Is it okay to copy files from my Itunes folder to an external drive with my ipod connected and Itunes open?

I'm backing up my Itunes library and dragging files from the Itunes folder on my computer to my external hard drive. Is it okay to do this while Itunes is open and my Ipod is connected to the computer charging?
I'm on a windows 7 computer.

You should always close iTunes before any backup operation on your library.  Your iPod will continue charging (but make sure any sync operations have completed before exiting iTunes) - doesn't have to be removed while backing up the library.

Similar Messages

  • I am unable to copy files from my macbook pro to my external hard disk.

    I am unable to copy files from my macbook pro to my external hard disk. I tried to copy a movie 800mb in size to my EDD and  it shows the loading box and it says zero kb loaded out of 800mb and sometimes it loads a a few kb of the file, then after a while it ejects my hard disk and gives a message saying you should have ejected it properly. and it sometimes gives this message
    "The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “....” can’t be read or written.
    (Error code -36)".
    This happens with a range of files if they are more than a few mb in size, so I am pretty sure its not the file problem. It also occurs sometimes when i try to copy from my EDD to my mac.
    I have tried everything. I formatted my EDD to MS-DOS (FAT) format because i need to use it with mac and windows. I tried resetting The SMC and the PRAM and NVRAM. I tried verify and disk repair on disk utility. But the same thing happens over again and it is really frustrating. The problem doesnt happen with my PC.
    My EDD is an  Apollo 320GB hard drive from Imation.
    Also are there any particular EDD brands that may not have this issue with MACs and can be used on mac and PC?
    Thanks in advance!

    Hey guys,
    So this is follow up from my debarkle with the EDD. I found out my problem with copying files from Mac to EDD and vice versa was a result of a not so good EDD ( i had an apollo hard drive from imation) that was not very compatible with macs. So i did my research and found out that the best hard drives were Western Digital and Seagate. I bought the newest western digital EDD 1TB and formated it to FAT32 and guess what...no problems so far. The only problem is that FAT32 format doesn't copy files larger than about 4 gigs so i couldnt copy a movie from my brothers computer onto my EDD that was 1080p. You could probably resolve that by partitioning a small part of your hard drive in ExFAT? but yeah, hopefully that helped guys.
    Aaisha

  • How do i copy files from my macbook pro to my hard drive? These files were previously started on my old dell.

    how do i copy files from my macbook pro to my hard drive? These files were previously started on my old dell.

    More then likely that external drive is formatted the Windows NTFS format which Mac OS X can Read but it can not Write to that format. So you would need to copy all the data off that drive, to either a Windows PC or to your Mac, thenn use the Mac to format it for the Mac OS. Which would be Mac Extended (Journaled) with a Partition Table of GUID.
    If you want to use that drive on both Mac and PC then you would need to format it either FAT32 or exFAT.

  • How to copy files from a color classic w/broken floppy drive to an i-book ?

    How to copy files from a color classic w/broken floppy drive to an i-book ?
    I have a Coplor Classic with a system 7.
    There is no ethernet on color classic. The floppy drive is dead.
    I need some important files I have on the color classic...
    How do I connetct them to transfer files?...

    The easiest way, as AppleIIFreak has suggested, is probably to find another older Macintosh computer (with the round MiniDIN printer port) to be used as an intermediary. You could then connect the two machines by means of LocalTalk cabling, or just a plain Mac serial printer cable between the printer ports, and then set up file sharing. From that other Mac, you should be able to forward the files via Ethernet, diskettes (if you have an external USB floppy drive for the iBook) or email (Internet).
    If a second old Mac is not available, you may want to try something else. It would not be unusual for a Color Classic to have ClarisWorks already (obviously, one cannot expect anything new to become installed). If so, that program suite would contain a communications part. This means that you could connect an external serial modem, and send the files over the phone lines (or locally, modem-to-modem, in principle as in KB article # 22229; sometimes a very simple home-built line simulator may have to be added) to any other computer using a terminal emulation application with file transfer capabilities. It would also be possible to connect the modem port directly to the serial port of a PC, through a combination of a Mac modem cable (MiniDIN-8M to DB-25M) and a standard PC null-modem cable (DB-25F to DB-9F).
    Jan

  • I recently purchased a new iMac with an external drive.  I want to transfer my files from my old iMac to the external drive, but I'm afraid that doing that will compromise the use of the external drive on my new iMac.  Comments?  Help?

