How do i back-up everything on my itunes to an exteral drive?

I need to move all of my iTunes content to an external drive. My computer needs to be reformated.

Backup with this User Tip.
Deauhorise the computer before reformatting.
Restore the library to the rebuilt computer using the same tool.
Keep the backup up-to-date in future.
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How to restore backed up files (not lightroom catalogue) from one external drive to another.
I recently backuped my photo files from one external drive to another. The backup (carbon copy cloner) pointed to some corrupt files on the original drive.
I have deleted those files and am finding good copies of them in Time Machine backups.
I want to get rid of the original external drive; use the recent backup as my main external and then back it up onto a brand new drive.
What I am not sure about is how to point lightroom to the backups so it knows to look on the new drive instead of the old drive and all those exclamation marks and question marks go away.
There are close to 60,000 images in numerous folders all with one 'parent folder.'
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Can I point to the one parent folder and all the subfolders will come back?
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http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

Backed up my songs from itunes onto a hard drive and now my playlists in itunes are gone! How do I retrieve them back to the way it was before?

Help! My husband backed up my songs from itunes onto a hard drive and now my playlists in itunes are gone from my library! How do I retrieve them back to the way it was before?

Hello Nataroo007,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
There is a file in the iTunes library folder that contains your playlist information is the iTunes Library.xml file.
Try and find the file, usually located in one of these locations depending on your OS:
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Default location of iTunes Folder
Mac OS X
/Users/[your username]/Music
Microsoft Windows XP
\Documents and Settings\[your username]\My Documents\My Music\
Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft Windows 7
\Users\[your username]\My Music\
Then you can import this file to your iTunes Library like this:
1. Choose File > Library > Import Playlist.
2. Navigate to the "iTunes Library.xml" file
3. Windows users: Click Open.
If your Podcasts list in iTunes is empty after following these steps, learn how to add them back into iTunes.
Note: information in this post comes from article:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Cheers,
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how do i back up my macbook pro to an external hard drive?

schmunzelmonster, greetings; Your suggestion is a good one. CCC does create a boot drive which as you point out can be most useful at times. Time Machine does not have that capability but it retains a history of activities and transactions that CCC does not. CCC only retains information as of the last update.
Neither individually is the 'perfect' backup solution individually, but if both are utilized it becomes that. There is no harm in backup redundancy.
My only complaint about CCC is that is is very slow in performing updates compared with Time Machine. Just a nit on my part.
Ciao.

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Hey JFONT,
Thanks for the question. The following article may assist you in achieving your end goal:
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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HT4946 how to view backed up SMS messages in itunes

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If they are included in the iTunes backup, you do not view them. iTunes backups are not viewable, they are intended solely for restoring to an iOS device.
If the device has been used as designed and the pictures were regularly copied off the device to the computer, look in the folders where you put them.
If the device has been used as designed and contacts were synced with a supported application on the computer or a cloud service, look in that application or cloud service.

HT201250 How do I back up a MAC G4 on an external hard drive?

How do I back up a MAC G4 on an external hard drive?
It's actually OS 10.4.11
Am not exactly sure of what to do and just received the hard drive.
Can I download something from the Internet?

Look at Mac Backup - Mac Backup Software, Hardware, and Guides for Your Mac http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/tp/backuphub.htm and Mac OS X data backup FAQ http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html and Important Mac Backup Tips- Time Machine, CCC, SuperDuper http://mikosweb.com/it-advice-blog/70-mac-backup-tips Here's a list/description of Mac backup software http://www.pure-mac.com/backup.html
The majority of Mac users use CarbonCopy Cloner @ http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html , or SuperDuper @ http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html . You can also use or the Restore function of Disk Utility included in OS X.
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How do I ensure that my notes, voice memos, saved pages to my home page, bookmarks, emails, texts, apps, etc are not erased when I restore my damaged 3G? Backing up in itunes doesn't seem to save everything. It wasn't syncing all of my apps, so I'm assuming those could be lost as well. What can I do? Using a Powerbook G4 with a pentium, OS X.
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How do I back up everything on my 3G before I restore it?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+backup+iphone
It wasn't syncing all of my apps, so I'm assuming those could be lost as well
It's not supposed to backup your apps as they should already be in your iTunes library. If not, just redownload them for free.
Using a Powerbook G4 with a pentium
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Have you ever used iTunes on your computer before to sync your iPhone? If not, just make sure your iTunes is the most current version on your computer. After that, connect your iPhone to the Charging Cable and then to the USB port on your computer. Don't worry about if your iPhone is on or off, and if off don't worry about responding to the iPhone screen while you are connecting to your Computer. If things work the way they are supposed to...
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The second thing that may have happened is that iTunes may have opened... if not click on iTunes icon for the App on your computer and open it now. Once iTunes opens look toward the upper right of the screen and see if there is a Box that says something like "iPhone" in it. Click on that box and see if your iTunes screen goes to the Status Screen saying what iOS Release you are on and if it is time for an Update. Because you said your iPhone needs to be repaired, and because I don't know what is wrong with it ... Rather thna worrying about the iOS Update, look down at the bottom right of your Computer iTunes screen and see if there is a "Sync" button. If so click on it and just wait while the Sync goes through 8 of 8 Steps and finishes. When finished look back up at the iPhone Box and click on the Done or Eject icon. Remove your USB cable from the computer and get ready to send your iPhone in for Repair.

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I went to the Genius Bar a week ago, and the guy helping me there was nice enough to help me save some money by telling me I could replace the bad hard drive my MacBook Pro had by myself. I bought everything I needed (hard drive, screws, external hard drive) and my computer won't boot past the white start up screen. It doesn't even show the Apple sign at the start up screen. How do I back up my computer so I can save all my music, school files, etc.? Could really use someone's advice on what to do! Thanks!

Ok, to be sure I understand what's going on. You were able to boot the Macbook from the existing "damaged" internal drive, and it has been backed up to the internal.
If that is correct, your internal drive is working. Just to be sure, try booting with the R key down. Then run Disk Utility to repair the internal drive. That drive may in fact be useable.
You should be aware that you cannot boot the MBP from a Time Machine back up.
Please post back so I am sure I am understanding the situation.

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All this and I still don't have enough space on my startup disk, but that's another whole question!
No, this should be the number one thing you are concerned about.
Until you get this sorted, there is a good chance you may simply lose everything.
Do you hav ean external drive?
If so copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder to the external drive.
Then you can delete /Music/iTunes/ empty the trash and recover this space.
Do this then Apple menu > Software update.
Restart the computer
Then post back.

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I do not understand your question
The basic answer is that TM backes up everything that is not excluded - it backsup to the TM backup - it can not backup any files that are on the TM backup volume - only those on other volumes
To remove an item form the excluded list select the item and click the "-" button
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Se the Apple article for basic set up and details - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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I have a 15 GB Windows XP Boot Camp partition (FAT32). I want to back it up to a 120 GB external Firewire drive. (I know the backup won't be bootable). In OX X Disk Utility, I formatted the external drive as MS-DOS (FAT). I planned to do the backup using the Windows Backup utility.
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