From 7ea3192db74c64587bf88b8bd80b3167df166e13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Sampson Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 18:57:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Mention backups in the main guide --- docs/guides/main.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/main.rst b/docs/guides/main.rst index f0b3635c2..02296be51 100644 --- a/docs/guides/main.rst +++ b/docs/guides/main.rst @@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ here, including the directory and file naming scheme. See Importing Your Library ---------------------- +The next step is to import your music files into the beets library database. +Because this can involve moving files around, data loss is always a +possibility, so now would be a good time to make sure you have a recent backup +of all your music. We'll wait. + There are two good ways to bring your existing library into beets. You can either: (a) quickly bring all your files with all their current metadata into beets' database, or (b) use beets' highly-refined autotagger to find canonical