Library Backup to DVD not working

I have backed up my library several times, so I don't know why I am suddenly having problems. When I try to backup my entire itunes library, I am prompted to insert a blank disc. itunes then says it is initializing, but then kicks the DVD out and says "please insert blank disc". I have verified that the burner is working perfectly, and have used several blank DVDs to eliminate the chance of a defective one. Any sugggestions would be greatly appreciated!

While I may not be able to help burning inside itunes, you can always make a backup through a 3rd party burning software like nero.
Personally I use itunes to keep track of what isn't backed up but I use nero to burn any data dvds I might need.

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ITunes Backup to DVD Not Working

I'm in the middle of backing up my music library to DVD, and it keeps crashing on disc 4 of 8. I get this message: "An unknown error occurred. Would you like to retry this disc, or skip to the next disc?" I don't want to skip over 4.7GB of files, so I tried "retry."
After the first one, I thought maybe I had a bad blank disc, but I've retried twice and gotten the same message halfway through the burn. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, as I have spent a lot of time organizing my collection and really want to back it up. Thanks.

Maybe the problem is with the source files rather than the DVD's your're burning to. Have you tried checking the source disk for errors? In Windows Explorer right-click on the drive in question, click Properties, then click Tools. Under Error-checking, click *Check Now*. Under Check disk options, select *Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors*. Click Start. If your music is on the C: drive you'll need to let Windows reboot to perform the scan. A full surface scan is going to take some time however so you might want to leave it running overnight. Hopefully the scan will repair the problem file & you will be able to complete your backup.
If your backup is taking 8 DVD's you'd be much better off investing in a suitably sized external hard drive & backing up to that using SyncToy 2.0, a free tool from MS. You can use SyncToy to create backup copies of your iTunes library & any other important files. After making the initial backup copy use SyncToy to periodically synchronise the backup copy with your library and only the changed files will be copied saving lots of time.
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Iphone 6 backup to iCloud not working

Initially I had the issue where my phone was restoring from iCloud for 2 weeks and never finished. I was unable to do the upgrade to 8.1 because of this, so I canceled the restore and tried to do a backup to iCloud. I let it run (Estimating time remaining...) for a long time, like 30 minutes or something. Each time I tried this it would error off saying it couldn't finish the operation. One time it said it was going to take 2 days to complete the backup, but then it errors off as just mentioned. So I did a google search for "iPhone 6 backup to iCloud not working" and found a link to the forums for the incessant restore issue, it said to do a manual backup through iTunes, then immediately do a restore, then do the upgrade to 8.1.
However, I still have the issue of the backup taking forever.
Anyone encounter this issue and find a fix?
Many thanks.

I suggest you contact Apple Support.

HT1766 I backed up to my PC and attempted restore but I keep getting an error message that "iTunes could not restore the iPhone because not enough free space is available." I have a 32GB iPhone; only 13GB used!!! HELP! iCloud backup/restore did not work

I backed up to my PC and attempted restore but I keep getting an error message that "iTunes could not restore the iPhone because not enough free space is available." I have a 32GB iPhone; only 13GB used!!! HELP! iCloud backup/restore did not work either! How can I resolve this problem to restore from back up.

If you're not a developer then you really should not have upgraded.
I'm unsure how you can fix this as you have already done a back-up on iOS 7 and apple don't support firmware downgrades.

Why will a Leopard backup DVD not work on G5.

A couple of Leopard issues:
1, When I a make a dvd backup of my Leopard dvd using either Disk Utility or Toast it will work fine on the intel but will be spit out of the G5. The G5 cannot make double layer so I must rely on a computer that does! My G4 can make double layer but it is 400 miles away now! When is a copy not a copy?
2, Leopard disk utility repair permissions takes a long long time. It gives the errors discussed on other posts but why such a long time?? By the way, the Diskwarrior site gives some cautions about repairing permissions but does not address the inordinate amount of time, with respect
to Tiger, issue.
Other than the above and some applications no longer launching or working properly I appear to have two stable systems working. As I have done for years I install a new OS on an external drive, find out what works and what don't and in a few weeks upgrade the main drive. I usually use Supperdupper but found out it does not work on Leopard, a least for me! So I have not yet figured out how to make an archive copy of a Leopard system. Hard drives are like people, they eventually die. I have not tried a restore using Time Machine so I do not have any faith in it yet!

