Hi Grant, as clear as crystal. I thought as much with the suggestions you provided but thought it best to ask first.
Thank you very much for your assistants in this. Daniel > On 17 Aug 2015, at 00:39, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote: > > There really isn’t anything special you need to do; iTunes audiobooks are > just regular files on disk, which you can back up along with the rest of your > data. They are stored, by default, in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Audiobooks. > Simply copying that folder to an external drive or a cloud repository like > Dropbox, or using Time Machine, will make sure the files in that location are > backed up. You can re-add the files back to your iTunes library in many > different ways. For example, you could back up your entire iTunes folder, > then simply copy the folder into ~/Music once you’ve done a clean install of > Mac OS X. That’s the Music folder within your home folder. You could also > copy your audiobooks into ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically > add to iTunes. That will cause iTunes to automatically add the books back to > your library when the program is next opened. These are general strategies > that can apply to audiobooks, music, ringtones, apps, or any iTunes media. > > The only thing special about audiobooks that are purchased from the iTunes > Store is that they have copy protection. You might be asked for your Apple ID > and password to re-authorize your computer to play the protected content. > Simply enter them when requested then hit the OK button to re-authorize your > computer to play the content. > > Is this somewhat clear? :) > > Grant > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel McGee > Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 11:59 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Preserving iTunes audiobooks when performing a clean install > > Dear all > > I have a lot of audiobooks that I've purchased from iTunes. When El capitan > is release in the autumn, what would be the best way of getting them back > into iTunes if I was to perform a clean install of the new os, rather than > the regular upgrade? > > Thanks in advance for any help with this task.. > > Daniel > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
