ITunes 9.0.2 moving files to new folder as they play
I just upgraded to 10.6.1 (not sure if that has anything to do with this). I keep a very organized Music folder which is located at the default ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music. When ever I add new files I make sure they've filed themselves at the right spot. Last night I added three new albums and when I selected Reveal in Finder in iTunes I noticed they have moved to a new folder called "Music" within ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music. I have not made any changes to my iTunes prefs since the move to SL. Here's the real odd part, say I move the album back a level to /iTunes Music, and keep a Finder window open in the background so I can see this new .../iTunes Music/Music, as I double the song to play it, iTunes moves it back to this new folder! I can bring them back and back and back and iTunes will keep moving it. I can't find a setting anywhere for this.
Anyone have this problem?
Doublechecking something Emcee. I see you've got Windows 7 x64, so I'm assuming you've got at least 4 GB of RAM. Do you also have an NVIDIA USB EHCI chipset on that PC? If so, see the following Microsoft document:
[You encounter problems when you move data over USB from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has an NVIDIA USB EHCI chipset and at least 4GB of RAM|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976972]
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Then again, there are applications that I have installed (e.g. iWork) and apps that I have downloaded or installed from magazine cover disks that will also need to be moved.. A full backup would seem the best way to move these?
No. Just remove the Applications folder exclusion. +Get Info+ will tell you how big it is.
For system-level apps, there might be some related files and preferences in the top-level Library folder's +Application Support+ and/or Preferences folders, for well-behaved apps (for others, there's no telling where they may put things). So you might want to include Library, then exclude it's other sub-folders. Tedious, but doable.
And if things are still too tight, you might gain a bit of space by excluding the hidden top-level folders, then delete all backups of them per item 12 of the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum.
If I try a full backup and it fails due to a lack of disc space, do I have access to the attempted full backup
It won't be a full backup unless you erase your TM disk first. It will just be a large (and time-consuming) incremental backup, containing the things previously excluded.
And it's doubtful it will fail, unless your TM drive isn't at least 20% larger than the data on your internal HD. If it does, un-check the +Warn when old backups are deleted+ box in TM Preferences > Options and try again. TM should recover the partial, and delete your oldest backups to make room for the new one. If it needs the space, it will delete all but the most recent.
No, a failed backup will leave a partial, "in.Progress" backup folder that will not appear via +Enter Time Machine+.
and the preceding time machine files?
Yes, unless it deleted them while trying to make room for the new backup. But it won't delete the most recent backup, so it's copy of everything that was on your internal HD, and not excluded, at that time will still be there.
Alternatively, is it possible to force TM to back-up just the Applications (and libraries?) folders?
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Implications in Time Machine of moving files to new disk
I am wondering about how TM handles movement of files.
If I have say 10GB of photos on my boot drive, and move (not copy) them to a new external, does TM merely catalog the change, as it would do if the path simply changed as I moved them from place to place on the boot drive? or does it actually copy the photos?So, since they are now backed up in their new location (and I've verfied this), it seems I could safely enter TM, find the 10GB folder of photos in its OLD location, and delete all backups, thus gaining space and insuring that I still have backups.
Note that these are photos, almost all RAWs. So I do NOT need any versions of these files, and in fact none exist. All my photo changes are preserved in Lightroom (the XMPs did change, but those changes are more easily managed in LR). But it does bring to mind the question of what to do if I did need versions. I move a lot of stuff off a smaller SSD to bigger externals, and I suppose I could just let TM delete the old versions in its normal housekeeping. But I'm curious as to whether I could move files to an external and have TM move the versions over as well. Even if I did no deletion, to find the versions I'd have to remember to go back to the old location and dive back in time in that folder. Seems rather cumbersome.
Thanks,
Rob
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