP3 tags outside of iTunes (using MP3TAG software).
So, can I
1. tell iTunes the directory where to place the ripped mp3's and
Not really. iTunes places rips at *<iTunes Media Folder>\(Music\)<Album Artist|Artist>\<Album>\## <Track>.<ext>*. You can change the location of your *<iTunes Media Folder>* but that's it. The optional Music\ bit depends on whether you're using the new *iTunes Media Organsiation*.
2. prevent iTunes from automatically integrating the rips into its library. I will import the mp3's into iTunes when I an good and ready.
Nope. iTunes add files to the library as part of any import, rip or play operattion.
For what it's worth I keep my library organised manually, but why use MP3Tag to edit data that can just as easily be editied inside iTunes? After I rip an album or purchase from iTunes/Amazon I use iTunes to amend the details so that the album will be properly organised (see tips at http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp) and then use MediaMonkey to reorganise the files & folders to my style. I then simply delete & reimport the album.
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Was there a change to the location where iTunes copies media with the "Keep media folder organized" option selected?

iTunes was copying my media to for example:
\volume\iTunes\Music\Artist\Album\tracks.mp3
\volume\iTunes\Movies\Movie\movie.mp4
\volume\iTunes\TV Shows\TV Show\Season\episode.mp4
I believe after the update it started to copy and move files to different locations:
\volume\iTunes\Artist\Album\tracks.mp3
\volume\iTunes\Movies\movie.mp4
\volume\iTunes\TV Shows\TV Show\episode.mp4
Music is no longer being copied to the Music folder, it's being copied or moved to the root of where I have my iTunes directory defined. Has anyone seen this change happen to them?

Actually to get it to run through your library as it now exists I think the consolidate command is still around (I don't have itunes 10).
How to Consolidate Your iTunes Library and Keep It Organized - http://www.switched.com/2010/11/02/itunes-consolidate-library-keep-organized/

How can I change the location where iTunes saves iOS 5.1, new data, synchronized apps and other data?

My hard drive C is full. I changed the location of the mediathek to an external hard drive F and moved all media data there. Also, I synchronized my iPad with this new set-up. So far, everything worked out well.
Now, why is iTunes stll saving data, like the much needed iOS 5.1, to C? This actually makes it impossible for me to finally update my iPad, because my C drive is simply full!
Also, iTunes does not synchronize my iPad apps or my photos. When I try to synchronize them manually, iTunes starts to save data to my C drive. How can I change that to my external drive F?
In a nutshell, how can I move iTunes once and for all to my external hard drive F (or at least, to a different hard drive on my computer)? There is simply no space on my C drive for it at all.
Thankyou so much for an answer, I am literally going nuts right now!

I found the app that I'm looking for it's called sensor kinetics pro and the link is
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sensor-kinetics-pro/id623633248
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I have a new computer which i have down loaded i tunes to is there any way to sync my old laptop itunes with the new?

i have a new laptop and down loaded itunes to it, is there any way to get the music from my old laptop itunes to this new version?

See also this migrate iTunes library post.
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How do I change the directory where Firefox stores temporary internet files?

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Is there any way to change what type of security on the wrt110 router

i just got a new router and i was trying to connect a laptop to it. but the laptop is so old it can only connect to the wep security and the router has wpa/wpa2 security. does anybody know how to change the security type?
Message Edited by Diego806 on 07-17-2009 06:51 PM
Message Edited by Diego806 on 07-17-2009 06:54 PM

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Would someone please tell me where iTunes stores the backups of my iPod on my pc?

I upgraded to IOS 5 on my iPod touch 3rd gen and all my claendar events were erased for the past year, I need this information, it was not synced from my computer, these were items, appointments, and events I entered by hand to my touch, and I need them back. I am hoping to use the last backup before updating to IOS 5, but I have no idea where the file is on my computer, I have windows 7, and would really appreciate any help. Thanks, Cindy

If you go to Edit>Preferences>Devices, then you can see all the backups on your computer.
More specifically, the files are located at: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

Locating where iTunes put my backups

So I am trying to update my iPhone (it's about maybe 3 or 4 updates behind) and I am struggling to find out where my previous backs up are because they are apparently corrupted and I can't make a new back up without finding and deleting the old back ups. I am using a Windows 7 OS 32 Bit.
I had a hrd time figuring out if this was an iPhone problem or an iTunes problem so I apologize if this is posted in the wrong section.
Thank you for the help

Bill_Nye wrote:
So I am trying to update my iPhone (it's about maybe 3 or 4 updates behind) and I am struggling to find out where my previous backs up are because they are apparently corrupted and I can't make a new back up without finding and deleting the old back ups.
Why not?
iTunes prefs > Devices you can see and delete previous backups.

How to change the directory where firefox stores the bookmarks

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Any way to change the location where itunes stores the backup files?

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