Your instructions do not mirror your screen shot. You have put you should type:
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup D:\temp\Backup"
But the correct address would be: mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\temp\Backup"
You missed out two speech signs.
This thread seemed very helpful to me at first but I am getting a backup in my external drive and in my desktop.
I tried setting up the junction both ways.
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\Mobilesync\Backup" D:\temp\Backup
And
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\Mobilesync\Backup" "D:\temp\Backup"
but in both cases I get one file in my extranet drive and one on my desktop so I get the same error message during the backup saying that I have inssufficient drive space.
Do I need to do something different so that the backup bypasses my desktop completely?
Thanks!
Just Getting It Done - September 10, 2013 at 3:44pm
He fudged the command. The default behavior for the mklink command is to make a link to a file, not a directory. You have to give the /D switch as well to specify it's a directory. So the command should be mklink /J /D "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\temp\Backup"
Its funny how i spent almost an hour on this and the solution was so simple. The OP did everything right, except a little typo. DringStep 5, when you enter mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup D:\temp\Backup". you have to enter apostrophe after ....MobileSync\Backup and before D:.
So instead of mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup D:\temp\Backup". enter : mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\temp\Backup".
I got the D/temp/Backup OK with the formula from Antonis, but I also get a copy on the C backup - the folder backup gets recreated when I back up, despite having been renamed to Backup_Old. Any thoughts? Mike Y
In the Step 5 is an error just change this command:
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup D:\temp\Backup"
With this:
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" D:\temp\Backup
I can create the symbolic link but when I go to sync I get the message "iPhone could not backup because backup file was corrupt or not compatible".
When I remove the symbolic link and re-create the "backup" folder, the sync and back up are successful.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or what a fix might be?
For me, I come unstuck at step 5 as cmd tells me that 'mklink' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Not sure what I've done wrong?? Everything else has worked fine until then.
Worked great. Just have to add missing double quotes between paths in step 5. Like;
mklink /J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "D:\temp\Backup"