Where is "Backup to Disk" in iTunes 10.4?

Go to this Apple link to back up and restore in I-Tunes 10.4 .. There is no longer a back up to disc.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751

There you will find the info you're looking for. Hope that helps you and everyone else that has gone to 10.4 in windows.

Sure, copying the entire iTunes folder as suggested in the support article works, but it is not very efficient. The advantage of using SyncToy asrecommended earlier in this thread is that after taking an initial backup copy, subsequent runs only have to copy new or updated files.

tt2

panicp (or anyone else),

Could you explain how you reverted to iTunes 10.3 and got use of the backup to disc option again? There's nothing in 10.4 that could outweight the advantages of being able to continue to back up my 206 GB music library!

Thanks,

captwhiffle

Go to Support on apple.com ... then go to product ITunes .... at the top in the search bar type 10.3 and it will take you to the link so you can download it.

I personally use a Western Digital My Book Elite that is 2TB to back up all my stuff from my Win 7 PC. With that you can just drag the Copy the ITunes folder right to it and works slick.

Hope that helps.

Why on earth would anyone want to backup 206Gb to DVDs? What happens if you accidentally delete one album from your library? Are you really going churn through the process of restoing all 50+ DVDs? What if just one of those 50 discs goes down? You'll never restore any of them. With a hard disk clone you can restore any particular item on demand, you've one point of failure instead of 50+ and you can even test your backup library. Heck, make two backups if you are worried, it's what I do.

You might not want anything in iTunes 10.4, and I don't know if you have any iOS devices, but I woudn't be surprised if we have to upgrade iTunes before we can install iOS 5.

tt2

I have a hard drive backup, as well, but I'm just trying to cover all my bases and have multiple kinds of backups. In my experience, hard drives are more likely to fail than are DVDs. I've been backing up my library on DVDs every few months, so it's not like I'd be starting afresh. I just want to keep up the ongoing DVD backup I've had going for the last few years.

Thanks, Steve. I'll look into this. I've also discovered this website: www.backblaze.com. Unlimited online storage for a relatively low price. Has anyone used this?

Some of us don't possess external hard drives to back up to! I've been taking backups of my purchases to CD for years - and I have the same library on two other computers via home sharing so this is a second reserve not my only backup - and I want to rant at Apple please! Also not a Mac user. <_<

If you have at least three copies of the media files on three different machines then I would think that backup enough. Hopefully you have your other important data backed up in a similar fashion. SyncToy 2.1 would serve you well over your home network for this task, it's not just for use with external drives.

These boards are not for ranting at Apple, they're not listening here. Use iTunes Feedback for that if you want, but while constructive feedback stands naught but a slim chance of being acted on, rants are likely to be ignored.

tt2

This post provides a way to burn your music across spanning discs. The process helped me. Doesn't backup the artwork though.

http://www.technipages.com/itunes-how-to-backup-music-to-a-dvd-or-cd.html

This is totally ridiculous! My iTunes library is 52 GB. Nearly 8,000 tracks. Probably 90% ripped from my (legally owned) CDs. I had no problem with backup to DVD (11 DVDs) plus incremental backups. I also restored once from them with no problem. On the other hand, I lost 10 years of my family photos when an external hard drive crashed. There is no substitute for non-volatile media. Any IT person will tell you this and all critical data is backed up to tape in larger installations. Does Apple really expect me to pay for iCloud and upload 52 GB of my own property for a fee. Ridiculous. This should be enough for some of us to investigate Linux/Android and deep six the iPhone. Microsoft and Apple, 2 birds with one stone.

I agree with Mr. Dahlia. I just sent Apple a nasty gram about this. Why should I have to pay for something I have already paid them once for plus my own personal collection???? It's mine!!! Good grief!

See this User tip for an easy way to backup your content. It provides setup and usage instructions for the free tool I've recommended earlier in this thread.

tt2

Here's a work around:

1) Get date of last backup (e.g. 07/12/2011) from last backup disc

2) Create Smart Playlist by "Date Added" with modifier "after date" of last backup

3) Title it Date from to Date to (eg 07/12/2011 to 12/17/2011) for reference to next backup

4) Save in data format onto disc(s)

No, no don't thank me. But now that we have a work around, can everyone put pressure on Apple to give us back the feature "Backup to Disc" becaue it is much simpler! It is pure evil that they have taken this feature away, and I know it's not their motto but hey ... don't be evil, Apple!

Sorry, I'm not very pc savvy but if I use this SyncToy you're on about, does it back up everything from my iPod Touch? Music, pics, apps etc? And when I re-install Windows to clean my pc, will iTunes accept everything again?