Backing up itunes with two EHD

Need to move 200 GB of music from my mac mini 2010. I currently have a EHD for backup of my mini with firewire. Thinking of buying another EHD with firewire. I would have one EHD as a clone of the mac mini with my itunes and the other for itunes only. I would then free up my mac mini of the itunes. Does this sound right? Also, what is the advantage of using partitions? Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Well it all sounds right. well one of the advantages of partitions is saving the whole hd from crashing in cause something happens its only the partition your working on that crashes. Another advantage is that of organizing files becomes easier eg work in one partition and media in another or maybe if 2 different people are using the same comp each could use a different partition.

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Backing up itunes with two EHDs.

Can I use two EHDs to back up itunes library? I currently have a 2010 mac mini with over 200 GB of music, using Seagate FW EHD as clone. Is it doable to add another EHD using USB of at least 1 TB, partion it with one a clone of the internal HD and the other for itunes. I would then use the FW as a itunes back only. I will be using CCC. How do I choose which EHD to point the intunes location to?

If you want to make a backup, you don't point iTunes anywhere other than where it is. Just copy the entire iTunes library to whatever drive/partition you wish to use for your backup, either manually or via backup software. Should anything happen to the copy of iTunes on the main drive, just copy the iTunes folder back from the backup volume.
Or just set up a drive/partition to be a Time Machine partition and let Time Machine to do the work for you.
Regards.

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It is sad, that back and forth with two fingers does not work in Itunes, Folders, or somewere else than in Safari. You can put the settings back thwo three fingers but than you cannnot mark text with three fingers. It would be nice just to use two finger everywher to go back an forth

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I am using Windows 8 with iTunes. How do I manage iTunes with two different Windows User Accounts?

I have recently bought a laptop running Windows 8 and downloaded iTunes. I subscribe to iTunes Match and have a large amount of purchased music and imported CDs, along with some films purchased from iTunes.
I have downloaded all of the music and the films to the laptop using iTunes Match when logged in under my User Account in Windows 8. However, when we switch to my girlfriend's User Account, she can load up iTunes but all the music and films have the cloud symbol on them indicating that they need to be downloaded
Is is necessary to download everything to the computer twice (I can't really believe this is the answer) or are we missing something in terms of using iTunes with two different User Accounts?
Thank you.

Step 1
Create a new user account on your device. For Mac users, choose “System Preferences” from the Apple Menu and navigate to the “View” menu. Click on “Accounts” and select the “+” button to add a new user account to your machine. Edit the user information and grant any relevant privileges by following the on-screen prompts.
For Windows users, click on the Windows "Start" button, select “Control Panel” and choose “Add or Remove User Accounts.” A new window will open. Click “Create a New Account.” Name the account and set any relevant privileges by following the on-screen prompts.
Step 2
Sign in to the new user account you created.
Step 3
Open iTunes and click “Sign in.” Enter your Apple ID and password and log in.
Step 4
Download purchases through the iTunes store. All files related to these purchases are stored under the separate user account, thus separating both iTunes accounts and their libraries on the same computer.
Step 5
You can share music from both libraries by dragging your music library to a publicly accessible location on your computer. Click “Preferences” from the iTunes menu and deselect “Copy files to iTunes Media Library when adding to library file.” Add the shared folder to your library from the “File” menu.
Tip
Create more than one library from the same user account by deselecting “Copy files to iTunes Media Library when adding to library file” from the “Preferences” menu. Add the files you want to iTunes by dragging and dropping or by opening from the “File” menu and sync your device to that library. Quit iTunes after the sync and reopen iTunes while holding the "Shift" key in Windows or the "Option" key on a Mac.
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I have backed my iTunes with over 10,000 songs on a hard drive and than i reset my computer to factory settings, when i put it back on my macbook pro only 2030 were able to be downloaded back to the same computer

i have backed my iTunes with over 10,000 songs on a hard drive and than i reset my computer to factory settings because my email was hacked, when i downloaded the music back to my macbook pro only 2030 were able to be downloaded . how can i download all my music back?
michel p.

I usually err on the sideof caution when someone says "downloaded" and take it to mean anything fro actually downloaded, to copies, to imported, to moved (frolder to folder), but even if they were "downloaded"... if the old email was hacked, and subseuqently closed out, that leaves the downloaded files "orphaned" if you will, belonging to the old ID. So, while they may be on the HD, they're inaccessible now.
One of the biggest reasons I NEVER keep anything in my library with DRM employed in it. I bought it. I own it. I'm not going to get locked out of it.

Using itunes with two users

How can my wife and I use iTunes on one pc with two separate i-devices? And how can she move her library to another computer?
Regards
Mike

iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Quick answer if you let iTunes manage your music: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Start iTunes with the option (shift on Windows) key held down and guide it to the new location of the library.
iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203 - relocating iTunes' media folder to a shared area but leaving separate library files - extra tip at https://discussions.apple.com/message/17331189
Chris CA's instructions on sharing one iTunes music library between multiple user accounts - https://discussions.apple.com/message/8974074 - Multiple users using a single library file - similar post at: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3753008
Note that a device will not like being synced with multiple computers.

HT4191 SYNCING TWO DIFFERENT IPHONES TO ITUNES WITH TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF CONTACTS !! DO I NEED TO HAVE TWO SEAPARATE CONTACT FOLDERS ON MY PC BEFORE I SYNC EACH IPHONE?

Can anyone help me with this? Two separate iphones need backing up to itunes which is fine for music photos etc apart from the contacts as we dont want the contacts to get mixed up off both phones on the same contacts folder.

