How to delete old iPhone backups in iTunes to reclaim gigabytes of hard drive space
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Backups of your iPhones and iPads that you make on your Mac can take up a lot of room. Here`s how you can free up space by deleting older backups. iTunes makes it easy to have a local backup of an iOS device on a machine you control. But those backups can take up precious space, especially if you have more than one. Good news then that iTunes lets you delete your excess backups fairly easily. You can also get rid of unnecessary iOS software updates after you`ve used them, as well, which should also free up a little bit of room. Here`s how you can go about getting rid of old backups and iOS software updates on your Mac. How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup from iTunes How to delete iOS software update files How to delete an iPhone or iPad backup from iTunes Open iTunes from your Dock or Applications folder. Click iTunes in the Menu bar. Click Preferences. Click on the Devices tab. Click on the backup you want to remove. Click Delete Backup. How to delete iOS software updat...