Roger Carlson2 wrote:
A couple of Leopard issues:
1, When I a make a dvd backup of my Leopard dvd using either Disk Utility or Toast it will work fine on the intel but will be spit out of the G5. The G5 cannot make double layer so I must rely on a computer that does! My G4 can make double layer but it is 400 miles away now! When is a copy not a copy?
The fact that your G5 cannot make a dl DVD means nothing. I am sure it can read it, and that's all that counts. If you can play a movie on the G5, it can read a dual-layer DVD. You have some other issue there.
I would also point out that not all DVD DL blanks are equal and some machines can only read the + and some only the - types. A homemade dual-layer DVD is not the same as a commercial one.
2, Leopard disk utility repair permissions takes a long long time. It gives the errors discussed on other posts but why such a long time?? By the way, the Diskwarrior site gives some cautions about repairing permissions but does not address the inordinate amount of time, with respect
to Tiger, issue.
This is a known "issue" which has been discussed here many times. We do not know why it takes a long time. Only Apple knows.
Other than the above and some applications no longer launching or working properly I appear to have two stable systems working. As I have done for years I install a new OS on an external drive, find out what works and what don't and in a few weeks upgrade the main drive. I usually use Supperdupper but found out it does not work on Leopard, a least for me! So I have not yet figured out how to make an archive copy of a Leopard system. Hard drives are like people, they eventually die. I have not tried a restore using Time Machine so I do not have any faith in it yet!
Have you looked into CarbonCopy which claims to be Leopard compatible?
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Macbook pro iphoto 6.0.2 won't recognize iphoto library (backup from DVD)

Just purchased a Macbook Pro with iphoto 6.0.2. Had a G4 powerbook with iphoto 4.0.2 and backed up that iphoto library to 2 DVD's. I loaded the photos and albums from the 2 DVDs to the iphoto library on the macbook. when I launch the iphoto 6.0.2 it does not load any photos and states there are no photos.
Is this an issue of the DVD back up being made under iphoto 4.0.2? Is there another way to back them up if it is....any help would be appreciated....thanks in advance...-D

Hi kaiman,
I have all the advise in one post here (including Old toad's)so as not to confuse you.
Backing up your iPhoto Library
1. Burn the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder to a CD or DVD
This method will give you a burned iPhoto Library folder that can be copied back to your computer to replace a damaged library. You can also use this method to backup an old library when you want to create a new Library to use as your current library.
insert a blank CD into your internal or external CD-RW drive and copy the iPhoto library to the CD icon on your desktop. When you drag the CD icon to the Trash/Eject button in the Dock, you are given the option to burn the CD. Click Burn and the CD is created. To burn a DVD backup of your digital images, use a DVD and a SuperDrive-equipped Mac
The easiest way to burn an iPhoto Library folder in the Finder that is larger than 4.7 gig to fit on one DVD is to burn sections of the folder.
For an iPhoto 5 Library:
Drag the iPhoto Library folder to the desktop
Double click the folder to open it.
Drag each Year folder to the desktop.
You should be left with the iPhoto Library folder containing all the data files, and the Year folders.
Combine whatever year folders that amount closest to a DVD burn size on one DVD. Make sure that you have burned all the Year folders, then the iPhoto Library folder with all the data files.
If you ever need to use this backup, insert the DVDs into your computer and copy the folders to the desktop. Put all the Year folders back into the iPhoto Library folder. Then put the iPhoto Library folder back into the Pictures folder.
For an iPhoto 6 Library:
Do almost the same thing except there are three main folders to backup now. the Data, Originals, and Modified. Then the iPhoto Library folder and all the data files within it. It might get too confusing so it might be better to get disc spanning software.
You can also check out applications for disc spanning:
Disc-spanning software
DropDMG
Toast
Dragon Burn 4
Retrospect Express-comes with some external drives
Retrospect for Macintosh Desktop Edition
2. Copy the ENTIRE iPhoto Library to an external drive formated for a Mac. Do not use this as your only back up as the external can also go bad.
3. Copy the ENTIRE iPhoto Library to your iPod in disk mode
4.Creating your own CDs and DVDs for viewing in iPhoto
This method is a great way to back up Albums of older photos or even your entire library if it is small enough to fit on a DVD. This method will give you a library that will mount within iPhoto in the source column to be viewed. To import any images from this library they need to be dragged into your library in the source column.
If you just want to backup the images in your library:
1) Within iPhoto select the images, albums or rolls you want to backup. Go to Share>Export and export them to a newly created folder on the desktop. Follow the directions in the next link.
Creating a CD or DVD to be viewed in Windows or by a photo processing company
1.. If you backed up the entire iPhoto Library by burning within iPhoto or burning the folder in the Finder, make sure the burned copy is a good working copy before you delete the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder. You delete the iPhoto Library in the finder by dragging it to the trash when iPhoto is closed. When you next launch iPhoto it will create a new empty library for you to start anew.
2. If you burned just the images, be aware that that is all you are archiving. No metadata will travel with the images such as comments, keywords, etc.
You can then delete those images within iPhoto by highlighting them and hitting the delete key, then empty iPhoto's trash. Do this often and in groups so iPhoto will not choke on too many images.
And here is the info for transferring a library from one Mac to another:
Copy iPhoto Library folder from one Mac to another
-If the library is small enough, burn the ENTIRE iPhoto Library folder to CD/DVD.
Drag the iPhoto Library folder from the CD/DVD to your Pictures folder of the iMac.
-If the computers are networked, copy the ENTIRE iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder of the other Mac.
-If you have an iPod, copy the ENTIRE iPhoto Library folder to the iPod. Connect the iPod to the other computer and copy the iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder of the other Mac.
-If you have a firewire cable, copy the ENTIRE iPhoto LIbrary folder to the Pictures folder of the other Mac
Things to keep in mind:
-If the usersnames are different you might have to set the permissions on the iPhoto Library folder to Read/Write for the new user. Check the "apply to enclosed items" at the bottom of the "get info" window.
-If there is another iPhoto Library folder on the other Mac, change it's name so it doesn't get replaced by the iPhoto Library folder you are copying into the Pictures folder...or....drag it to another place on your hard drive.
Now that the library is in the Pictures folder, launch iPhoto and it will open the library. If the library you moved to the new Mac was created on an older version of iPhoto, iPhoto will tell you the library needs to be upgraded. Let iPhoto do the upgrade.

