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<blockquote data-quote="mikehende" data-source="post: 1530935" data-attributes="member: 77494">So here's my tutorial guys:How to backup and reinstall saved playlists:1] After creating your playlists, find the 2 files named &quot;itunes library.itl&quot; and &quot;itunes music library.xml&quot;, you can find those files on your hard drive in your itunes folder, simply copy and paste them on a USB stick, external drive or anywhere you prefer but remember where you've saved them should you need them in the future.2] If you should ever need to reinstall itunes, after reinstalling, replace the existing 2 files mentioned above by deleting them them copying and pasting the 2 saved files back into the itunes folder. then close itunes.3] PLEASE NOTE: Wherever you had your mp3's when you had created the saved playlists, you will need to have the mp3's in that same exact location with same top level name, if you've now changed the location of your mp3's, the you would need to change the location in the &quot;itunes Media Folder Location&quot; window to reflect the new location. You can find the option to change&nbsp; to the new location by going to&nbsp; Edit-&gt;Preferences-&gt;Advanced and click on the &quot;Change button&quot;.Hope the above helps someone! I am looking into a simple solution when &quot;transferring playlists to new computer', when I get that settled, will report back here with a tutorial for that purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mikehende, post: 1530935, member: 77494"] So here's my tutorial guys: [U]How to backup and reinstall saved playlists:[/U] 1] After creating your playlists, find the 2 files named "itunes library.itl" and "itunes music library.xml", you can find those files on your hard drive in your itunes folder, simply copy and paste them on a USB stick, external drive or anywhere you prefer but remember where you've saved them should you need them in the future. 2] If you should ever need to reinstall itunes, after reinstalling, replace the existing 2 files mentioned above by deleting them them copying and pasting the 2 saved files back into the itunes folder. then close itunes. 3] PLEASE NOTE: Wherever you had your mp3's when you had created the saved playlists, you will need to have the mp3's in that same exact location with same top level name, if you've now changed the location of your mp3's, the you would need to change the location in the "itunes Media Folder Location" window to reflect the new location. You can find the option to change to the new location by going to Edit->Preferences->Advanced and click on the "Change button". Hope the above helps someone! I am looking into a simple solution when "transferring playlists to new computer', when I get that settled, will report back here with a tutorial for that purpose. [/QUOTE]

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