Hi Scott and David,
David Poehlman wrote:
Subject: Thank you for your ITunes purchase screen:
Hi All,
When you have made a purchase and it finishes downloading, it
thanks you for
your purchase and offers to back them up. I checked the box to
don't show
anymore but thought it was a nice touch.
and Scott Rutkowski wrote:
HI David.
Where does it backup the purchases to exactly?
Just a reminder that you should use the iTunes "Back Up to Disc"
command to keep a copy of your new purchases on CD or DVD. The
location of this command has changed slightly under iTunes 8: it's
still under the File menu on the iTunes menu bar, but it's now a
submenu under "Library". You have the option to back up either just
your iTunes Purchases or your entire iTunes Library and playlists.
This can also be a full back up or only new items since your last back
up. When you use this command, your tracks are written in the same
format they're stored in on your computer (not as an audio CD). In
addition, all your metadata about when this was purchased, your
ratings, playcounts, and any comments you may have added or modified
in the tagging fields are also preserved.
1. Navigate to the iTunes menu bar with VO-keys+M
2. Navigate to the File menu by pressing "F" and return
3. Arrow down in the File menu and press "L" to navigate to the
Library sub-menu, then press Right Arrow to move to the "Back Up to
Disc" item and press return.
4. In the iTunes Backup Menu window that appears, the default setting
will have the "Back up your entire iTunes library and playlists"
radio button selected. You can VO-keys+Right Arrow to the "Back up
only iTunes Store purchases" radio button and select this instead (VO-
keys+Space).
5. If you have previously used the iTunes "Back Up to Disc" command
you might want to select (VO-keys+Space)
"Only back up items added or changed since last back up".
6. VO-right to either the "Cancel" or "Select" button and press (with
VO-keys+Space). (Alternatively, just press return to send your
selection or escape to cancel).
7. You'll be prompted to insert a blank disc (CD or DVD if you have a
superdrive). You'll also be told if your backup witll take more than
one disc (and give the option to cancel).
8. If your backup requires more than one CD or DVD, you'll be prompted
to insert another CD/DVD when the first disc is completed.
9. If you music library gets wiped, you can recreate it from your
backup CDs/ DVDs. It is worth backing up at least your iTunes
purchases. At typical compression you'll get about 10x the play time
of a typical audio CD (e.g. about 700 minutes per data CD).
You can recover your (purchased) music from the backup CD/DVD in the
event of a catastrophic failure.
Cheers,
Esther
