Backup Itunes to External HD, Problems with duplicate filenames

Seems, basic enough. I have my iTunes library and media files located on my home media server, and I would like to make a backup on an external hard drive for safe keeping. However, I have a problem just copying the iTunes media folder over to the hard drive.
First off, yes I let iTunes organize and consolidate my media, so it is all contained in the normal iTunes media folder. The problem comes with media which has the same name. For example, movies are all orgnaized by itunes into subfolders for each movie. So I have say "The Karate Kid" (orginial) and "The Karate Kid" (newer version). I
So when iTunes organized the files it allows two folders with the same name "The Karate kid" in the iTunes Media, Movies folder. Thus, when I go to merely copy the library over to the new drive I get hung up because of the error, there already is a folder/file of that name existing once the first is copied..
This isn't a big deal for movies since there are not as many to deal with and I can work around it, but when goign through thousands of songs, that may have same names, album and live versions, or that fact that itunes somehow created two folder for the same album if the typing case was different between one or the other (i.e. Back In Black, and back in black)
I can't find any report of people experiencing this same problem, is there any simple backup programs for Macs that would allow me just to export, or back up this libray to the external drive and get around the naming conventions of the folders that prevents me from simply copying the whole folder over to the drive?

Mirrock wrote:
Seems, basic enough. I have my iTunes library and media files located on my home media server, and I would like to make a backup on an external hard drive for safe keeping. However, I have a problem just copying the iTunes media folder over to the hard drive
You need to copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder, not just the iTunes media folder

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