3 Ways to Back Up Your iTunes Library on Mac

Summary

If you want to back up your iTunes Library in case of mistaken data loss, this guide will show you 3 ways to make it, and you can choose a better one from them.

Aug. 19, 2015

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It is a good idea for you to backup your content of iTunes Library on your computer from time to time. If you want to know how to backup your iTunes library, we will show you three ways to help you backup your content on Mac.

Part 1. Back up iTunes as part of Time Machine

If you have Apple's Time Machine backup system enabled, your iTunes library will be automatically backed up by default. When you lose data from iTunes library, you just need to check your Times Machines History and restore it.

Also Read: How Can I Get Music from iPhone Back to iTunes Library >

Part 2. Back Up iTunes Library Manually

Step 1. Right-click the Finder > Choose Go to Folder.

Back Up iTunes Library Manually – Step 1

Step 2. Type in "/Users/[your username here]/Music", such as, "/Users/imobie/Music". And then click on "Go" button.

Back Up iTunes Library Manually – Step 2

Step 3.Select the folder named iTunes, copy it over to your backup drive or online backup service.

Back Up iTunes Library Manually – Step 3

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Part 3. Get Your Songs Off iCloud Music Library with iTunes Match

If your songs are scattered among multiple computers, you can use iCloud Music Library with an iTunes Match account to unify your libraries on one computer.

Step 1. Choose one computer you want to unify your iTunes library.

Step 2: Launch iTunes on your computer.

Step 3: On top left corner of your screen, click iTunes > Preferences > General > Turn on your iCloud music library on Mac.

Step 4. Click on the My Music tab.

Back Up iTunes Library Manually – Step 3

Step 5. Select the Show Columns dropdown.

Back Up iTunes Library Manually – Step 3

Step 6. Click on the iCloud Download option.

If your songs aren't downloaded automatically, you can click on the cloud with a download arrow to download them. If you want to download multiple songs, you can hold on Control and click them, and then select Make Available Offline.

Also Read: How to Get Music from iTunes to Flash Drive or USB >

The Bottom Line

It is essential that you should back up your iTunes library in case of any accidental deletion or hardware error. Except making backup on Mac computer, you also can backup iTunes library by copying music to iPhone iPad for backup. And when necessary you can rebuild iTunes library by getting music from iPhone to iTunes with iMobie AnyTrans. Free Download AnyTrans to Try It Now >

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