    I recently purchased a new iMac with an 1 Terrabyte external drive.  I want to transfer my files from my old iMac to the external drive, but I'm afraid that doing that will compromise the use of the external drive on my new iMac.  I have not downloaded the external drive's software onto my old Mac because of this concern.  May I simply "drag and drop" the contents I want transferred to the external drive, then set up my new Mac with the drive and download there? or is there a better procedure?  Comments?  Help?

    If your intention is to copy a just documents and data (word processing files and music for example) then yes, you can use drag and drop. If you want to transfer data and applications and permissions, it would actually be easiest to connect the drive to your old computer and turn on TimeMachine. Once TM is finished, connect the drive to your new computer and restart it holding the option key to get into Recovery mode. Then you can use the restore from TM option to transfer your data and programs to the new computer.

  • I cannot delete a file from the document folder.  I can move it to the trash and then empty the trash, but when I go back to the documents folder it is still there.

    I cannot delete a file from the documents folder.  I can move it to the trash and then empty it, but when I go back to the documents folder, the file is still there.

    Gay,
    I wonder what your computing environment is. Is your account being administrated by another account? Are you working in an account subject to "Parental Controls"?
    Jerry

  • How do i copy files from my macbook pro to a usb drive

    how do i copy files from my macbook pro to a usb drive

    Connect USB drive to your MBP, format as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with a single GUID partition using Disk Utility and copy away.
    Clinton

  • Copying files from local computer to a remote server which is not in Domain and with username and password?

    "I have one workstation with static IP, Wants to create batch file to log in to this,using user name and password, copy back up files from that workstation to my desktop with batch file, please help
    I am currently using batch file for back up for domain servers with robocopy commands in batch file  but one of the workstation is not in domain and has static ip , also it has username and password,
    Wants to create batch file on my desktop to log in this server---with username and password,, copy files from particular folder and paste it on my desktop in particular folder or auto create that folder,
    please help, "
    P Dave

    JRV,
    I can understand that, 1stly I am not a scripting guy, I know very very basic of this,
    2ndly, I need help , I am not asking anyone here to write code for me, I have already wrote that but its not doing which its suppose to do,
    check below screen shot, after running suggested script, it has mapped drive ,
    now I do not want to do that, I want just files to copy from that machine to my machine, and want script which I can run from any PC,
    Tried with UNC PATH as well, but not making any difference, its keep mapping that server drive to my computer
    P Dave
    JRV,
    I can understand that, 1stly I am not a scripting guy, I know very very basic of this,
    2ndly, I need help , I am not asking anyone here to write code for me, I have already wrote that but its not doing which its suppose to do,
    check below screen shot, after running suggested script, it has mapped drive ,
    now I do not want to do that, I want just files to copy from that machine to my machine, and want script which I can run from any PC,
    Tried with UNC PATH as well, but not making any difference, its keep mapping that server drive to my computer
    P Dave
    Bill - he still sees that "connection" although it isn't mapped it is attached temporarily.
    P - Log off and log back on and the attached connection will be gone.  It is temporary.   Again - knowing the basics of WIndows would let you know this.
    We have given you all of the answers that are possible.  There is no other way unless you have installed things like PowerShell and PowerShell remoting or an FTP server.
    If you do use a drive it can be just as easily deleted after you have finished the copy.
    Again: "NET USE /?" will tell you all of the options.
    Saying you know nothing is not an excuse for not thinking or looking more deeply into the suggestions made by those trying to help you.  This is not a MIcrosoft support forum or help desk.  It is a forum for admiinistrative scripting and assumes
    that those coming here are technically trained or experienced in the basics of Windows technology.
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • How do I transfer files from pc to mac using an external drive?

