tunequest

I've mentioned before that one of my standard procedures is to back-date the "Date Added" field for all the songs in my iTunes library. That is, if I originally got a album for my birthday in 1999, I make sure the Date Added field in my library is my birthday, 1999. Unfortunately, Apple for whatever reason, has decided that the Date Added field should not be user-modifiable. And honestly, I'm ...

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My new file storing powerhouse. I like to keep my eye on on the price of hard disk storage. More storage more better is my philosophy. Not only can I never tell when I'll need an extra gigabyte or two for projects, but I'm justifiably paranoid about data failure and have become something of fiend for backups as a result. So I've been watching with interest as the price of ...

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A couple months ago, I wrote about the advantages of maintaining a large digital music library, specifically with regards to cost and storage as compared to maintaining a large physical music library. One of my points was that the decreasing prices of hard drives makes it increasingly easy to store, as well as backup large quantities of high-quality music. I even went so far as to say that "before ...

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Like clockwork, each January means the end of Christmas decorations, the onset of the full desolation of winter, learning the motor-memory of writing a new year and, of course, a sudden, massive hard drive failure. Every year since 2001 it has happened to me, always to my external music drive and always in January. It's quite comical, if you have the right sense of humor. Then it should not have been ...

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Another new feature of the newly-minted iTunes 7 is that the program now features a built-in back up system, similar to that originally found in iPhoto. The function allows you to copy either your entire library or just your iTunes Store purchases. However, you are limited to backing up to either CD or DVD, no external drives and no networks. Select "Back up to disc..." from the file menu.

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