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Contact the vendor for additional information. Back up and restore your iTunes library on your PC Before you transfer or restore your iTunes media library on your PC, consolidate it and create a back up. Here are some things to know Your iTunes library, a database that's made up of all of the music and other media that you add to iTunes for Windows, is organised into two iTunes library files and an iTunes Media folder.
Before you back up your media: Consolidate your iTunes library. Re-download any previous purchases you've made , such as music, films, TV programmes and more. The only way to back up the media you've purchased is to download your purchases to your computer.
If you can't see your iTunes Media folder in the above location, here's how to find it: Open iTunes. Click the Advanced tab. Recently, to avoid accidentally overwriting episodes, the iTunes Store now creates "Season X" subfolders and places the episodes inside these. Mac Tip : To easily access your iTunes Media folder in the future, just drag it and drop it inside places, between two preexisting places when you drag above one of the aliases in Places, it will open that place - Mac OS X will display an insertion line when you are between two places, and can drop the iTunes Media folder.
Before you back up your media: Consolidate your iTunes library. Redownload any previous purchases , like music, movies, TV shows, and more. The only way to back up your purchased media is to download your purchases to your computer. If you don't see your iTunes Media folder in the above location, here's how to find it: Open iTunes.
Click the Advanced tab. Look in the box under "iTunes Media folder location" for the location of your iTunes Media folder. Back up your library and media files After you consolidate your media files, you can back up your library and media files to an external drive.
Quit iTunes. Find your iTunes folder. Right-click on your iTunes folder, then choose Copy. Before you begin, make a current backup of your Mac , or at the least, a current backup of iTunes. The process of moving your iTunes library includes deleting the original source library. If something should go wrong and you don't have a backup, you could lose all your music files. Launch iTunes. From the iTunes menu , select Preferences. Click the Advanced tab.
Click the box next to Keep iTunes Media folder organized to add a check mark to it. Click OK. If you're moving your library to an external drive, make sure it's plugged into your Mac and turned on.
Return to the Advanced preferences in iTunes and click the Change button next to iTunes Media folder location. In the Finder window that opens, navigate to the location where you want to create the new iTunes Media folder. Click the New Folder button. Enter a name for the new folder and click the Create button. Click Open to choose the folder you just created. In the Advanced preferences window, your new folder will appear under the iTunes Media folder location heading.
Click OK to save your changes.
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