We've had this discussion many times over the years, including answers by Peter Gannon. I delete all but the one or two most recent backups: I keep one after minor patches, and two after major version changes.

Having said that, you will normally not save a lot of space, relative to the size of the RealTracks. In your case, though, the first cleansing of all those folders since 2004 might amount to a worthwhile savings.


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