Where do iTunes backup files reside?

I'm not worried about music, but I imagine everything is in the same place. My primary concern is iCal and Address Book. I back up my iPhone and iPad to iTunes. I want to make sure it backs up to Carbonite so in the unlikely event I would loose my Mac and both devices (fire, theft. etc) and if I would need data I would need to know where to look. I don't want to use iCloud, I've had too much trouble with all 3 devices syncing to each other.
Thanks

TheGirlWrites wrote:
This is probably a quite silly question, but how do I get to  ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/?
As noted in my post directly above yours;
Click on the desktop.
Press and hold Option key.
In the Finder menu at top, select the Go menu.
Library
I backedup using iTunes on my iPhone and I need to acess my notes app. What do I do?is about halfway down.You cannot access the Notes app in your backup.
Did you delete some notes?

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