iPad large backup file

Your apps are 4x the size now, requiring 4x space. It's the unspoken down side to such a high res. Just get used to it.

 

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Your apps aren't 4 times the size.

When you go under Settings->General->Usage for your different devices, what do they say is using all the storage? You could try removing the video files temporarily, then doing your backup, but that's likely painful. What's the problem with a large backup file that you're trying to solve?

C

 

Why are you trying to mislead them?

Here's the practical explanation via this dudes little tutorial.
http://bjango.com/articles/designingforretina/

 

Mainly because only a fraction of the apps out there have even been updated yet, and even then, it's only the graphics files that are increased in size. Audio, code, databases will still be the same size.

By looking at what's actually causing his storage growth as I suggested, he can use some facts to figure out what needs to happen next.

C

 

Could you move your backup file to a flash drive after its done? Or does it compress at all if you zip it up?

C

 

Graphics will always take up the most space.

 

Be careful of Apps that a not Apple when working with media. If you have movies on CinePlayer that is probably the culprit. If you have these movies on Apples movie application then it won't use that much space to back it up.

This is what someone told me anyway and it worked. Not sure why and cant explain it well.

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I have moved mine to a backup before. Just make sure you behave a backup for that backup. Also, if you are just loading for travel, try using GoodReader. When I go away, I wirelessly load all my movies on GoodReader and delete after I watch them. Then when I backup my iPad the extra GB from the movies are not on there because I already deleted them.