Hello, gref1975
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
The best option would be to create separate user account on the computer that you separately use to sync with. This keeps contact and calendar data from being merged together. You can however still sync or share media with each user by following the steps in the second article below.
Create multiple user accounts
Do you share your computer with someone who has different tastes in music and media? You can create separate user accounts for each person who uses the computer. You can maintain separate, personalized iTunes libraries and customize each devices' sync settings accordingly.
Mac OS X users
Learn how to set up other user accounts.
OS X Mountain Lion v10.8
OS X Lion v10.7
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows users
Look in your computer's Help documentation to learn how to set up other user accounts. To find this information:
Click the Start Menu and click Help or Help and Support.
Enter "new user" in the Search field.
Press Return.
If you create multiple user accounts on one computer but want the same media to be available in iTunes for all users, you can share music between different accounts on a single computer.
How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
iTunes: How to share music between different user accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
Cheers,
Jason H.

How do you "sync back to iTunes" with Games?

I bought a game with iTunes on my MacBook, then synced it over to my iPod 30 GB. I want to know if the "sync back" feature will work on iTunes on my PowerMac G4? Both machines are "authorized" but the game does not show up on itunes when I look at my iPod. I am afraid that if I sync "all games" when the game is not on the list, I will lose it.
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http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/16/transfer-old-ipad-to-new-ipad/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109
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Can't Get External music back into itunes with song rankings

For various reasons my wondows PC crashed and I've had to clear out various drives.
No problem I thought, because I regularly back-up my 10,000 plus songs on an external hard drive.
Problem is that when I connect it to the PC and try to copy the songs into itunes I do not get my song rankings appearing any more, I just get the other ID3 tags details. Where are they stored and can I find them again ?
Also,
all the while the external HD is attached and I've copied some folders into itunes, all appears fine with the songs showing and playing, but when I disconnect the song still appears in my open version of itunes but then no longer plays and says it can't find the song ?
Help ! I don't want to rank all 10,000 songs again and I want the songs all back on my PC.
I could use my 60 Gig ipod to reload the PC but I only have about 80% of all the music files I own, so the obvious choice is the other external drive with everything from my PC on it. Can you help me please ?

luckily that is also backed up on the external drive too so I'll try looking there, but do you have any thoughts on why I can't get the backed up files to stay on the PC correctly ? because until they are back on my PC I can't use it or get the rankings back right?

Using itunes with two computers

I use two computers, one in my lounge and one in my bedroom. Both the itunes version are 5.01 and work well. However I am unable to add songs easily to both itunes libaries at the same time. How can I keep both libaries up to date? For example I buy tunes from itunes in my bedroom and then have to add them indivually with the computer in the lounge? Windows Media can see new tunes apear is there a way itunes can do the same?
Thanks , any help would be greatly appreciated

hi Anthony!
as far as i'm aware (but i'm not up-to-date on research on this topic at the moment), there isn't an automatic way of keeping the two libraries aligned. this document might be useful:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93063
anyone with more up-to-date or additional resources on this topic, please feel free to leap in.
love, b

Backing up itunes with windows 7

I am unable to back up my itunes music with the latest version of itunes and find there are no ready solutions in the help sections. Will going under Library - export library accomplish this for me- and If i import from this export will it work? I preferred the older versions of itunes where it was easier to select what & where to back up to.

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How to manage itunes with two ipods

I have two iPods, a 60G photo and a 30G video. I have two macs, one at work, the other at home. My iTunes on the work computer has about 50G of music, and about 15G on my home computer. Until now, I have only synced the big iPod with the work computer and small iPod at home. I just got a very big external drive, and want to keep everything there. That raises several questions I thought someone here might know how to answer.
1) Where are the files so I can just copy them onto the ext hard drive? (I can probably find this for myself, but with my computer skills on mac, it will be frustrating, I imagine. Since I have the other questions, I thought htis one might be easy.)
2) How can I merge the two files? I know I have some duplicates, adn I know how to get rid of them once the two are merged, but how do the two files merge together in one iTunes file on my new hard drive?
3) Once the two are merged, can I set it so that certain types of music are put on one iPod, and other types on the other?
Thanks a lot, in advance.
Brad

1. Click on the folder in the Finder's sidebar with the house icon, and then open the folder named Music. The iTunes folder inside is the default location of the music library; if the songs aren't here, follow these instructions to locate them.
2. Drag the files into the Library section of the open iTunes application.
3. Use the option in this article which best fits your needs.
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Backing Up iTunes with Song Ratings

Is there any way to backup and restore iTunes library with song ratings?

My canned response on how to back up a library to an external hard drive. You didn't specify onto what you wanted to backup.
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Assuming you use the iTunes default settings where iTunes copied added items to your iTunes folder and organizes your library (meaning - everything is all self contained in the iTunes folder), then all you have to do is drag & drop your iTunes folder (not just the iTunes Music folder you find inside the iTunes folder) to the external drive and copy the entire thing.
If you want to test that it worked or would like to actually start using it from that location instead, use these instructions when you start iTunes to point it to the new location...
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
If you are just testing to make sure a backup copy works and still want to use the internal location, then close iTunes after you verify it works, and restart iTunes again with the same instructions and point it back to your internal drive (original) location. Otherwise you are all set to use the library from the external location.
Additional info...
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751?viewlocale=en_US
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How to share iTunes with two users on the same mac.

My wife & I use the same iMac with different user accounts. How do we share one iTunes account on that computer. I tried moving the iTunes folder in music on my user account to shared user, but it seems like new iTunes folders are created in the original location when I do this. What am I doing wrong.

EddyS45 wrote:
My wife & I use the same iMac with different user accounts. How do we share one iTunes account on that computer. I tried moving the iTunes folder in music on my user account to shared user
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