iTunes library management (1 Viewer)

[Anthony]

Is there such a tool or script that will automatically keep a duplicate of your itunes music folder? Like if you add something to your library it saves it to two folders instead of just the one.
I have my folder backed up alright but I forget and it's a hassle to keep doing so plus it can take hours to copy.

 

[dudley]

icloud?

 

[Anthony]

nah, not what I'm after.

 

[dudley]

I use a thing called karen's replicator on pc, it's great. just backs up whatever folders i choose, and only if they've been altered

this looks like a mac equivalent
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

 

[Anthony]

Found this article
http://www.macworld.com/article/1143074/sync_folders.html

Using automator seems the simpliest.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Rsync is your man here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync and your exact circumstance is pondered in the "Practical applications" section of that wiki page. If you don't want to get down and dirty with rsync at the terminal, there's a list of OS X apps that will provide a easy to use GUI.

What you want to do is a one-way sync from your Desktop iTunes library folder to an external volume. If your existing way of doing it is by backing up the entire folder, the transfer times will only get longer the more your iTunes library grows. With rsync you'll only backup the most recently added files everytime you run the rsync command, which is better for the external HD since you're not thrashing it with full replacement backups.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Found this article
http://www.macworld.com/article/1143074/sync_folders.html

Using automator seems the simpliest.

Ah! You beat me, you're on the right track. Check out the list of apps of the Rsync wiki page, might possibly be better than automator.

 

[Anthony]

Just set this up using automator. Seems to be working, I just added a test file.....

 

[Anthony]

ah.. as expected the Automator route works perfectly when adding files to the source folder. It doesn't work when you delete files or alter files. Must try rsync.

 

[Anthony]

Tried to make sense of the rsync business. I don't even know where to start ????

 

[Theseus Mock]

Found a lite-weight interface for RSync.

Go download this: http://sourceforge.net/projects/arrsync/

Configure your source and destination paths. Save it as a preset, give it whatever name you want. This'll remember the settings for when you run it.

Make sure Unidirectional Merge is selected and hit Run. Downside to the app is that you can't schedule backups, you'll have to manually run process.

 

[Anthony]

i found and tried out grsync. Seemed ok but I was getting an error. Probably because my previously set up automator script is still chugging away. I'm syncing from an external HD to another External HD so it is taking a bit longer than one would expect.

 

[Anthony]

update: the automator kept trying to copy the entire 90GB everytime so I ditched that. Found a nice little app called Sync2Folders. Grand and fast. Only downside is that you seem to have to run it manually every so often.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I'm trying to do one thing

Add a podcast to my iPod so I can listen to it in the kitchen

15 minutes so far. It angers me in places I didn't know I had anger.

On my Android, I have to press a goddamn button.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I asked for one episode. I'm getting 92.

Jesus Christ like.

I know I'm a broken record on this, but fuck.

 

[ann post]

People with well managed music libraries don't use itunes.

I know this because i use it.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

One with think that iTunes would be some way usable by now even on an infinite monkeys with typewriters type of reasoning... but no

 

[Lili Marlene]

Still have no problem with itunes.

Don't use it for podcasts though.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Still have no problem with itunes.

Don't use it for podcasts though.

I generally don't either, but the radio in my kitchen has an iPod attachment and I wanted to cook.

 

[Anthony]

Ever since the introduced the podcast app for the phone syncing podcasts has been shiiiite. Lost count the amount of time I'm about to set off for a journey confident that I have the latest whatever on my phone only to open that crap and see the little cloud icon beside the episode I want to listen too.