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Backing up an iTunes library

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  • 01-04-2012 9:27pm
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    Amtmann
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    Running iTunes 10.6.1 and have a few hundred purchases. Previously iTunes occasionally prompted me to back these purchases up, which I did by burning them to a CD.

    However, it's been a year since I last saw that prompt, and I'm unable to locate a command on the user interface that would initiate a back-up.

    Any suggestions?
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    Sad Professor
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    Backing up iTunes music purchases isn't necessary anymore. Thanks to iTunes in the Cloud, you can re-download all your music whenever you wish at no extra charge.


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    Amtmann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,093 ✭✭✭Amtmann


    Thanks SP - but where do I go to see my details and purchases in the Cloud?


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    Sad Professor
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    Go to the iTunes Store and click on Puchased in the sidebar on the right.


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    Amtmann
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    Ok - but suppose my laptop crashed. My iPhone and iPod are synched to that laptop. On a new laptop, would I be able to open iTunes, log in using my Apple username and password, and access everything I had previously bought, on the cloud?

    Also, would my iPod and iPhone work on a new laptop?


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Amtmann wrote: »
    Ok - but suppose my laptop crashed. My iPhone and iPod are synched to that laptop. On a new laptop, would I be able to open iTunes, log in using my Apple username and password, and access everything I had previously bought, on the cloud?
    Yes.
    Also, would my iPod and iPhone work on a new laptop?
    It would work, yes. But you would lose content. How much depends on whether you are currently using iCloud to back your iDevices and how much non-iTunes content you have.


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    TBi
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    Buy an external hard drive and make a TimeMachine backup of your laptop. Then if you lose it or the harddrive dies you can use the backup to restore.

    EDIT: Sorry i assumed you had a Mac. You can always just copy your whole itunes folder onto another drive. When you reinstall you place the backed up folder where it originally was. When you install itunes it will find the files and use them as if nothing ever happened.


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