Re: [microsound] iTunes just ate a bunch of my unreleased music

[Morgan Sutherland <morgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A friend of mine switched to Time Machine for all of his back-ups and
it ate _all_ of his data. Everything gone.

I recommend:

sudo rsync -vaxE --delete --ignore-errors / /Volumes/[backup-name]/

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Joel Justice <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Along the lines of backing up, I have found Time Machine to be fantastic for
> going back in time to different states of groups of musical projects. I do a
> quick Time Machine backup before and after every recording/editing session -
> and sometimes during... Very easy and fast.
>
> jj
>
> Sent from iPhone
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2008, at 10:25 AM, David Maier <dfm888@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> That's interesting.  I just got a MacBook (iTunes 7.6/OSX 10.5 Intel), and
>> I noticed files disappearing from iTunes – but the files themselves are
>> still where they always were.  So don't panic if they don't show up in
>> iTunes – they may still be there.  Still (repeat after me): back up
>> frequently!  (or get a Time Capsule!)
>>
>> D.
>>
>> On Jun 29, 2008, at 7:48 AM, Damian Stewart wrote:
>>
>>> this is a heads-up for anyone using iTunes to preview/playback their
>>> unreleased music:  my copy (iTunes 7.5/OSX Intel) just ate a bunch of really
>>> nice music that i'd made (aiff files) that i have no way of getting back.
>>>
>>> obviously i'm not very happy about this at all, as i didn't have backups.
>>>
>>> this isn't the first time i've noticed iTunes deleting files, but it is
>>> the first time i've noticed it deleting files that i was referencing
>>> elsewhere on the harddrive, rather than in its structured iTunes Library
>>> folder.
>>>
>>> you have been warned.
>>>
>>> --
>>> damian stewart | +31 6 5902 5782 |  damian@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz
>>
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