[iTunes] Re: Preserving Playlists

[John]

On Sunday, Jun 1, 2003, at 11:15 US/Pacific, Kunga wrote:

> Really? That's dumb. I don't get it. Playlists are simply aliases. 
> they should be able to stand alone - library or no library.
>
> My bad.
>
> k
>
> On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 10:21  AM, Alvin Koh wrote:
>
>> Yes the playlists and other info are stored in the Library file, so 
>> trashing
>> the Library will definitely remove this info

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1. I believe Audion saves playlists as separate files but itunes does 
not.

2.  For backing up iTunes Library file, I just copy the "iTunes 4 Music 
Library"  file to another drive or you can also duplicate the file and 
put the duplicate in a different folder on the same drive.

3. FYI  I routinely move iTunes Library files around between a number 
of Macs in my house and they work just fine - right down to the 
statistics (Play Count, Rating, Last Played date). the only caveat is 
that you have to be very disciplined  in maintaining a valid path from 
iTunes to where your music is stored (I use a separate HD  on a 1.42G 
G4DP that all my other machines access).

John
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