If I Rebuild Library Will I Lose My Custom Descriptions?

If I spend time entering descriptions in the iTunes song info fields, and then someday have to reinstall or rebuild iTunes, will I lose all the custom song info I entered? I assume iTunes doesn't write the info I enter into the song file's meta-data?

No, you will not lose the custom description information you entered earlier. As I understand it (but can't guarantee it) the custom descriptions are actually saved in the songs meta-data. You should be safe as long as you make proper backups of your iTunes library. Time Machine is one of the better ways.

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