If I have a complete backup (OS and data files) of my main hard drive made 
using CCC, how can I restore the data only, after I install a new OS onto my 
hard drive? 

It doesn't look intuitively obvious, nor can I find specifics on this 
procedure in the on-line docs. 

Thanks,
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A few questions about using iTunes to create a digital jukebox on my Mac 
G5. The Mac has dual 2 GHz processors, 1 GB of SDRAM, and two 250 GB 
internal hard drives.

I have been ripping all of my 500+ CDs into iTunes, using AIFF because I 
(mistakenly?) believed that any file compression (e.g., FLAC, AAC, or 
Apple Lossless) would cause *some* decrease in sound quality compared to 
AIFF.

I have had to stop ripping at about 400 CDs, because the 250 GB drive on 
which the iTunes file resides is nearly full - mostly with iTunes, of 
course!

Questions:

1) Do FLAC, ACC, or Apple Lossless actually result in a perceptible 
reduction in sound quality, when reproduced through a good audio system 
(Denon AVR 3803 receiver, Vienna Acoustics speakers), or am I just 
wasting disk space by using the AIFF format?

2) Can an iTunes file be split across hard drives? (No, I don't have a 
RAID set-up.) My guess is no, since iTunes seems to open by default the 
iTunes file on the system disk, and there's no apparent way to open an 
iTunes file on another disk, unless I boot from another disk.

3) If I decide to stay with the AIFF format, can I put my System Folder, 
iTunes, and the iTunes files on an *external* 500 GB HD and designate 
the external HD as my start-up disk? I believe I've used an external 
disk for start-up with my PowerPC 7200/90, but have not tried it under 
OX 10.x on my G5.

Thanks for any help with these questions.
Bob

DaveC wrote:
> If I have a complete backup (OS and data files) of my main hard drive made 
> using CCC, how can I restore the data only, after I install a new OS onto my 
> hard drive? 
> 
> It doesn't look intuitively obvious, nor can I find specifics on this 
> procedure in the on-line docs. 
> 
> Thanks,

A few questions about using iTunes to create a digital jukebox on my Mac 
G5. The Mac has dual 2 GHz processors, 1 GB of SDRAM, and two 250 GB 
internal hard drives.

I have been ripping all of my 500+ CDs into iTunes, using AIFF because I 
(mistakenly?) believed that any file compression (e.g., FLAC, AAC, or 
Apple Lossless) would cause *some* decrease in sound quality compared to 
AIFF.

I have had to stop ripping at about 400 CDs, because the 250 GB drive on 
which the iTunes file resides is nearly full - mostly with iTunes files, 
of course!

Questions:

1) Do FLAC, ACC, or Apple Lossless actually result in a perceptible 
reduction in sound quality, when reproduced through a good audio system 
(Denon AVR 3803 receiver, Vienna Acoustics speakers), or am I just 
wasting disk space by using the AIFF format?

2) Can an iTunes file be split across hard drives? (No, I don't have a 
RAID set-up.) My guess is no, since iTunes seems to open by default the 
iTunes file on the system disk, and there's no apparent way to open an 
iTunes file on another disk, unless I boot from another disk.

3) If I decide to stay with the AIFF format, can I put my System Folder, 
iTunes, and the iTunes files on an *external* 500 GB HD and designate 
the external HD as my start-up disk? I believe I've used an external 
disk for start-up with my PowerPC 7200/90, but have not tried it under 
OX 10.x on my G5.

Thanks for any help with these questions.
Bob

DaveC wrote:

> If I have a complete backup (OS and data files) of my main hard drive made 
> using CCC, how can I restore the data only, after I install a new OS onto my 
> hard drive? 
> 
> It doesn't look intuitively obvious, nor can I find specifics on this 
> procedure in the on-line docs. 

Drag your Users folder from the backup to replace the Users folder you 
just created, via the ole' Finder.

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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:49:57 -0700, John McWilliams wrote
(in article <9F9wc.3361$HG.3127@attbi_s53>):

> Drag your Users folder from the backup to replace the Users folder you 
> just created, via the ole' Finder.

If I create new user names (and one of them isn't the old user name), can I 
just rename the old user folder (that has the old user name) to match the new 
user name? 
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Bob Boutwell wrote:

> 1) Do FLAC, ACC, or Apple Lossless actually result in a perceptible
> reduction in sound quality, when reproduced through a good audio
> system (Denon AVR 3803 receiver, Vienna Acoustics speakers), or am I
> just wasting disk space by using the AIFF format?

FLAC cannot possibly cause a loss of sound quality, since the original .wav
file is reconstructed perfeectly when the FLAC file is reconstructed.

> 2) Can an iTunes file be split across hard drives? (No, I don't have a
> RAID set-up.) My guess is no, since iTunes seems to open by default
> the iTunes file on the system disk, and there's no apparent way to
> open an iTunes file on another disk, unless I boot from another disk.

Given that high performance RAID controllers cost only a few dozen dollars,
why not just do RAID?

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 03:22:21 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article <nbidnWEFJ9tQA1zd4p2dnA@comcast.com>):

> Given that high performance RAID controllers cost only a few dozen dollars,
> why not just do RAID?

This may be very well and good, but how do I restore data *only* from CCC 
backup after having installed new OS onto the destination drive?

; -)
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DaveC wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:49:57 -0700, John McWilliams wrote
> (in article <9F9wc.3361$HG.3127@attbi_s53>):
> 
> 
>>Drag your Users folder from the backup to replace the Users folder you 
>>just created, via the ole' Finder.
> 
> 
> If I create new user names (and one of them isn't the old user name), can I 
> just rename the old user folder (that has the old user name) to match the new 
> user name? 
That should do it. You might run into Permissions being a problem, you 
might not. Also, be sure to work with backups at hand.

followup set to c.s.m.s.

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DaveC wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 03:22:21 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
> (in article <nbidnWEFJ9tQA1zd4p2dnA@comcast.com>):
> 
> 
>>Given that high performance RAID controllers cost only a few dozen dollars,
>>why not just do RAID?
> 
> 
> This may be very well and good, but how do I restore data *only* from CCC 
> backup after having installed new OS onto the destination drive?
> 
It appears that the thread got split, and perhaps a new ng added on.

followup set to rec. audio.tech.

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On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:23:44 -0700, John McWilliams wrote
(in article <kZpwc.49520$eY2.28254@attbi_s02>):

> That should do it. You might run into Permissions being a problem, you 
> might not. Also, be sure to work with backups at hand.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.
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in article 0001HW.BCE60EBB0000E561F03055B0@news.individual.net, DaveC at
me@privacy.net wrote on 6/4/04 1:34 PM:

> If I have a complete backup (OS and data files) of my main hard drive made
> using CCC, how can I restore the data only, after I install a new OS onto my
> hard drive? 

Use an app called PsyncX. You can select what files or folders you want to
restore. 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/psyncx

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