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   Jolly Roger to no@thanks.net   
   Re: Backups in iTunes   
   16 Oct 23 19:37:04   
   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2023-10-16, candycanearter07  wrote:   
   > On 10/16/23 11:10, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >> I really don't care enough about Windows to research why some things get   
   >> stored in %USERPROFILE% rather than %APPDATA%. Suffice it to say you can   
   >> find your backups (and other interesting things) in either one,   
   >> depending on how your particular system behaves. 🙂   
   >   
   > Cause some publishers don't know/care about what's "supposed" to go in   
   > certain system folders. I mean, quite a few resort to creating a folder   
   > in your home directory instead.   
      
   That might be an explanation, except that iTunes does indeed store   
   backups in both locations on different systems. And that's why I   
   postulated there was some system or user profile at play causing the   
   difference in storage locations.   
      
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