Backup/Sync from Windows Drive

Is there a way to get iPhone/iPad/iTunes to not backup/sync data from my phones/tablets to my Windows drive. I use an ssd as my primary Windows drive, so naturally there isn't a lot of space there, and every time I back up a phone it completely fills my primary drive up. I would like for this data to go to one of my other drives.

Great help - am running iTunes 12 and the last tip worked great .. Ta.. .. But......
I have now downloaded all my purchases from iPad into my 13" MacBook Air and its taken nearly 2G of disk space (which on the wee Air is a big problem !). I guess its transferred lots of files but apps like Adobe Draw and Sketch which I suspect have some big files do not show up down the page under the App > Files section in iTunes and many other apps are missing from here.
How can I find and delete all the files that have been sucked into my MB Air after restoring purchases. I have not chosen to backup my iPad to the Air, but who knows what iTunes has decided to do

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1. Connect the USB drive to the Mac and open Disk Utility.
2. Select your USB drive in the sidebar and press Erase tab.
3. As Format, choose exFAT or MS-DOS (FAT) and select Erase.
4. Connect it to the PC and transfer the files to the Mac

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I use the Time Capsule to Backup my MacBook Air. But what is about the Time Capsule itself?
I hoped it is easyly possible to use the external USB-Drive to do the backup for the time capsule.
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There is no backup in the TC.. it is unable to back itself up..
If you use 5.6 utility there is archive.. which is a full backup of the whole TC disk to the USB drive plugged into it.. there is no automation.. no incremental.. the whole disk or nothing.. manually initiated.. and it will knock your TC out of action for as long as it takes.. which is a long time.. USB drive is slow... half the speed of the same drive on your computer USB.
You can do it with a software backup program from the Mac itself.. that works with network drives.. so not TM.
And will be doubly slow as it copies files to the computer and back to the TC usb drive... it is 3x or more faster to backup to USB drive plugged into the computer..
TC as I keep repeating is a backup target for TM.. and is designed by apple with the absolute min of smarts required to do that and nothing more. It is not a NAS.. the most basic NAS includes automated backup.

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My original plan was the backup my files before upgrading my iMac from OS Tiger 10.4 to the current version of 10.6.3 (now .8 after updates).
I bought a Seagate external drive to backup my personal documents (.doc, .jpg's, .pdf's) on Tiger. After successfully installing Snow Leopard, the files won't open. A message saying it cannot open it. All my html files I created come up gibberish.
BUT the backup files on the drive are all fine and all show up. The backup drive works totally fine. Is it because of the OS upgrade? IF i went back to Tiger will this work???

After successfully installing Snow Leopard, the files won't open. A message saying it cannot open it. All my html files I created come up gibberish.
Do you have versions of software that run on Snow Leopard to open these files? If the applications were upgraded for Snow Leopard (vs. a new version issued after Snow Leopard came out), you may need to upgarde various application to open those files. What's the exact wording of the message you get?
But the backup files on the drive are all fine and all show up. The backup drive works totally fine.
That just indicates there's no problem with the files, but it still doesn't eliminate the possibility of you needing to upgrade some software to open the files. Check that first; that's always going to be a factor in deciding to upgrade OS X, since it could cost quite a bit.
If that's not a problem, then it could indicate a problem with installing Snow Leopard, in which case you can try reinstalling it. Before you do that, you should try creating a new user account on that machine and testing to see if you can open any of those files without a problem. If you can, that indicates the problem is specific to your regular account, and not a system issue.
As for your backup, how did you create it: with SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, or similar software, or did you just do a Finder copy from the Mac to the bacup drive?

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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand you purchased a new iPod and want to sync your music from your Windows computer to it. It sounds like the sync settings may not be correct if your music is not syncing over. Please use the following article as a reference to help you get your music synced to the iPod.
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