Reader Jamie Brust questions the limitations of iTunes’ backup functionality. He writes: I am wondering why iTunes’ backup function will only let you burn a CD or DVD and not allow backup to an ...

As time goes by, and our digital media collections grow, we need to ensure that we don’t lose the music and video files that we’ve spent our hard-earned dollars (or, in the case of ripping our own CDs ...

Unlike the iTunes libraries which are all backed up and saved, the program only keeps one iPod/iPhone backup file. This saves time since iTunes will only backup changed files instead of the whole iPod ...

I have an iPhone 4, which I regularly sync with iTunes so I always have a relatively recent backup from which to restore if I need to wipe and start fresh. From what I understand, this method is the ...