Thanks again for all your help. Things seem to be working just fine now, and I was able to erase the applications. I just wonder what will happen when I try to use iTunes but forget to plug in my drive. <smile> Until I can get tons if iCloud or Dropbox storage, this is a great way to do things, and now I know how to move my library around in the future. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Sounds correct to me. > > The files in the Mobile Applications folder are simply iOS apps that you can > sync to an iDevice rather than having to re-download from the App Store all > the time. iTunes treats apps like any other kind of media. So, for example, > you could do the following: > 1. Open iTunes and navigate to the Apps section with CMD+7. > 2. Select the "My apps" radio button, if it isn't selected already. > 3. Navigate to the apps grid, select all, and delete. Be sure you really > don't want to keep these apps on your computer. iTunes will tell you that the > apps will not be deleted from an iOS device that syncs with the computer. > 4. Now you should be able to safely remove the Mobile Applications folder. > > Please let us know how this goes. > > Grant > > On Oct 21, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com > <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>> wrote: > > Thanks. So, to be sure I have the process right: > > 1. Move the entire library to somewhere iTunes can write to (by copying it > out of the Time Machine location). > 2. Open iTunes with the Option key held down, and browse to my newly copied > library folder. > 3. Locate the apps folder from within iTunes and erase the apps. How do I do > this? > 4. I'm now safe to backup, sync, or restore my iOS devices, and all my music > should work fine. > > Right? I appreciate the help! >> On Oct 21, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@outlook.com >> <mailto:grantha...@outlook.com>> wrote: >> >> If the applications folder is empty, it can be safely removed. If it is not >> empty, I would recommend removing all the apps from within the iTunes UI >> first, otherwise all those apps will still show up in your library but >> iTunes will not be able to locate them. >> >> As for synchronization and backups, that should not be messed up in any way. >> Backups are not stored in your iTunes folder, and may safely be removed at >> any time. iTunes will simply do a full backup rather than an incremental one >> if it cannot find any previous backups when backing up an iOS device. >> >> Grant >> >> On Oct 20, 2014, at 7:00 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com >> <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I am about to copy over my old iTunes library, but I have one more question. >> I've already synced my iPhone with iTunes a few times. Will this mess up any >> syncing moving forward, or restoring encrypted backups, or anything? >> Similarly, since I never use them, can I replace or get rid of the Mobile >> Applications folder in the old library? >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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