Comments on: Windows Users: Disable iTunes backup for faster sync

By: White Dane

White Dane — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:42:27 +0000

Hi there.
I am running iTunes 8.0.2.20 on a Windows 7 OS (my iPhone is running OS 2.2.1)
I did everything you explained before. However, when I run iTunes, it re-writes the iTunesPrefs.xml, deleting the modification (the command after the 1st on User Preference). Is there any other workaround?

Regards.

White Dane
SP – Brazil

By: fatalkickback

fatalkickback — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:42:19 +0000

It works!!!! Awesome… Itunes sucks…shitty software i ever seen.

By: Annihilater

Annihilater — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:58:48 +0000

Thanks man i was one hour into the back up and not even half way, so i decieded to take action and thankfully found this site THANKS ALOT :grin:

By: Scubaman99

Scubaman99 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:32:41 +0000

Hey I found the file, opened it up with Notepad++ found the user prefs section… made the edits and SAVED the file.

I reopened the file JUST to be sure my edits were saved and they were. My problem is that when i open up iTunes it seems to overwrite my edits! :evil: :evil: :evil:

how the heck do i get iTunes to STOP overwriting my changes???

By: Dennis Nederlof

Dennis Nederlof — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:49:48 +0000

I have written a small Windows program called “iPhone Backup Switch”. The program will allow you to enable and disable the iPhone backup feature in iTunes. I have tested it pretty well in Windows XP and VISTA. There is a backup feature that will backup the iTunes configuration and let you restore a previous version, if something goes wrong. Comes complete with installer and uninstaller.

Get it here:
http://www.microseconds.com/backupswitch.html

Spread the word please!

By: Ten bug fixes we would like to see in iPhone firmware 2.1 Â» iPhone System Â» iPhoneFreakz

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:36:21 +0000

[...] Also, we would like an iTunes update that gives us the choice to enable or disable iPhone backups, since they are dreadfully slow. But there are ways to do this now with a little effort. For Mac, go here, and for Windows, go here. [...]

By: ABG

ABG — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:01:46 +0000

**FOR VISTA USERS**

C:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:57:56 +0000

“youâ€™re looking for a â€œUser Preferences Sectionâ€ and adding the DeviceBackupsDisabled key.”

oh ok. thanks. I have tried and it works.

By: ABG

ABG — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:36:11 +0000

you’re looking for a “User Preferences Section” and adding the DeviceBackupsDisabled key.

By: scudsone

scudsone — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:10:21 +0000

for everyone who can’t find the â€œUser Preferencesâ€ string, i may be able to help:

On my computer there are two files named “iTunesPrefs.xml”, one in the …\Application Data\… folder and one in the …\Local Settings\… folder. Only the file in the …\Application Data\… folder has a â€œUser Preferencesâ€ string. I don’t know why there are 2 preference files in two locations, but thy are not the same, so make sure you edit the correct one.