How can I back up my iTune purchases to a disc

How can i back up my iTune purchases to a disc?

There used to be a feature to do this in iTunes but from what others have said it is gone in recent versions, probably because most people do not find it practicable to do it that way. New libraries tend to range in hte tens to hundreds of GB and backing up to 40 DVDs just isn't in the cards.  Get an external hard drive and use that to back up your whole ocmputer (including photos which you cannot download from anywhere).
If you absolutely must back up to disc then you'll have to use a burn utility or Finder's burn to burn the iTunes folder contents in bits and pieces.

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    Just drag-copy the entire iTunes folder, presuming all your content is in that folder, to your backup device.
    Regards.

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    Quit iTunes.
    Locate your external hard drive.
    Mac: On the Desktop or Finder sidebar.
    Windows: In My Computer
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    Windows 7 or 8: \Users\username\Music\
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    (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751)

  • How can I back up only iTunes and iPhoto to an external HDD

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    You could drag the iPhoto and iTunes folders to the external drive and move them back later.
    However, it might be easier to just remove MacKeeper and other adware.
    See the post by John Galt in this thread about removing MacKeeper.
    Apple Support help for removing adware can be found here: Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac - Apple Support

  • HT1391 how can i download all my itunes purchases?

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    MP3 player compatibility with iTunes for Windows
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2289
    iTunes for Mac OS X: Compatible Players
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2172
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550
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    See this -> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2682

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    Hi all,
    I want to bak up all my iTunes purchases as i have not done this for a few years. I looked for a "how to" but the Apple site siad to go to back up library under file/librabry but this no longer exists?
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    Thanks

    You really should backup the entire library. This  User Tip shows how, and the same tool can be used to backup other important data you may have.
    tt2

  • How do I back up my iTunes purchases to a cd?

    Hello:
    I am unable to find out on the apple website any information about how to back up iTune purchases to a cd.  Could you please explain to me how it is done.
    Thank you.
    Dorothy King
    Calgary, AB Canada

    While that method given in the support doc for backp to a drive will work, it isn't very efficent to use on a routine basis.
    Fast backup for iTunes library  (Windows)
    Grab SyncToy  2.1, a free tool from MS. This can be used to copy your entire iTunes library (& other important data folders) onto another hard drive or network share. You can then use SyncToy periodically to synchronise or echo your library to the backup. A preview will show which files need to be updated giving you a chance to spot unexpected changes and during the run only the new or updated files will be copied saving lots of time.
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    Step-by-step SyncToy install guide.
    tt2

  • How can I get an unauthorized iTunes purchase refunded

    I need to get a recent unauthorized iTunes game application refunded.  How can I do that?

    Login to the iTunes Store.
    From the menu bar click Store > View My Account
    Click Purchase History from the Account Information window.

  • How can i back up my itunes library onto an external hard drive?

    I can seem to figure out how to back up my Itunes library onto my external hard drive. Any advise?

    A quick search provides the answer, see the following:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751 for backing up to an external drive.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1382 for backing up to optical media.

  • How Do I Back Up My iTunes Purchases On The 11.01 Version?  Please help!

    How do I back up my latest iTunes song purchases on the 11.01 version that I recently upgraded to?  Please help!

    See this user tip.
    tt2

  • How can I back up my iTunes files onto a backup drive?

    I am interested to back up all of my iTunes mp3 and movies onto a Toshiba 2TB drive.  How do you copy those files?
    On another note, how can you sync iTunes between an iMac desktop computer and an Apple MacBook Pro?
    Many thanks.

    Aside from using Apple Time Machine to backup your entire computer, you should be able to just copy the files from the iTunes Media folder. To locate it, open iTunes, press COMMAND then "," to open the Preferences screen. Go to the Advanced tab, and verify the the iTunes Media folder location. Copy that folder just like you would any other file.
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    If you wanted to get really fancy, you could change the location of the iTunes Media to something on a shared drive perhaps, but I've heard that non-default iTunes Media folders tend to cause headaches.

  • How can I back up my itunes music library to cd disk's

    I have already backed up my itunes music files on cd disks last year, but it's not up to date.I forgot the procedure to continue backing up music as I add it to my itunes library.Can someone help???

    The built-in feature to backup to CD/DVD was removed from iTunes 10.4. Use the tools provided with your CD/DVD burner, or see this User Tip for a comprehensive iTunes backup strategy.
    tt2

  • How Can I Back Up My iTunes Library To A USB Flash Drive?

    I have around 5GB of files in my iTunes Library and I don't want to have to use multiple blank cds (dvds) to get my files onto my new iMac. On top of that I can't my cd-writer doesn't work. So I bought an 8GB USB Flash Drive and I just want to know how I can get my iTunes Library to back up to my USB Flash Drive.

    Is all your music, as well as your iTunes folder, in My Music? If so, copy your My Music folder to the drive. That will back up all the songs, and the iTunes library files, which happen to be located in iTunes/iTunesMusic.
    In case you are asking how to copy: Close iTunes. Insert the USB drive into the machine and open it like a folder. Then you can use drag and drop to put stuff in it.

  • How can my husband access my iTunes purchases and vice versa?

    Can someone please advise me how to add my husband to my account to share my downloads and vice versa? I cannot find on iTunes how to do this and I am not that computer savvy - pretty please if you can, be specific as to what I am to do to make this happen - THANK YOU !!!

    Sorry, wrong link:
    How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer

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