Backup Music and Photos

I want to backup my MacBook (which is almost at critical mass) before I migrate my files to my new MacBookPro.
I really just want to backup my photos and itunes library. How do I do this? Time Machine wants you to select what to exclude. It would take days if not a week or longer to backup my entire hard drive. It would be a lot easier for me to select what to include in the backup.

You can always manually copy the files you want over to the Time Capsule disk - using drag and drop or copy and paste in the Finder windows. Basically, you would be using the Time Capsule as an external disk. I would just copy your 'username' home folder or the individual folders (documents, music, pictures, etc.), assuming this is where your music and photos are stored.

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Does time capsule backup all the music and photo files?

I do not have any files excluded for backup with my time capsule. So, are all my music and photos stored on my MacBook Pro and iMac backed up each time?
Does it also back up the Photostream in iPhoto?
I am a little confused about all this and do not want to lose any of these files if my MBP hard drive crashes.

Time Machine will back up the iTunes Media Folder, which stores all of your music and video.....and it will also back up the iPhoto Library used with iPhoto.
Time Machine does not backup the entire libraries each time that it runs. Time Machine backs up the entire contents of your Mac on the first "master" backup. Once that is done, Time Machine only backs up the changes that have occurred on your Mac since the last backup.
So, if you have made any changes to the iTunes Media Folder or iPhoto Library since the last backup, Time Machine will pick up the change and back that up on the next pass when Time Machine runs.
Best to ask your question about Photostream in the iPhoto support area. My understanding is that images are normally stored in iCloud, but if you have downloaded images permanently to your Mac, they are stored in the iPhoto Library, which will be backed up.

TS4009 i i backed up my old phone with i cloud backup .when i setup my new phone the music and photos were not restored

How can i retreave my music and photos from i cloud.All my contacts are restord

It doesn't ask if I want to install the new phone or anything..? Plz help.

Can I transfer music and photos from my 17" PowerBook G4 to a new MacBook Pro?

I am planning to buy a new MacBook Pro in the next couple of weeks. Can I have the "Genius" at the Apple Store transfer my music and pictures from my current PowerBook to the new computer? My current computer is a 17" PowerBook G4, running OS X 10.5.8. Because of the age of my computer and software limitations I have been unable to use iCloud for anything besides my calendar and contacts.

Yes, flash drive would work fine.
If all you care about is music and photos, as you indicated earlier, then you simply need to copy the entire contents of your Music and Pictures folders from the old computer into the Music and Pictures folders on the new computer. A flash drive will work fine as long as it is big enough. If you want to also move over personal files, typically those are in your Documents folder and possibly your Desktop, so don't forgot about those.
If you want to migrate over all your emails, applications, internet and router settings, web browser favorites, bookmarks, preferences, user names and accounts, etc., then you might consider doing the full migration using Setup Assistant upon the very first boot up. Apple will do this for you, for a fee, as will almost any Apple-authorized computer store (also for a fee, but probably for a bit less than Apple would charge). You can actually do this manually, using the external drive or flash drive, and I have done that myself. But you need to know where the files are to do that properly. The Setup Assistant (which is run upon the very first boot up of the new computer) or Migration Assistant (which is run after you have booted into your new computer at least once) make it pretty easy -- the main thing you need to do is hook the computers up with a firewire cable and follow Apple's instructions; or if that is not possible, the next best thing is to make a complete backup of your old computer onto an external drive using Time Machine (or a cloning program like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner) and migrate from the backup.

If you have an itunes acct that was not set up to share and the lap top it was on is no longer working, is there a way to open up the old itunes acct to get music and photos? This was before icloud was available, can you reset your password?

If you have an itunes acct that was not set up to share and the lap top it was on is no longer working, is there a way to open up the old itunes acct to get music and photos off of it? This was before Icloud was available. Can you reset your itunes password somehow?

iTunes and the iTunes Store won't have anything to do with your photos. Those would be stored only on your laptop unless you made a backup of some sort. If you didn't, and the hard drive in your laptop has failed, then your photos are gone unless you wish to pay a disk recovery service a lot of money to try and get them back.
As to your music, if you purchased it from the iTunes Store you can probably re-download it. Go to the iTunes Store, log into your account, and click the Purchases link under the Quick Links. From there you should be able to re-download some or all of your purchased content. Note that not all content has been licensed for re-downloading in all countries at this time. You can see what content you can download here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085
You can also re-download content using an iOS device.
For full instructions, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Regards.

My pc crashed and I lost all my pictures and music that was stored on the pc. Now i have a new pc and when i connect to itunes using my password all my music and photos are not available. they appear to be lost.

my pc crashed and i lost all my pictures and music that was stored on the pc. now i have a new pc and when i log into itunes all my music and photos are not available. I guess i dont understand the pupose of itunes and its worth. I thought it backed up all my photos and music, but apparently not. So what do I use so that when i lose data on my pc i can retrieve it again at a later date or after a crash?/

Your content will only be where you put it. It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer.
You can transfer itunes purchases from your iphone: File>Device>Transfer purchases.
You can import your pics taken with the iphone as you would with any digital camera.
You can e-mail the other pics to yourself, they will never be of the original quality.
You can out a unique contact and calendar entry on the computer. You should get the option to merge the data when you sync.

