Before I restore my iTunes backup do I need to delete the iTunes folder that is on my hard drive
I did a complete reinstall of Mountain Lion. Before I did so I followed the instructions to backup my iTunes to an external harddrive. I want to put my iTunes library back onto my MacBook Pro hard drive. There is an iTunes folder on my hard drive after my fresh install. Do I need to delete that prior to dragging the backed up version back onto my hard drive? Thanks in advance.
BigSky13 wrote:
I did a complete reinstall of Mountain Lion. Before I did so I followed the instructions to backup my iTunes to an external harddrive
What instructions?
Just copy the entire /iTunes/ folder to /Music/ on your computer.
BigSky13 wrote:
I did a complete reinstall of Mountain Lion.
FYI: Do you know you can do a complete reinstall of Mountain Lion without deleting any user data?
Also, you should ahve done a full backup of your entire drive then use Migration Assistant to pull in the user accounts (or what you needed/wanted).
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