Are you still confused by an SSD drive that
you think it only contains Windows 7 operating system and several important
programs?
As we have outlined in part 1 of this column,
using appropriate tools will reveal that gigabytes that you do not know are
being saved by Windows and third-party programs on C: drive. This time we
consider how the most popular programs, including Windows, will pour files on
precious SSD despite your greatest efforts.
Many
gigabytes you do not know are being saved by Windows and third-party programs
on C: drive.
ITunes culprit
In our case, and maybe yours, we explore
iTunes is stealing much SSD capacity by including all iPad, iPhone and iPod
backup here. As many programs we have tried to install on larger traditional
hard disk, iTunes still insists on maintaining core functions on the drive
where the operating system is located. Therefore, whether we always install
iTunes and update it on the second drive, even put the library there; it turns
out to identify programs that are backup devices on your C: drive of the SSD.
In the case of iPad with saved magazines and they can be extremely large. Our
case is 6GB.
Open iTunes and use the Edit menu to open
Preferences. Go to Device tab and you will see that equipment backup which
iTunes is keeping. The program does not notice their real size, just announce
devices and dates. To know how much space that iTunes is using for backup, go
to the original drive and Users/username/Application
Data/Apple Computer/MobileSync/Backup. However, if you use
date and time tags on file and match them with the date and time ones in
iTunes, you will see the folder correspond to the backup. If you delete
unnecessary backup from iTunes and click OK button in Device Preferences
window, the effect will occur immediately and be easy to see in the relevant
folder on your drive.
Importing
Songs from a CD in Apple's iTunes for Windows
iTunes also tends to leave folders which you
think you have deleted or directories which are not listed in iTunes device
backup window. While doing it, you must be careful not to delete a current
backup value, look for outdated backup directories that you feel safe to delete
or transfer to CD or another drive for storage.
In addition to backup files for Apple devices,
please be careful that when iTunes syncs iPod touch, iPhone or iPad, it often
copy into hard drives of any applications you have downloaded directly to the
device. Over time, a copy of applications you have stopped syncing between the
desktop and device is still on your hard drive. In the folder where your iTunes
was installed, find Mobile Applications folder. Right click it and use
Properties to see its size. Our directory grew excessively to 26GB, often with
applications which we have stop using for a long time. If you use an SSD to
store iTunes and library, it is a large estate space. Remember that under iOS
5, your Apple devices currently hold a list of applications which you
downloaded in the cloud. You can see all old applications installed in App
Store application on the device and download any old application from there if
needed. You may not need to keep that application floating on your hard drive.
Please delete them.
If you are using Spotify subscription music
service, not iTunes, you may think that it takes all your music directly from
the cloud. In fact, it can save millions of gigabytes of content on your
system. To adjust the position and size of that storage, use the menu
Edit/Preferences to scroll down Cache area, where you can navigate the storage
and apply the limit on how much storage capacity which it can consume.
Although
iTunes is being installed on the second disk, it may still navigate large
backup files to your precious SSD.
Management
of importing pictures and videos on portable drives may save millions of
gigabytes for your SSD in transferring files.
