[iTunes] backing up library

[tom dalbec]

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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