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  1. Railman Newcomer, in training Posts: 46

    ITunes takes up too much space on the C: drive. I found this out when my wife upgraded her iPhone. My data is kept on a separate partition but iTunes did not have an option to use anything but the C drive so backups of the phone kept failing. As a result of this and other issues I don't rate Apple.
    Railman, Feb 21, 2013
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  2. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,891   +116

    SNGX1275, Feb 21, 2013
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  3. TRIBAL Newcomer, in training

    Hey mate, my questions I think been answered? on the phone the update 6.1.2 says 12.0mb, but when I start download, says like 983mb, im like no way??? So if I do it through WIFI it'll be a smaller update??
    please explain..
    TRIBAL, Feb 22, 2013
    #23

  4. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,891   +116

    Yes, wifi update will be smaller. iTunes update gets the whole OS presumably for the ability to do a total restore to your phone if something really bad happens at some point. Whole OS isn't needed for a patch, only the patch.
    SNGX1275, Feb 22, 2013
    #24

  5. JC713 TechSpot Guru Posts: 2,622   +192

    I put Itunes on my old XP computer on an external drive because it took up too much space.
    JC713, Feb 22, 2013
    #25

  6. TRIBAL Newcomer, in training

    Thank you sir, quick story- im down in sydney to see surgeon & rehab work placement so my pc's in queensland, friend lent me his lappy, visited maccas for the free wi-fi, it was broken down or who knows, so this morning spoke to phone com - TELSTRA about my data, 8gigs one time only $20! So..... I've done it the long way but it's now updated.
    thanks again, no doubt I'll be asking more questions or sites to help.
    TRIBAL, Feb 23, 2013
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  7. Railman Newcomer, in training Posts: 46

    Thanks for your feedback however strange it may seem I had already set iTunes data to another drive before attempting to to back up the iPhone. I would have thought that it was logical for the default drive for a phone backup to go to the same drive as the iTunes data. This was not the case when I attempted to back up my wifes phone. At the time I was using iTunes version 10.5.2. There was no option to change the drive iTunes backed up to. At the time my wife must have had around 5GB data on her phone which was larger than spare space on my C: drive. In the end I used my daughters lap top as she had plenty of space capacity on the C: drive.

    Subsequently I did discover that you could set up a virtual c: drive directory on another drive but I felt that such a technical solution should not be necessary for a program that is used by millions. It is possible that this has now been corrected but I suspect that Apple are more interested in directing users to the Cloud.
    Railman, Feb 24, 2013
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  8. adamsmith0123 Newcomer, in training

    Hopefully all the issues will be fixed soon. Specially the passcode issue.
    adamsmith0123, Feb 25, 2013
    #28

  9. JC713 TechSpot Guru Posts: 2,622   +192

    6.1.3 will fix this. It is currently Beta
    JC713, Feb 25, 2013
    #29

  10. adamsmith0123 Newcomer, in training

    I cant wait for the official release of 6.1.3
    adamsmith0123, Feb 26, 2013
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  11. JC713 TechSpot Guru Posts: 2,622   +192

    It breaks the jailbreak also
    JC713, Feb 26, 2013
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