    I get the that I copy files from the PC to the external drive and then copy to mac. What I do not know is what format does the external drive need to be? FAT32 is somewhat limiting.

    I don't do Windows, but Macs can read & write ExFAT, too.
    If the PC has an app that will format & write any variant of Mac OS Extended, those are native to Macs.
    You can also transfer via network, if that's convenient.  See the Use a Network Connection section under Manually Migrating in Switch Basics: Migrate your Windows files or system to your Mac.

  • Retaining date/time stamp when copying files from a backup network drive

    How do I retain the date/time stamp when copying files from a backup such as a external drive or a network drive?

    i don't trust MA at all. known to create a lot of problems.
    instead, see the green box in this user tip.

  • Safely copying files from Target Disk Mode to External USB. Advice?

    Just got a new iMac and transferred my system and important files to it from my old iMac. However, a partition on my old iMac has files I want to move to my new iMac so they can be included in Time Machine backups while others I want to move to another external hard drive since I have physical copies of most of those files elsewhere.
    I can connect my old iMac to the new via Target Disk mode and copy the critical files from Mac-to-Mac easily and quickly enough. What I want to know is if I’m safe to copy the other files from the TDM-connected iMac to a USB drive.
    I’ve read that having other devices connected to your Mac while another Mac is connected via TDM can result in corrupted files. Is this true? Is it unsafe to copy files from a TDM Mac to an external USB drive?
    If it is safe, is it best to connect the USB drive to the new Mac or to the old one while it’s in TDM? There’s a lot of data so I’m wondering about transfer times. One method would see files going over Firewire through the new iMac to a USB drive, while the other would go from TDM-connected Mac directly to a USB drive connected to its own USB port. That is:
    TDM iMac > New iMac > USB Drive connected to New iMac
    or
    TDM iMac > USB Drive connected to TDM iMac
    I have limited space on my internal drive and I also don’t want to copy-hop from TDM iMac to New iMac then copy from New iMac to USB drive. I'd like to go directly from old drive to external USB drive if it's safe.
    So I’m looking for advice on the best way to connect devices in order to cut down on copying time and number of copies, and to do it safely without corrupting data. Any advice is appreciated!

    I've used Migration Assistant already to move all of my immediately necessary data and settings over. This other data was on a separate partition and I'm unable to copy all of the data over to my new drive due to lack of space.
    Things are complicated by the fact that I need to change some of my externals over to Time Machine ready backups. Previously I was using 1 TB and a 2 TB drive for TM and another 2 TB drive for general backups/archiving. Now I need to juggle things around so that both 2 TB drives are for TM and the 1 TB is used for archiving.
    An important point I should have mentioned is that I can't use my old iMac normally due to a GPU problem that seizes the system up. This is the reason I can't just copy stuff directly from old iMac to external USBs.
    I'm interested to know if what I described above is safe and if there are any time savings or benefits for copying through my new iMac or connecting the externals directly to the old iMac in TDM.

  • Copying files from ASM to Remote ASM, Fails.

    Dear All,
    I am trying to copy files from ASM to Remote ASM disk groups, failing with the following error,
    ASMCMD-8201: (Bad argc for RDBMS:ASMCMD-8201) , any idea.
    Syntax: cp -- port 1521 +RECO_ABC/ABC/BKP/xyz.dbf sys@hostname.+ASM1:+RECO_XYZ/XYZ/xyz.dbf
    Thanks.

    cp -ifr <source file name> <user_name>@<host_name>.<Port Number>.<SID>:<targer path>/<target file name>
    user_name@host_name.<Port Number>.<SID>
    The user_name, host_name, and SID are required. The default port number is 1521.
    reason for error :
    It could be due to following reason.
    * not able to reach remote host.
    * Remote host listener is down.
    * Remote ASM Instance is not registered with listener and running non-default port.
    * sysasm remote connection does not work.
    * Incorrect password given for sys user.
    * Remote ASM Instance password file missing.
    We need to enable additional tracing for asmcmd connection to get a exact failure message.
    ++ set DBI_TRACE environment variable for asmcmd perl tracing.
    export DBI_TRACE=1
    ++ Now connect using asmcmd and re-produce the issue.

