Backing Up Your iTunes Library
Tuesday, 13. November 2007, 15:39:57
Sorry for my hiatus in writing yesterday; I couldn’t get into the mood to write. And granted I am not in the mood right now to write, I am forcing myself to write. So, without further adieu, here’s todays article.
Last Friday I was looking into backing up my iTunes library and playlists. Now, not the typical backup one can easily do by using an external drive, but instead I wanted to back up to multiple CDs. CDs have a life span that is roughly three to four times longer than a hard drive. So by backing up to CDs I won’t have to fear a hard drive randomly not working and me losing all of my music.
I did a quick Google search and actually found that I needed no external program. The backup option is built right into iTunes. Simply go to File > Backup to Disc... Yeah... It’s that simple.
From this window you have a few options. You can choose to back up all of your music and playlists at once (I suggest doing this for your first backup). Or you can have iTunes backup only your purchased music (and videos?) from the iTunes store. Then you are given a check box that, when checked, will only backup additions to your playlists and library since your last backup. That’s right! You can now do monthly backups and only back up the changes to iTunes. Brilliant!
When you need to restore, simply pop in the first CD and iTunes will instantly prompt you and ask you if you want to restore and rebuild your music collection.
Well, simple tip as it is, I didn’t know about it so I’m assuming that others didn’t either.
That about finishes this blog, so check back with me tomorrow for another Apple-related article.
--DMXell
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Last Friday I was looking into backing up my iTunes library and playlists. Now, not the typical backup one can easily do by using an external drive, but instead I wanted to back up to multiple CDs. CDs have a life span that is roughly three to four times longer than a hard drive. So by backing up to CDs I won’t have to fear a hard drive randomly not working and me losing all of my music.
I did a quick Google search and actually found that I needed no external program. The backup option is built right into iTunes. Simply go to File > Backup to Disc... Yeah... It’s that simple. From this window you have a few options. You can choose to back up all of your music and playlists at once (I suggest doing this for your first backup). Or you can have iTunes backup only your purchased music (and videos?) from the iTunes store. Then you are given a check box that, when checked, will only backup additions to your playlists and library since your last backup. That’s right! You can now do monthly backups and only back up the changes to iTunes. Brilliant!
When you need to restore, simply pop in the first CD and iTunes will instantly prompt you and ask you if you want to restore and rebuild your music collection.
Well, simple tip as it is, I didn’t know about it so I’m assuming that others didn’t either.
That about finishes this blog, so check back with me tomorrow for another Apple-related article.
--DMXell
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