Questions about iTunes file sharing
So, I did a backup, (roughly 1.4 gb-- via Dropbox... Over the course of several days <!-- s:ugeek: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_ugeek.gif" alt=":ugeek:" title="Uber Geek" /><!-- s:ugeek: --> ), and tried the iTunes file sharing.
When I attempt to transfer the files according to the guidelines, I get nothing. Is it set up to only move files, not folders? I've already got everything neatly organized into folders,(samples,projects, presets etc), so that would be a bummer if true.
Right now it seems to be importing all of the audio track files that are hanging out in "my content", but no folders. In iTunes, the files disappear as BM2 imports them, and apparently they are going into the "user" folder, but since I've tried it several times, it looks like it keeps adding the same files as the size of the user folder increases a few hundred megabytes each time I do it. Oh, and I can't see any of the files in Bm2 either....
I've tried FTP, funbox, iTunes file sharing, and Dropbox, and none of these is reliable beyond small amounts of data at once. Any thoughts Intua?
update:
Maybe going forward, Dropbox can be used for small backups,(even though it doesn't like certain file names, and if you leave a space at the end of the file "drums2 .bmk2" it won't even transfer it), and iTunes file sharing can be tweaked to allow easy bulk transfer of all user data.
PS: last night during a Dropbox transfer, I got the following error:
"The operation couldn't be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1001.)
When I attempt to transfer the files according to the guidelines, I get nothing. Is it set up to only move files, not folders? I've already got everything neatly organized into folders,(samples,projects, presets etc), so that would be a bummer if true.
Right now it seems to be importing all of the audio track files that are hanging out in "my content", but no folders. In iTunes, the files disappear as BM2 imports them, and apparently they are going into the "user" folder, but since I've tried it several times, it looks like it keeps adding the same files as the size of the user folder increases a few hundred megabytes each time I do it. Oh, and I can't see any of the files in Bm2 either....
I've tried FTP, funbox, iTunes file sharing, and Dropbox, and none of these is reliable beyond small amounts of data at once. Any thoughts Intua?
update:
Maybe going forward, Dropbox can be used for small backups,(even though it doesn't like certain file names, and if you leave a space at the end of the file "drums2 .bmk2" it won't even transfer it), and iTunes file sharing can be tweaked to allow easy bulk transfer of all user data.
PS: last night during a Dropbox transfer, I got the following error:
"The operation couldn't be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1001.)
Comments
Well, iTunes does not let you drop directories directly, only single files works.
You can however create a ZIP file containing files and directories and drop it via iTunes.
BeatMaker 2 will unzip it automatically, preserving your directories.
Hope this helps!
Mathieu.
I never created a specific folder for WAV files I import from a playlist in iTunes. I can see these files in my QuickLoad list under My Content, but they do not appear in the File Browser. Where are they located? I'd like to delete some of the ones that have been superseded by more recent versions, but I can't seem to get at them from the File Browser. In fact, even if I import to a dedicated folder that I create (which I can see in the File Browser), when I access said folder all I see is "Empty folder". And yet the files are there under QuickLoad, and play back perfectly.