[iTunes] Re: Preserving Playlists

Alvin Koh alvinkoh at mac.com
Sun Jun 1 10:21:45 PDT 2003


Yes the playlists and other info are stored in the Library file, so trashing
the Library will definitely remove this info.


On 2/6/03 12:16 AM, "Kevin O'Hanlon" <kevinohanlon at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Hi Kunga,
> 
> I'm pretty sure you would delete all the playlists if you delete your
> library.  Almost certain I did this before and the playlists disappeared
> also but I'm totally open to correction.
> 
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>> From: Kunga <Kunga at FutureMedia.org>
>> Reply-To: "iTunesList" <iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 08:18:36 -0700
>> To: "iTunesList" <iTunes at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: [iTunes] Re: Preserving Playlists
>> 
>> I don't think that deleting the Library will delete any Playlists. And
>> they should still play too. So it would just be a matter of deleting
>> the Library and dragging the Music folder(s) that you know have no
>> duplicates in it/them back to the Library window. Anyone want to
>> correct me?
>> 
>> I've never tried this. But I am 99.9% sure deleting your Library list
>> will not delete any of the Playlists. Everything in iTunes is just a
>> bunch of aliases anyway. Let us know how it all comes out.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 08:09  AM, Kevin O'Hanlon wrote:
>> 
>>> Would anyone be able to enlighten me on how I can preserve playlists
>>> if I
>>> scratch my library and reimport all my media.   My rational for doing
>>> this
>>> is because somehow I have managed to import the same songs (file
>>> copies)
>>> twice and now the only way I can see to streamline everything is
>>> delete the
>>> duplicates and then use a sync program to match what I have on my
>>> powerbook
>>> to what I have on my desktop and reimport the resulting updated music
>>> folder.
>> 
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