Just got my Ibook back from Service... How should I copy everything back?
My Ibook's HD died so I sent it to Apple to get it fixed. Luckily I had backed up everything before I sent it in. However, I didn't have any kind of utility to back everything up nice and tidy. Instead I just copied my user folder into the external HD.
How do I neatly return all my music, photos, and other apps back into the newly fixed Ibook????
Hi jonomo, iTunes & iPhoto are fussy about how things are put in their respective libraries so it is better to import them from within each application. Direct each app to where the files are to import.
If the applications that you backed up had installers, rerun them, otherwise drag them from the folder on your external HD into the applications folder on your new internal HD. (You did back up the apps too, didn't you? They wouldn't normally be in your 'home' folder.)
Documents too, just drag & drop.
Have fun!
Adrian
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