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   Jolly Roger to no@thanks.net   
   Re: Backups in iTunes   
   16 Oct 23 00:33:24   
   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-10-15, candycanearter07  wrote:   
   > On 10/15/23 16:34, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >> Just don't expect much compression. I just tested it with one of my   
   >> backups:   
   >>   
   >>    Uncompressed: 39.83 GB   
   >>      Compressed: 37.93 GB   
   >   
   > Ouch, zip compression varies so much sometimes.   
   > Maybe you could try .gz compression?   
      
   Not worth it. Most of the backup data is already compressed.   
      
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