[iTunes] backing up library

[Allan Hise]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2005, at 8:36 PM, Terry Pogue wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Yes, copy your iTunes Music folder to another drive.
>
> Extra backups are a Good Thing.

In addition to the music folder, it is good to backup the iTunes Library
and iTunes Library.xml files, as well. That way you won't lose all yoru
ratings, play counts, etc. (basically all metadata that isn't stored in
ID3 tags on MP3s).

Allan