Most of iPhone and iPad users have the habit of using
iTunes to back up their files on Apple devices. But only back up on your
computer is not enough. You can use iCloud to back up your iPhone data,
but the iCloud account also have limited free storage space :5 GB. You need to
pay for upgrading the storage space. You never know when you will suffer a data
loss due to unexpected computer issues. If the hard drive fails or you cannot access
to the hard drive, you may have a permanent data loss. Therefore, you need more
than one backups. An external hard drive may be a good choice.
How to Back Up iTunes to an
External Hard Drive
Before you back up iTunes folder, you should
consolidate your library to make sure that you have copied all files from
iTunes to the external hard drive.
Locate the iTunes Folder
You can find the iTunes folder in the default
location. On a mac, you click Finder, choose username and then click iTunes to
find it. On Windows, you can find by this path : \Users\username\Music\
Or you can find it in iTunes. Open your iTunes, click
Edit—Preferences—Advanced tab, under the iTunes folder location shows the
location.
How to consolidate Your iTunes
Library
Notice that not all kinds of files are in the same
folder, so you need to consolidate your iTunes library before you back up them
to the external hard drive.
Click the Files menu—Library—organize library, in the
organize library box, check the box of consolidate files, click OK to close the
window. Your iTunes library then has been consolidated.
How to back up iTunes to
external hard drive?
Connect your external hard drive to computer and find
the iTunes folder. Find the iTunes folder which contains the iTunes Media
folder and other files, copy or drag it to the external hard drive. Please make
sure that your external hard drive have enough space.
It’s necessary to back up your files regularly if you
don’t want to have any data loss.
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lost iTunes files with data recovery software?
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