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Dec 27, 2007 16:46

hey everyone, i know this has been asked before but i dont really have time to go look for the entries but my itunes is an old, old version and its to the point now where i cant even buy certain music off of the store because my itunes needs to be upgraded. if i upgrade itunes, will it delete my library? because i have roughly 4,000 songs that i ( Read more... )

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jwildstr December 27 2007, 22:29:52 UTC
You SHOULDN'T lose your library...but I remember there being some glitches with one of the upgrades. What I'd suggest is to backup your music files (which you ought to do anyways), if you can, and backup the library files (in My Documents/My Music/iTunes...everything called "Library"), and then go for it. You should be fine, and those files can restore the view iTunes has of your library (they're not the music files, but tell iTunes where to find the music files).

I don't think it should be removing any music files, but there's always a danger that something could go wrong. I've never had a problem, personally.

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beans4bina December 27 2007, 22:47:18 UTC
okay, thank you so much for that! i really appreciate it :)

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beans4bina December 27 2007, 22:47:41 UTC
:) thank you, darling. i need to go watch garden state now.

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jwildstr December 27 2007, 23:56:11 UTC


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THIS this is what i'm worried will happen.

And that's why you should backup first :) And you probably don't want to do this right before you go off on a trip, just in case anything DOES go wrong.

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beans4bina December 27 2007, 23:59:53 UTC
so if i just copy all the files from my itunes folder and put them in a new folder and i will be okay? i'm kind of itunes stupid.. or just stupid in general, not really sure which yet :) you're my hero for helping me out like this, i owe you big time.

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jwildstr December 28 2007, 01:26:23 UTC
Assuming you're using iTunes as it automatically set itself up, all your music should be in that iTunes folder. If you're not sure, look in My Documents/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music...you should see a lot of folders for all your artists.

To copy that folder, drag it to another location while holding down the Control key; that'll make a copy of it (it may take a while, if you have a lot of music.

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beans4bina December 28 2007, 17:04:56 UTC
:) awesome. thank you so much! you've been a tremendous help.

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