Wiping hard drive and reinstalling OS. How to keep everything in iTunes ...

[danpass]

Preferences, playlists, purchased music, etc.


I figured there was a thread just like this already but didn't find it.


thanks,
Dan

 

[Cinematographer]

Copy your whole Music/iTunes folder to an external HD. Copy it back into your ~/Music folder after the installation. That's it.

 

[danpass]

Ok. That appears to be ONE step. What about prefs, db backups, etc?

Seems iTunes is in an Apple folder, a Common Files folder and other places on the C drive ……

 

[Cinematographer]

You're right. It might be more complicated on a PC.

Does anyone know how it works over there?

 

[gnasher729]

Preferences, playlists, purchased music, etc.


I figured there was a thread just like this already but didn't find it.


thanks,
Dan

Look for a menu item named "Backup" in iTunes.

 

[Cinematographer]

Look for a menu item named "Backup" in iTunes.

That's a great idea. If your library is quite small, backing up to DVDs might be the way to go.

 

[danpass]

I had originally set up my itunes folder to be on a separate drive. fortunately itunes just picked that up and it seems that all the other info (apps, etc) was somewhere in that folder as well.