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Playlist problem
AudibleImagery:
I added the Application Support folder to my backups regardless. What else do I need to do right now to fix this problem?
Is it possible this is a storage issue? Like I said I have a 320,000 song library with hundreds of playlists but only 1.3TB left on my MacBook Pro.
JimH:
It's hard to understand what you're doing, but using other backup software to back up MC's library isn't recommended. Just use MC to do the job.
In fact, it has been doing the job and you might have backups you could use to find what you believe is lost. Read about backup on the wiki. MC makes automatic backups. You can search for the zip files using Finder.
You can still use other software to back up the actual media files.
AudibleImagery:
--- Quote from: JimH on March 11, 2024, 06:39:53 pm ---It's hard to understand what you're doing
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What can I clarify so that I can give you a better idea of what the problem is?
--- Quote from: JimH on March 11, 2024, 06:39:53 pm ---In fact, it has been doing the job and you might have backups you could use to find what you believe is lost. Read about backup on the wiki. MC makes automatic backups. You can search for the zip files using Finder.
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I've tried to use the MC backups to recover what is lost but the most recent backups don't include 90% of my playlists. The most recent MC backup that includes all of my backups is from 3 days ago.
--- Quote from: JimH on March 11, 2024, 06:39:53 pm ---You can still use other software to back up the actual media files.
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So I should only use my other backup software to backup the media files folder and nothing else? Earlier you said that the Application Support folder was crucial to my backups and so I included that in the folders my other backup software is backing up. Should I be excluding the Application Support folder from my backups then?
zybex:
You should use MC to create the database backups (ZIP files - should already be automatically created daily) and then include those zip files in your NAS/Cloud backups. You can then exclude the MC database folder, but the Cover Art folder is not included in the MC backup so perhaps it's better to include that one. If there's a need to restore a backup, restore the ZIP file in MC, not the folder.
Can you check if your PCloud or NAS backup software is doing a bi-directional sync? That may cause problems, it's best to have a one-way backup/sync (not two-way).
Do the playlists disappear or do they just become empty? Are they Smartlists or regular playlists? If Smartlists, how are they defined (an example)? Smartlists can easily become blank after some tagging changes - you mention you had hundreds of them.
--- Quote ---Is it possible this is a storage issue? Like I said I have a 320,000 song library with hundreds of playlists but only 1.3TB left on my MacBook Pro.
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1.3 TB is a lot. 1.3 GB not so much.
JimH:
Cover art should not normally be stored in the same folder as the database files.
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