How To Backup, Restore & Move Your Rekordbox Library

A full guide on how to properly backup, restore and move your Rekordbox library without losing any data. Whether you're a professional or bedroom DJ, this guide will make sure you never lose your music!

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🔖 Contents

00:00 - Introduction
00:33 - Backing up everything at once
01:45 - Backing Up Database Separately
02:19 - Backing up your Music Files
03:04 - Restoring the Database
04:12 - The Backup Of Last Resort

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[octavianskies]

Brilliant video and amazingly executed! Big up!

[josephthomason]

ive been looking for a while to find a video that actually explains this thank you so much cause i already lost my music once

[jaygreenakajackstax]

Hi Chris, Great new backup options i didn't know. Your videos are great! I'm learning a lot :-) very helpful.

[Legion]

Spot on, thanks! I prefer moving my music files to the secondary source manually and just doing a backup and restore of the database. That way, it only has to add the files it doesn't already have. Much faster than backing them up through rekordbox. That's provided I haven't deleted files from the primary source, if I have then the secondary source needs the music files deleted and re-added from the primary before restoring the database on the secondary.

[mikkliish]

thanks! really straight-forward explainer. exactly what i was looking for :)

[andiedwards]

Thks for doing this video Chris...I understand this backing up more clearly now 🤜🏾🤛🏻

[diagg]

Exactly what i needed. Many thanks and keep up the good work

[djrez]

This is how i clone my 2 laptops... every so often i backup then restore the 2nd laptop so it matches 100% Works perfect!

[antoniovasquez]

Whats the logic behind backing up the library without the music files? I have all my music in my SSD and don't have a need to back that up, but i do want to back up all the metadata from RB to a new laptop.

[바람시원한]

Thankyou so much ! Can I delete the backup file when I finish the backup?

[BasVos-hu]

Thanks for this tutorial. I want to transfer my rekordbox collection from one macbook to another. In doing this, I want to keep my current file structure for my media the same. Will this method also recreate this file structure?

[leesmith]

I’d have liked to see more on backing up music to an external drive. Like, will it keep all the cue points as well? And how do you upload your files back into rekordbox if you need to?

[rayhammertime]

Hey Chris, You lost me at 3:13, assuming the computer crashed and you lost everything, how is there going to be anything to "restore" considering the computer crashed or has been "reset" after a repair?

[Mr__Fogg]

Chris - great videos as always. Thank you.

Question...If I wanted to change my external HD for a more stable one to store my music, would I just copy the music to the new HD and then tell Rekordbox to look in the new folder on the new HD to find the files. I'm thinking I wouldn't need to back up the database at this point as I'm not changing computer, only the storage. Hope that makes sense!?

[Devrajghosh]

Hey am using only usb drives for my gigs, and dont use laptop.. so how can i backup my tracks from usb drives with all the hot cues, changed titles etc??

[BenIsley-cyqi]

Hi Chirs, I found your video extremely interesting and educational. Thanks for creating it!
I have quite a niche situation... My computer one day stopped working. So I ripped off my entire memory from it (inc 90GB music) and have that on a 1TB hard-drive. I did not however create a back up of my library meta data... Is this a huge problem or should that file now live somewhere on my 1TB hard-drive?

[andresspiva]

Is it a good idea to do the backup on my external hard drive?

[ryondixon]

Hi. Does anyone know a fix for the back up just freezing around 40% and not completing? Ive tried lots of things but im getting stressed. Thanks

[rsdigital]

Thank you so much for the video man! I just updated to ver. 6.8.4 and the "Export Library" option is faded (I cant click) Do. you know any fix for it, ? Im running in a mac, free version. Thank you again!

[ClementKorea]

Big question: If I am using icloud to store emy music/playlists, can I use rekordbox both on my desktop at home and my laptop when I travel?