Backing up itunes for a reformat

Hybridtheory · 15 Jul 2011 at 17:19

Hi, due to undergo a reformat of pc, has been nearly 2 years

Ive done a back up of itunes from the File/Library/backup to disc which took 5 dvd's

Will this include what on my iphone 4 also ? i have this and an ipod classic to make sure both are safe before reformatting

Is there anything else i've missed before i go for it ?

Cheers

Skyboat · 16 Jul 2011 at 11:55

Deauthorise the computer to get back one of your iTunes activations. You can then activate it again after reformatting.

Hybridtheory · 17 Jul 2011 at 23:09

Ah yeah forgot that, cheers !!

SO pretty much safe to format nop then ?

liamcrane · 18 Jul 2011 at 13:30

you not got a backup drive where you can copy all the "itunes music" folder to? Thats all i do then once reformatted just copy the backed up folder to itunes and happy days

Must admit last time i forgot to de-authroise the account i have 4/5 accounts active but yet i only have 1 itunes libarary, is there a way to de-authroise machines that no longer exist?

KevTucker · 18 Jul 2011 at 13:40

liamcrane said:
you not got a backup drive where you can copy all the "itunes music" folder to? Thats all i do then once reformatted just copy the backed up folder to itunes and happy days

Must admit last time i forgot to de-authroise the account i have 4/5 accounts active but yet i only have 1 itunes libarary, is there a way to de-authroise machines that no longer exist?

In iTunes goto your Account (click email address top right) on iTunes store then you can select which to de-authorise

liamcrane · 18 Jul 2011 at 15:43

Cheers for that mate, i can see an option to "deauthorise all" im guessing thats it?

squerble · 18 Jul 2011 at 15:59

liamcrane said:
Cheers for that mate, i can see an option to "deauthorise all" im guessing thats it?

Indeed. I did that last time, and reauthorized my new laptop, phone and old iPod. Previously had my old laptop and a friends laptop on their too.

PaulyD · 18 Jul 2011 at 17:36

I always forget to de-authorise my previous install and used up all 5 when it came to setting it up last time, had to do it via the account. IIRC you can only do that once a year or something similar

Dewotter · 18 Jul 2011 at 20:45

I've never lost an authorisation slot on an OS reinstall.

liamcrane · 19 Jul 2011 at 11:30

liamcrane said:
Cheers for that mate, i can see an option to "deauthorise all" im guessing thats it?

karlbbb said:
Indeed. I did that last time, and reauthorized my new laptop, phone and old iPod. Previously had my old laptop and a friends laptop on their too.

Cheers mate worked like a charm