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bob:

--- Quote from: AudibleImagery on March 11, 2024, 04:22:59 pm ---I tried restoring a library backup but the most recent backup that restored my playlists was from 3 days ago and I've made hundreds of changes in that time and so I'm going to have to spend all night rebuilding my playlists by hand.

When I say library folder I'm referring to [User]>Music>JRiver on my Mac. I don't backup JRiver's ViewHeaderImage folder (called "J River") and I don't backup the "Temp" folder either because those cause my backup applications to sync constantly. Is this what you'r referring to regarding the settings files not matching? I'm a little confused as to why that would be a problem though because my backup goes from my Mac to my NAS and Cloud and I don't run my library from either of those locations—my library is located on my Mac.

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Unless you changed the library (database, not media files) location, the default is in
~/Library/Application Support/J River/Media Center 32
That's where the database, settings, skins, etc are stored.

AudibleImagery:
I haven’t changed the library location. It’s still in the path you listed and I don’t back that up either.

AudibleImagery:
I’m at a total loss as to how to fix this and as to how to proceed. I’ve had to rebuild my playlists 3-4 times in the past two weeks and each time takes a day of work. And now it seems that my backups won’t even save the playlists reliably.

JimH:

--- Quote from: AudibleImagery on March 11, 2024, 05:09:46 pm ---I haven’t changed the library location. It’s still in the path you listed and I don’t back that up either.

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That database is critically important.  A backup without it isn't a backup.

You're using some other software for backups, but MC has a backup function.  Are you not using it?

AudibleImagery:
I'm using JRiver's backup function.


--- Quote from: JimH on March 11, 2024, 06:01:40 pm ---That database is critically important.  A backup without it isn't a backup.
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So if I include the database in my backups to my NAS and Cloud then will that prevent the playlists from deleting from my computer in the future?

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