  • Copying files from iMac to USB flash drives

    I am having problems copying files from my iMac computer to USB flash drives. Sometimes, I get the error message: "Sorry the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occurred (Error Code -50)."
    How can I solve this problem?
    This error message does not happen everytime but rather occasionally. Most of the files I am trying to copy to my USB flash drives are MS Word documents. I have tried using various brands of flash drive, but I still get this error message.
    I use my USB flash drives for both Mac and Windows OS computers. For my 2GB Kingston Data Traveller flash drive, I checked its product datasheet on the Kingston website, and it says that it is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows OS, and that I can use it for cross-platform PC/Mac file transfers.
    I also checked the Properties tab for this flash drive, and the File System for the drive is listed as "FAT."

    Hello Stedman:
    I am pretty sure that these files were not open in MS Word when I tried to copy them.
    I only get this error message/code for a handful of MS Word documents; the rest of my MS Word documents were copied successfully to my USB flash drive.

  • Copied Files From CD/DVD Locked

    Hiya folks,
    When i copy files from a data cd/dvd to my home partition they are locked and can only be modified by root. How do I gain permission?
    Thanks
    Andy

    Ghost1227 wrote:if only root can edit a file stands to reason that only root can change permissions on it!
    I would say a user can change rwx-permissions without su/sudo as long as (s)he is the owner of the file(s).
    I just tried it. Copying a file from cdrom wrote the file with these rights: -r-xr-xr-x and my useraccount as the owner. So I can use 'chmod +w' without su/sudo to make the file writeable.

  • Windows 8.1 will not copy files from intranet site.

    I am using Windows 8.1 and I am trying to copy files from an Apple Time Capsule disk to a local hard drive. First I got the message box that said "Your Internet security settings suggest that one or more files may be harmful. Do you want to use it
    anyway?" and when I said okay nothing would copy. I went into my Internet options and added the Time Capsule disk to my site list in the Local Intranet Zone and reconnected the shared drive. Now I don't get the error box but it doesn't copy
    anything either. It does nothing. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    Benjamin Greco Jr.

    I suggest you to run a malware check.. 
    May be its due to this malware "ZeroAccess rootkit/Sirefef"... What it does is it will block downloading and it will block you from visiting to some site... 
    Download and transfer this....
    Use one scanner at a time
    Download hitman pro 3.7  from uninfected pc and transfer to you pc and install (shareware and can be activated for 30 days free)and have a
    full system scan.. http://www.surfright.nl/en 
    alternatively you can use hitmanprokickstart usb bootable
    http://www.surfright.nl/en/kickstart
    And/or
    use malwarebyte  downloaded from uninfected pc and transfer to you pc and install and have a full system scan http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/
    And/or
    use adwcleanerand  downloaded from uninfected pc and transfer to you pc and install and ave
    a full system scan..http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/dl/125/)
    And/or
    use Junkware Removal  Tool  downloaded from uninfected pc and transfer to you pc and install andhave a full system scan
    http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/dl/131/
    And/or use TDSS Killer  downloaded from uninfected pc and transfer to you pc and
    install andhave a full system scan..: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-tdss-tdl3-alureon-rootkit-using-tdsskiller
    additional info
    If everything fails, you can use offline bootable resccue cd and do a full system scan... 
    https://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk
    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-defender-offline-faq
    How to create a defender offline bootable cd/pendrive
    http://www.pcandtablet.com/windows-8-antivirus-and-security/546/how-to-create-a-windows-defender-offline-usb-stick-to-remove-malware-on-windows-8-a.html
    Hetti Arachchige V Aravinda | Network & System Administrator (B.Sc, Microsoft Small Business Specialist, MCP, MCTS, MCSA, MCSE,MCITP, CCNA, CEH, MBCS)

Maybe you are looking for