Back up music

i was wondering, you know when you back up your music in itunes it asks you to burn it to disc. instead of burning could i just copy it to a folder on my desktop? not too worried about my mini's hard drive frying but i've had to restore my ipod twice now... it would be easier just to drag it off desktop then burn 4 hours of discs!!

ratso,
Your Library file is the database that, among other things, tells iTunes where your song files are. Just because it gets damaged, doesn't necessarily mean your song files are gone.
"manually download all 700 songs and reorganize them"
I'm not sure what you mean by that, but something tells me that you may not be using iTunes to properly import your songs in the first place.
Have you looked through the tutorials here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/howto/
Matt

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Ok, I had a glitch, forced to restart, and lost my train of thought.
Reinstalling iTunes should fix the major issue that might have gone wrong, perhaps your explaination points will disappear and everything will be peachy again.
But if they don't, you can open the XML file in iTunes Folder using a Text edit program to see what the common pathname is to the iTunes Music folder or where your content is located.
If you moved the itunes folder, it needs to go back.
I can't download iTunes to my Vista virtual machine to test it out right now because iTunes is down, so I can't verify the pathname, perhaps your issue and the iTunes being down are related somehow?
You don't want to import all your music again, but it's a option, but you lose all your playlists, that's what I'm trying to recover.
If oyu don't have a whole lot of playlists, then simply select all the explaimation point music and delete, select File from the menu and import your itunes folder again.

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i buy already new laptop (ex one is completely out of order). all programs and instruments are downloaded to the new laptop related apple software such as itunes, icloud and etc... but, i don' t have any music tracks in the new laptop which is already in my iphone at the moment. how can i import back these music tracks from iphone to itunes library?

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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How do I back up music from my iPhone to my mac?

Hi, susiebroll.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You will need to reset your old Apple ID password via the steps in the first article below to transfer your purchases from your old Apple ID to your Mac. If you do not have access to the email account or are not receiving the password reset link, see the second article.
If you forgot your Apple ID password
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5787
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
Cheers,
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So you have business contacts that were lost... do you not have these on a Database in some shape or form? Sounds like you need to invest in a RAID1 backup setup for your computer so you dont have this issue in the future.
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Moving it is the easy part.. Apple have specific instructions.
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder - Apple Support
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Once the library is there.. you will have a few issues.
1. You cannot back it up with Time Machine.. so you must take steps to back it up manually or using a third party utility.
2. Where are you going to back up to.. a USB plugged into the TC is the worst possible location as any file copy will be exceedingly slow.
3. The network drive will tend to continually drop out.. and Apple did not design the TC with media extensions.. so it is nothing but a dumb as a board HDD in a router.. it will give constant errors in iTunes that it has lost the library because of the time it takes for the disk to respond to requests.
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Transfering music to your pc is only possible if you bought the music via iTunes. Then you can tranfer your purchases back to your computer.
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That's not happening to me. Try resetting your phone (hold down Home and Sleep/Wake button until you see the Apple logo.

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HT1391 if I been robbed from my two diveces what can I do? to protect my informacion and get back my music??

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This won't get your old messages back but will help with new ones: https://selfsolve.apple.com/deregister-imessage

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how can I set off the back ground music??

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For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
Find out how to do that here.
How to copy iTunes purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer.
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Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it is a little more involved than other methods.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
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Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola and iDump and iPodRobot.
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iPodRip also has the feature enabling you to reconstruct playlists.
There is also CopyTrans. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
More information is contained here.
Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide.

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I am looking for acoustic guitar, drum-n-bass, and also a few sound effects.
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I am starting a project, so it's nothing I need in a hurry.
I don't add any music until the last.
Then I don't have to keep repositioning it on the time line as I make edits and cuts.
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