Music and photos transferred into itunes and iphoto from external hard drive on to my new hard drive installed in my 2007 macbook

I just installed a new 250 GB SATA hard drive on to my 2007 macbook computer as the old one failed. I had backed up my old hard drive on to a 250 GB external hard drive using time machine via a USB cord. I am having trouble locating my music and photo files to transfer them into itunes and iphoto on my new hard drive. I have signed in to my itunes account, where it shows my app and book purchases, but not my music purchases. I have over 1,000 songs purchased. Any help would be appreciated- Thanks!

Hi aourada,
Since you have a current Time Machine backup of your computer you should be able to use the Migration Assistant to recover your music and photos.
Archived - Mac OS X v10.6: How to use Migration Assistant to transfer files from a Time Machine backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4500
Alternatively, if your music was purchased from the iTunes Store, you can re-download available songs for free.
iTunes 11 for Mac: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12283
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Nubz

I just purchased an iphone4 to replace my 3gs. how do I get my computer to recognize my iphone4 so that I can download my music and photos?

I just purchased an iphone4 to replace my 3gs. How do I sync my new phone to my computer to download my music and photos etc.?

Well if you synced and backed up your iPhone 3GS in iTunes, all you have to do is plug it into your computer and right click on it in the iTunes sidebar. Then select restore from backup and choose the iPhone 3GS backup. All of your settings, contacts, music, photos, etc will be transferred.

How to transfer music and photos to a new pc from ipad

hi everyone,
i just got a new laptop from my office.my itunes libraray was earlier in personal laptop,but i want to have it in offcial too. i transfred apps to new itunes on new lappy via my iphone & ipad by transfer purchases. but its music and photo is not transfered. how to transfer it , plz guide..
thnx

Music purchased from iTunes should have copied over via Transfer Purchases. For music from other sources (e.g. CDs) you will either need to use your backup or find a third-party program for your computer that can copy them off your iPad and iPhone.
To copy photos to your computer that were taken with the iPad, copied to it via the camera connection kit, or saved from emails/websites then see this page - on a PC you can use the windows camera wizard, on a Mac Aperture, iPhoto or Image Capture
To copy photos that were originally synced from a computer you will need a third-party app such as Simple Transfer which can copy them off via your wifi network. But as photos are 'optimised' when they are synced to an iPad or iPhone, any that you then copy back to a computer may not be exactly the same as they originally were on your computer.

Any way to restore music and photos if iPod when all erased due to interrupted sync?

is there any way to restore music and photos on iPod when all erased due to interrupted sync?

You said the music and photos were all erased from the iPod? And now you say your computer and all backups are gone. There is therefore no way to recover your files short of paying thousands of dollars to a professional data recovery laboratory and even then there's no guarantee you'll get all of it – or even some of it – back.
http://www.datarecoverylabs.com/

Do I need to keep all my music and photos on my pc after I sync them?

It appears I must first load all music and photos onto my pc, then sync them to my iPad or iPod. Ok. Now I have all this data in 2 places..the pc and the target device, which is a gross waste of pc space. Can I delete all these things from my pc after they've been synced to the target, or must they stay on the pc forever??? Can't I delete from my pc all that's been synced, then if I want to add 1 song just add that song to what's already on the target, or must I reload EVERYTHING all over again just to add 1 more song?

If you manually manage the device the you can remove the content from the PC after you have put it on the device. However this isn't the recommended way. At some point you'll probably need to restore it which involves wiping all the data. If you don't have all this data to hand then you'll have to try to recover it from a now problematic device first. It's much easier to sync with your library - yes you have two copies, but that's not a waste, it is prudent. As long as you have two copies you can afford to lose one knowing you have a backup. In practice I keep a complete backup of my library, in addition to the subsets of it that I can put on my devices.
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I would like to keep all my Music and photos on my mac but only top rated music and certain photos on my iPad and iPhone please help

I would like to keep all my Music and photos on my mac but only top rated music and certain photos on my iPad and iPhone how do i stop iCloud from sending all to iPad and iPhone
please help
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Steve Davey

If you manually manage the device the you can remove the content from the PC after you have put it on the device. However this isn't the recommended way. At some point you'll probably need to restore it which involves wiping all the data. If you don't have all this data to hand then you'll have to try to recover it from a now problematic device first. It's much easier to sync with your library - yes you have two copies, but that's not a waste, it is prudent. As long as you have two copies you can afford to lose one knowing you have a backup. In practice I keep a complete backup of my library, in addition to the subsets of it that I can put on my devices.
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TS3682 I cannot download my music and photos from my computer to my new iphone 5

I cannot import my music and photos from my computer to my new iphone 5.

Perform a backup to iTunes from the old device and then a restore to the new device, use ITunes to do this. BTW, always sync photos to a computer to store them safely (use iPhoto on a mac or to a designated folder on a PC). Never trust an iOS device to keep photos without having them synced to a computer.

How do I download my music and photos from existing iPad to new iphone

How do I download music and photos from existing iPad to new iphone

Perform a backup to iTunes from the old device and then a restore to the new device, use ITunes to do this. BTW, always sync photos to a computer to store them safely (use iPhoto on a mac or to a designated folder on a PC). Never trust an iOS device to keep photos without having them synced to a computer.

Getting Music and Photos

My old computer died and with it my access to my iTunes account. (Yes, I know that I should have backed it up, but that ship sailed.)
Now I have music and pictures on my iPod classic that I would like to get off and up onto an iTunes account and presumably the iCloud.
What do I do?

Your only other option is to go to a friend or family member's house and use their pc to backup your music and photos. Your final option would be to go to the library or save for a reliable computer. Sorry, there's no fun way out of that situation.

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