The iTunes files saved in the personal computer are considered one of the most important files, as they include programs, books, audios, etc. .. And sometimes we encounter some problems that lead to the loss of such important files such as changing the hard drive or buying a new computer, or the current disk is damaged, the operating system is damaged And many other things happen. In order to save your effort, time and money, we put in your hands this way to backup files and how to transfer them to any new computer or hard disk.

Before transferring files, the library must first be organized by the following steps:

1- Open iTunes, from it Edit, Preferences, then Advanced, and you will find the first two check boxes, activate them as shown in the picture, then press OK, and they are:

This process performs a reference process of merging and integrating all libraries in the default Libraries folder with no change to the original files, as well as not duplicating files or libraries in the default folder.

2- From iTunes File-Library-Organize Library a pop-up window will appear for you to activate the two options in it, or one of the two available options - often the first option is enabled only - then OK and then close iTunes.

If you save the iTunes folder from your personal computer to the external disk without the previous two steps, there will be no integration and merging of the libraries and the backup copy may be incomplete.

3- To transfer the files, go to the iTunes folder and copy it to the external disk or any other party you want. The default iTunes folder for Windows and Mac is users \ user name \ Music \ iTunes \.

After that, check the copied files on disk and compare them with the original, in order to avoid any error or shortage in saving files.

4- To change the save so that it will be permanently in the new location to which you moved the files, go to Edit, Preferences, then Advanced and change the save to any location you want:

5- You can transfer the preservation to the new location or keep the two libraries and move between them through the mentioned method In our previous article.

Very important notes:

  1. A system restore point must be created on your PC before performing any of the above steps in anticipation of any emergency.
  2. To make sure of the completion of the conversion process, open iTunes and choose any item in iTunes, such as any application, click the right mouse button, and choose Show in Windows Explorer or Show in Finder on Mac. If you were moved to the new path, the conversion was done correctly. Otherwise, repeat the steps at the beginning the article.
  3. This method also saves everything that can be managed via iTunes on your computer, such as playlists, book reviews, audios, and iTunes settings.
  4. This method is applicable to any hard disk, removable disk or any local disk partition of the device with sufficient capacity factor in mind.
  5. We learned previously How to change the default folder For applications, but it was limited to the application library only, and it also adds files that were created after the conversion process, as for the previous files, they are not shown in the iTunes registry even if you manually copy them to the new folder.
Have you been losing files due to disk corruption or loading a new operating system? Do you keep a backup copy of your files?

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