Music will not play in iTunes store OR library. Quicktime also not working.

I am quite nearly at my wits end trying to figure out the problem I am having: I just started up a brand spanking new Mac Pro today, and aside from other problems, am unable to play songs that I migrated over from my old Power PC G5, which was running the last version of Mac OS 10.5 before it kicked the bucket; I luckily had an external drive running Time Machine backups.
The songs all show up, I checked my Library, checked permissions, ran my disk utility just to be sure, I have already gone through the authorization mambo in iTunes--I was able to sync my iPod Touch just fine, aside from a few issues with apps that I downloaded directly to my iPod not wanting to transfer over to my computer, it did tell me my new machine was authorized, of course I have two machines authorized because I was unable to deauthorize the last one before it died--but they just do not play. The play button shows, the little sound icon comes up beside the song, but no sound issues forth. Same thing seems to happen in iTunes. I attempted to play a Quicktime movie preview, also, but that did not work either, so I am wondering if there might be a connection between the two.
This too, after I migrated over everything, iTunes did not want to start up; I was prompted to reinstall it, as I was told it was corrupted or installed incorrectly. Which is weird, seeing as how I had only just started up the machine for the first time, and had nothing to do with installing iTunes in the first place. I downloaded it from the internet, and it seemed to be working fine until I attempted to play music.
If anyone can help me, I will be so very grateful. Just about next to tears, and am trying all avenues; next will be calling Apple Care and hoping for someone who can help.

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Problem using backup - one device not working.

Greetings,
I'm not able to use all backup devices. I made a backup using two dvd-r and one cd-r.
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Library Backup to DVD option missing? Or am I blind?

I just finished adding more music to my iTunes library, and I wanted to create a backup disc for the songs I recently added. However for some odd reason, I see no "Backup to CD/DVD" option under File >Library> Backup. Am I going blind, or was something changed or OMITTED in the recent update to iTunes v10.4.80?

While I may not be able to help burning inside itunes, you can always make a backup through a 3rd party burning software like nero.
Personally I use itunes to keep track of what isn't backed up but I use nero to burn any data dvds I might need.

Sapcar -backup option is not working on an x64 server

When I run:
sapcar -backup -cvf test.sar *
I get the error:
SAPCAR: option -backup only supported by UNICODE SAPCar (option ignored)
The version of SAPCAR I am using is: SAPCAR_0-20001354.exe
Which is for: SAP KERNEL 7.00 64-BIT UNICODE Windows Server on x64 64bit
Please can you tell me why this is not working.
http://www.easymarketplace.de/SAPCAR.php lists the parameter -acl, but this is not shown when I run 'sapcar', which is why I am using the '-backup' parameter which looks to do the same thing.
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This is sapcar, release 700_REL build 780172
compiled on Sep 18 2005, 23:40:06, 64bit
I assume this information is mistakenly hard-coded into the help document because it is incorrect for the version of SAPCAR that I am using, plus another version of SAPCAR (run on another server) gives the same version.

