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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Hi there,
I realise this may be somewhat of a duplicate thread to the one posted yesterday. However, I really need to know exactly what files/Folders I need to backup so that at I have a full and complete snapshot of my iTunes Library (including all metadata). Do I just backup the music files or do I need to get the xml file? My libary is about 60GB. I'd like to back up the album art too. Any help appreciated. Regards |
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Going Strange...
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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If you want the play counts and all that other metadata, you need the xml file and the iTunes Library database file, in addition to all of the media files.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Ok Thanks. Which folder contains the artwork? Is it just the 'Album Artwork' folder?
Basically, if I just copy the whole iTunes folder - then I should be ok, right? Regards |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Album Artwork is stored inside the music file.
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monkey with a tiny cymbal
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lost
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The artwork is actually *inside* the songs themselves as an ID3 tag. It's not kept anywhere else.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
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Clarification:
If you use the new "Get Album Artwork" feature in iTunes 7, the artwork will not be placed in the music files themselves. If you use the "Get info" dialog to manually add the art, the artwork will be placed in the music files themselves. The play count, rating, and equalizer preset are stored in the library, not the music files themselves. All content in the "Info" tab of the "Get Info" dialog is stored in the music files themselves. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Uhh.
Is there any way to tell which files have art in them and which do not? |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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I modified one of Doug's AppleScripts to do this.
This script examines the selection in iTunes and puts tracks that have album art that is not embedded into a new playlist for your viewing pleasure. Code:
tell application "iTunes"
set fx to fixed indexing
set fixed indexing to true
copy (a reference to (get view of front window)) to thisPlaylist
if item 1 of selection exists then -- test if there is a selection...
set using_selection to true
copy (count selection's items) to idx
else -- its the whole playlist
set selectedTracks to (get a reference to thisPlaylist)
set using_selection to false
copy (count thisPlaylist's tracks) to idx
end if
set i to 0
repeat with j from 1 to idx
if using_selection then
set track_ref to (a reference to item j of selection)
else
set track_ref to (a reference to track j of selectedTracks)
end if
if (count of artworks of track_ref) > 0 then
copy (count of artworks of track_ref) to idx2
repeat with k from 1 to idx2
set this_art to (a reference to artwork k of track_ref)
if downloaded of this_art is true then
if i = 0 then
set this_playlist to make new playlist
set the_date to current date
set the name of this_playlist to "Art Not Embedded - " & month of the_date & " " & day of the_date & " " & time string of the_date
end if
duplicate track_ref to this_playlist
set i to i + 1
end if
end repeat
end if
end repeat
if i > 0 then
display dialog i & " songs have art that is not embedded. See the playlist called " & name of this_playlist as string
else
display dialog "No songs have art that is not embedded."
end if
set fixed indexing to fx
end tell The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Worked like a charm!. Thanks, Brad
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Thanks also to Doug. You guy do a great job with all your scripts
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