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| Thread ID: 98419 | 2009-03-24 08:39:00 | Backing up iTunes | jwil1 (65) | Press F1 |
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| 758979 | 2009-03-24 08:39:00 | I am currently backing up iTunes before a reformat of the hard disk. How can I make sure all purchased music (mainly through DigiRama) will play on the new install, and it will not treat the music as being transferred to a new computer (and thus decrease the number of transfers)? I have done a copy-paste backup of all the music files. Using iTunes 7. TIA :) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 758980 | 2009-03-24 08:41:00 | Update to 8.1 its been updated since v7 Backing up its folders / the apple folders in documents and settings MAY work Altho, it may or may not be that easy. Probably be easier, if you copy the MP3's / whatever to something else, then add them again after |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 758981 | 2009-03-24 08:44:00 | Update to 8.1 its been updated since v7 I'll do that after I've reformatted - not worth it now I think :) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 758982 | 2009-03-24 10:56:00 | *bump* | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 758983 | 2009-03-24 11:52:00 | I just let it use up one of the 'devices' ... I figure when I reach 5 I'll just email apple and ask them to reset it or something, coz Ive formatted this box like 3x .. and yeah .... :-/ | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 758984 | 2009-03-24 17:29:00 | You can de-authorize your pc, but this only works for apple downloads (eg. songs purchased from itunes). About 20% of my music is off itunes, whenever I do a clean install, I just de-authorize my pc, copy the my music folder to a flash drive, reinstall, install itunes, copy music back, and just authorize my pc. It's worked about 3-4 times now :thumbs: |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 758985 | 2009-03-24 19:26:00 | Hmmm.... I must try that! :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 758986 | 2009-03-24 19:55:00 | Just had to do all of the above on this PC that I built over xmas and it was a pain in the butt for Digirama. All the music and movies are on the server any way for Itunes.( but below still applies if its on your actual PC) Itunes is easy - if you already top out the 5 devices - its easy enough - you load Itunes, log into your account - From Itues, Store / View My Account - log in, then Deauthorize All, then the next time you want to play the music / movies you simply put in your account details (For the first time) in the pop up window and away you go , up to 5 devices. Digirama -- what a pain :mad: all the music I had purchased was on the old PC, and simply copied to the new one, thinking it should have brought the licenses across, it didn't. looked for help on their site: Some of the music and video available from digiRAMA is copy-protected. If you get this error message it means the computer you are using is missing the license that will allow it to play. This can occur if you've got a new PC or have reinstalled your operating system. To download new licenses for music or video that you have purchased go to the ACCOUNT page and click on an order, when the order details appear click the Download button. What ended up happening is you are directed to your purchased downloads and you have to download them all again ( you DONT pay again)- but they leave the originals so you end up with two copies of which only one works. So you have to delete the inactive ones. In the end to stop this and so the music can play on other devices I have - with WMP you make a music CD - then rip back the music, making sure you untick Copy protect Music (www.imagef1.net.nz) -- the originals are stored on the server for safe keeping. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 758987 | 2009-03-25 00:27:00 | Its reasons like that why I stuck with iTunes, especially everything is in their iTunes+ format! Higher bitrate AAC & No DRM works for me :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 758988 | 2009-03-27 04:00:00 | Bumping this back up Just found this (www.podtopc.com) on the Netguide site. It may not help you (since you were using Itunes 7, this needs Itunes 8). But its free |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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