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Aw, ND, you're so sweet. I think I accomplished everything almost correctly.
I say almost because I lost three things in the move: My ISP, FTP, and ALL OF MY iTUNES.
Seriously. All my writing, emails, art, all those files which meant the most of me were perfectly fine, but I made a mistake somewhere and mu iTunes songs are just gone. I was in a fetal position for a few minutes, took a deep breath, repeated "First World Problem" several times, and now, I am calm.
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YARGH, Allyson. First World Problem, sure, but still a major pain! Post to the Music thread if you need replacements...
Are you sure you lost the iTunes music files themselves? Maybe it's just the database that didn't get carried over, in which case it can easily be regenerated.
Yes, there are no MP3s at all anywhere on my computer.
And just to cover the "stupid question" area, you're sure they were in mp3 format, and not m4a?
Oh yeah, I checked both. Not a stupid question, Kristen pointed it out to me when i was first in shock.
Argh. I lost all my music in a crash not too long ago, Allyson. It included a large amount of music that had been bought straight from the iTunes store that wasn't backed up and was thus irreplaceable.
I hope you can get your music back somehow.
A dear friend sent a generous gift certificate in sympathy, so I have that, I have a few songs on my iPod that I never use that can go back on the computer, and then I'll just replace the things I miss the most.
It's ridiculous to get all emotional in tech, but gah, I just felt SO INCOMPETENT that i couldn't do this otherwise simple task correctly.
Blargh.
It's ridiculous to get all emotional in tech
Dude. Happens.
Start using your iPod--it's a simple backup. I keep meaning to burn all my bought stuff to CD so it's backed up somewhere in an iTunes independent format.
My iPod can't contain all my music, so I finally went and bought a 100 Gig portable Firewire drive and set up my Mini to do a daily backup to it.