[Cube] Cube Emergency: Please Help

Gladys Pérez-Almiroty almiroty at prtc.net
Mon Oct 11 22:34:07 PDT 2004


2 words: ipod rip. you can take everything out of your ipod using this 
program. there are other ways, but i find this one simple.
g
On Oct 12, 2004, at 1:28 AM, George Pepper wrote:

> My hard drive is about to die.  I've heard that "whine" before, and it 
> was just a few boots before the HD imploded upon itself [Different 
> computer; not even mine].  This is the original HD the Cube came with, 
> so I can't say I'm surprised. Anyway, I've managed to transfer 
> everything out of the Cube to the Xserve EXCEPT MY MONUMENTALLY VAST 
> iTUNES LIBRARY!  I logged on to the Cube from the Xserve via the 
> AirPort and found the library, but it gets to a certain point and 
> aborts because it says it can't locate certain data or something [I 
> think that's because the directory starts out with an alias]..  
> Anyway, that taught me that the AirPort is too freaking slow, if 
> nothing else, so I'm going to try putting my TiBook in Target Mode and 
> use FireWire [It'll still take for... ever... because the library is 
> so humongous].  Problem is, the directory starts out with a freaking 
> ALIAS!  So what EXACTLY do I transfer over?  This is probably really 
> simple and I just can't think because I'm freaking out at the HUNDREDS 
> OF CD DOWNLOAD HOURS I put into this library, and I'd hate to have to 
> do it all over again.
>
> Or, is there some way to take the library out of the iPod?
>
> AAAARRRRRRRGGG!!!
>
> Pep
>
> P.S.  Any classical guitar fans in the group?  I just got a new run of 
> 1,000 CD's of my 2000 solo album.  Ping me off list with a snail mail 
> addy if you'd like a comp.


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