Q: What do I do if I accidentally trashed my iTunes library, but didn't empty the trash?
So, my iTunes library is now in the trash. How do it get it back into my iTunes? I left it just in case, but I do have a hard drive with everything backed up. Any help or suggestion is most welcome. Thanks!
G4 powerbook, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Posted on Jan 26, 2014 9:21 AM
My computer (12 years old) does not have Time Machine and I have never seen a TM backup. I backup using a cloning tool which makes my backup drive look identical to my main drive so when I need to rescue something like this I simply drag the files I need to the main drive.
It also has the advantage that if I were in your position and needed space on the internal drive I could drag everything in the trash to the external drive for temporary holding until I was sure my restore worked.
If a Time Machine backup looks similar to mine you can drag the whole iTunes folder on top of the one on your internal drive, replacing the whole folder and be back to where you were the day of the backup. I just don't know how TM backs up. I recall some ancient backup utilities made backups that were totally inaccessible except using the utility.
Posted on Jan 28, 2014 7:08 AM