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How I back up iTunes music
Authored by: cllcomputers on May 10, '04 04:20:48PM

Whenever I back up my computer and rebuild it, I usually take my hole music folder right out of home, and burn most of it on a DVD, and take the two or three artists and put it on a second DVD with the rest of my data (because my music collection is slightly larger than a single DVD), and copy the iTunes prefs out of ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist and throw that on the second DVD as well.

When I go to restore my data, I just replace my default prefs file with the one I backed up, and copy all my music and the three artist's folders back in their place, all before starting iTunes. I am very careful not to start iTunes during this process or it will get confused, and the process will get confusing to you.

I have an iPod, and I try not to use that to back up my data because when I plug it in it starts iTunes (I know how to disable it) and didn't want it starting.

That's how I backup my data. Also, I deauthorize my computer before I leave my old installation if you use(d) iTMS, so that way I can save an authorization for when I need it. Everything - including my encrypted AACs are backed up, and after restoring, all I have to do is just play one AACp and it will ask for Authorization, authorize, and all you music will be good. If for any weird reason you have two Apple IDs for iTMS (you shouldn't), make sure you authorize a song from each account. (And de-authorize from both before you left your old installation.) Also, make sure you reauthorize before the next time you plug in your iPod, or iTunes will take your purchased music OFF YOUR iPOD and won't go back on 'till you authorize.

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