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Reformatting computer
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Just go to your user folder > Music > iTunes. Copy the whole iTunes Folder onto an external HD if you have one. Once you reformat or do whatever just place that folder there when you are done and quit iTunes and reopen and all your playlists, info, playcount and everything that was there previously will still be there.
well i kind of have a question about this subject to...sorta..ok its not related.but, my PC's Motherboard...is GONEE.....i dont mean stolen or anything, i mean it broke..can i take the hard drive out of the motherboard and put it in the new motherboard? im currently using a laptop
i think that all your backup is in My Music>iTunes
maybe the videos are in My Videos>iTunes just a suggestion? i dont have any videos or anythin but ringtones and music on my iTUnes
maybe the videos are in My Videos>iTunes just a suggestion? i dont have any videos or anythin but ringtones and music on my iTUnes
All of your data is on your C drive and for normal users they use My Music to store iTunes Library for a Windows user. So if you set it up that way then "YES" all of your iTunes, iPod Apps, Games, Music, Video and Movies are in the iTunes folder in My Music.
If you are using Outlook, then your Contacts and Calender events are stored in your Microsoft Applications Outlook folder...they are .pst files.
Your pictures are stored in My Pictures if you set it up that way.
If you are not backing up "My Documents" as a minimum on a daily or weekly basis then I feel sorry for the day you loose it all with a Hard Drive or other Hardware crash...IT WILL HAPPEN.
Purchase of a 500g external hard drive is very cheap now and will save you so much heartache and us another thread to answer on how to recover what can never be recovered.
EVERYONE...BACK UP YOUR COMPUTERS!!!
If you are using Outlook, then your Contacts and Calender events are stored in your Microsoft Applications Outlook folder...they are .pst files.
Your pictures are stored in My Pictures if you set it up that way.
If you are not backing up "My Documents" as a minimum on a daily or weekly basis then I feel sorry for the day you loose it all with a Hard Drive or other Hardware crash...IT WILL HAPPEN.
Purchase of a 500g external hard drive is very cheap now and will save you so much heartache and us another thread to answer on how to recover what can never be recovered.
EVERYONE...BACK UP YOUR COMPUTERS!!!
umm...yes..open up iTunes, and see what the GB/MB crud it says on bottom when you go to Music under Library
I'm saying the entire iTunes folder in my music folder is only 40MB. It doesn't correspond to the space that i used on my iPhone, is that normal?
Question!
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/99/
Could it be that before this update iTunes never did a backup? This may be why my backup is now taking forever.... i'll let it sync the back up and see.
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/99/
Could it be that before this update iTunes never did a backup? This may be why my backup is now taking forever.... i'll let it sync the back up and see.