[iTunes] backing up library

[Terry Pogue]

No. I had to use DVDs because of the size.
terry

On Apr 17, 2005, at 3:06 PM, tom dalbec wrote:

> If I may jump in here...
>
> Is there a special way to back up to DVD's???  Once there, are they 
> playable
> on a DVD player?
>
> As for the record keeping, I wanted the same thing for all the songs 
> on my
> iPod. I just went to print and chose album listing and saved it to PDF.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>> Great. Thanks so much. I'm loading a couple more books today and I'll
>> do a back up just to practice. And the text file is perfect. I'll just
>> put that on the backup disc too.
>> Whew! I've been quite worried about that library because it's so large
>> and it's on my oldest drive, probably the most logical one to fail.
>> terry
>>
>> On Apr 17, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2005, at 8:36 PM, Terry Pogue wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just burned my music library to DVDs. It took 12 DVDs to hold it
>>>> all. There are all audiobooks, no music. I saved the directions for
>>>> backing up using a smartlist. Now that I have everything backed up 
>>>> on
>>>> DVDs I figure to do the next backup using the 4/15/05 date.
>> snip
>>
>>
>>> First, your smart playlist for your next backup should be Date Added
>>> is after 4/15/05.
>>>
>>> As to keeping a record; if you go to your iTunes library, then select
>>> File > Export Song List, you'll be able to save a text file with the
>>> names and other info of everything you've just backed up.
>>>
>>> The next time you back up, do the same with the smart playlist
>>> visible; you'll save a list of what's in that playlist only.
>>>>
>>>> I also have five drives with lots of space so I'd like to put the
>>>> music library on another drive just to protect it. I figure you can
>>>> never have too many back-ups. Do I just simply drag that library to
>>>> the chosen drive or is it more complicated than that?
>>>> Thanks very much for the help.
>>>
>>> Yes, copy your iTunes Music folder to another drive.
>>>
>>> Extra backups are a Good Thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kirk
>>>
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