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How do I back up all of my iTunes playlists on to an external hard drive?

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Copy iTunes playlists to external USB flash drive

I have lots of playlists on my iTunes library, and I want to be able to copy the music of certain playlists to a flash drive to play on a stereo system. I have too many songs in too many folders to just copy the raw .mp3 files, so that option is out. Any other ideas?

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Unless I miss something, you can just drag & drop the playlist to your USB drive.

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How do I get my playlists to show on 2 computers when I run my iTunes library on an external hard drive?

I tried exporting a playlist on one computer and importing on the other but then I get the error message that not all the songs could be located. I do have music not purchased from iTunes but I changed to AAC format when importing into my library.

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an ipod can only be synced to ine computer so you won't be able to show the same playlist for the same...

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How do I relocate music files from my computer to hard drive on ITunes without losing ITunes information (album artwork, playlists, etc.) for 10000+ songs?

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you cant when its gone from the hard drive... if the songs are there and havent been touced but itunes...

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After changing hard drives, how do I get the music linked back to my itunes library & playlists?

typically, I dont let itunes automatically synchronize, I dont want every file/folder I have in there. I want the library I have to be attached to a file again, ideally not by doing that one song at a time. half of the music in the itunes library is...

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Unless you bought music off of iTunes, you will either... - Move your music onto a flash drive and move...

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I moved my music to an external hard drive, how do I use it to work itunes?

I followed all the instructions on the apple support page about moving my files to an external hard drive, (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364) but when I opened tunes, it says the library is empty or I have to choose a new library. When I tried to choose...

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I have had the same problem but i figured it out myself. First, on my external hard drive i mad a new...

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Will my iPod put my songs back onto iTunes if I clear my hard drive and start with a fresh iTunes library?

I am trying to clear my hard drive to help make the computer run faster. I can move all of my songs onto a flash drive and then put them back onto a fresh iTunes library but I'm afraid my applications and playlists will clear. I was hoping there was...

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Yeah. Mine did it. Itunes will erase ipod first but don't hesitate. It'll put all of them back on it...

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I'm trying to put my iTunes music, and my iPhoto albums onto an external hard drive...?

I'm trying to put my iTunes music, and my iPhoto albums onto an external hard drive... I have a macbook, and a G DRIVE 500 gb hard drive. I guess time machine is the easiest to use when trying to transfer all the information from one computer to the...

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This is how it is done http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751

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Keeping the RATINGS when moving iTunes stuff to a new Mac

Helping my father re-create iTunes on his new iMac—AND keep all of his song ratings. My father just got a new 27" iMac and he loves it. He's has all of the files from his old iMac backed up on an external drive. On Friday he went...

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If it's not too late, running the Migration Assistant between the old and new Macs *should* copy everything...

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