> I assume this information is mistakenly hard-coded into the help document because it is incorrect for the version of SAPCAR that I am using, plus another version of SAPCAR (run on another server) gives the same version.
You may be right.
AFAIK the distribution of the Unicode SAPCAR was stopped since you can't use it "standalone". A Unicode SAPCAR would need the ICU libraries which makes it difficult to be started from installation media (DVDs) because the libraries may not be found.
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CD/DVD not working (error report included

The cd drive blinks for 4 minutes and just ejects the disk in windows. I dont know why it isn't working. I tried reinstalling the drivers in device manager, running in safe mode, and it didnt work
Troubleshoot CD/DVD Drives
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Media in CD/DVD drive is not readable (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q SCSI CdRom Device)The drive is empty or the media format is not supported
Not fixed
Insert readable media
Completed
Microsoft Fix it Solution - MoreOption
Microsoft Fix it Solution - MoreOptionMicrosoft Fix it automated solution
Fixed
Microsoft Fix it Solution - MoreOption
Completed
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Your CD/DVD device is not recognized
Your CD/DVD device is not recognizedYour CD/DVD device may not be recognized when plugged into your computer. This problem may occur if upper and lower filters are being used in the registry.
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Drive is disabled (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q SCSI CdRom Device)
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Drive is not assigned a drive letter
Drive is not assigned a drive letterThe CD/DVD drive is not accessible via an assigned drive letter
Issue not present
Issues found
Detection details
6Media in CD/DVD drive is not readable (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q SCSI CdRom Device)Not fixed
The drive is empty or the media format is not supported
Insert readable mediaCompleted
Insert a readable CD or DVD into the selected CD/DVD drive
6Microsoft Fix it Solution - MoreOptionFixed
Microsoft Fix it automated solution
Microsoft Fix it Solution - MoreOptionCompleted
Microsoft Fix it automated solution
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Detection details
Your CD/DVD class filter was not recognizedIssue not present Your CD/DVD device may not be recognized when plugged into your computer. This problem may occur if upper and lower filters are being used in the registry. Your CD/DVD device is not recognizedIssue not present Your CD/DVD device may not be recognized when plugged into your computer. This problem may occur if upper and lower filters are being used in the registry. Drive is disabled (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q SCSI CdRom Device)Issue not present The CD/DVD drive have been disabled in Device Manager Drive is not assigned a drive letterIssue not present The CD/DVD drive is not accessible via an assigned drive letter

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I have a firewire external hard disk connected to directly into my imac which I use for back-up. The imac is wired into an ethernet LAN. I also backup my MacBook Pro to the same hard disk. The MacBook is connected to the backup disk via a wifi link to a router. All has been working well until I upgraded Snow Leopard to 10.6.3 and now the back-up is not working for the MacBook. The same thing happened after the last point release upgrade but at the time I thought it must have been user error. Last time I had to trash the backups and start from scratch. Can anyone shed any light?

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I burned a DVD I made that had videos from iMovie but the DVD is not working. The DVD is in 16:9 and in a 7.0 theme. The iMovies are 960x540 (and 1280x720 which didn't work either.) I burned one DVD with only 960x540 (.mov) movies and another DVD with only 1280x720 movies but neither of them worked. The main DVD menu doesn't even show up. The CDs I used are DVD-R. Anyone have any suggestions on how it can work?? I'm completely stuck.

Hi
In iMovie ? No - can't figure how that would work.
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Play All Button
1. There are NO - Play All - button in any version of iDVD
2. It can be faked in several ways
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• It's said that one can put all movies into a Photo/SlideShow and this will also
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I a few months ago I had to repair my startup disk (Error: Volume Header needs minor repair).
I rebooted using the 10.4.2 Install DVD supplied with my ibook.
I held down the C key during the restart and continued to hold it down. After about 30 seconds the optical drive stopped spinning and kicked out the DVD. The computer then booted using the startup disk on my hard drive.
I contacted applecare and they sent me out a replacement set of 10.4.2 DVDs. I used them and they worked fine (I only used them once).
After few days ago I encountered the same error on my hard drive (Error: Volume Header needs minor repair). I tried both sets of install DVDs (install disk 1) but the optical drive kicked the DVDs out when attempting reboot.
I called applecare and they advised me to take it into a service centre as it could be the Logic Board playing up.
This morning I thought I would try the install disks again. Whilst the original install disk did not work, the replacement one did and I was able to repair the startup disk on my hard drive.
Can someone please advise me what is going on?
Please note: My ibook reads audio CDs and movie DVDs properly with no problem.
Many thanks

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How can I be sure that my 'journal' in Pages is being backed up in iCloud? I have an external backup that is not working and I don't want to lose my journal pages.

How can I be sure that my 'journal' in Pages is being backed up on iCloud? My external backup is not working!

Unfortunately... Once the Device is asking to be Restored with iTunes... it is too late to save anything...
See Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
However... Once you have Recovered your Device...
Re-Sync your Content or Restore from the most recent Backup...
Restore from Backup > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Jessica Sanchez wrote:
I am installing itunes to a laptop and have not sync device to this lap. ...
Using a computer, other than the one you have regularily been Syncing and Backing up to, was the begining of your issue.

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