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TheFrapp

Michael,

I was wondering if you were considering any method of backup/retrieval of loops and sessions other than through a direct connection to computer through i-Tunes. I am going to be playing out using Loopy soon and I am super-paranoid that I am going to lose all my pre-made loops/sessions and have no way to get them back without I-tunes. Is integration with Dropbox or something like like that a possibility? It would be nice to know that as long as I have a wi-fi connection I don't have to worry about losing half the gig. If there is already a backup method and I am just being dumb feel free to let me know.

Thanks for your time and all the musical fun.

Michael

Hey @TheFrapp - that's not a bad idea! I'll be making sure Loopy works with iCloud shortly, but I think your Dropbox suggestion is a very good one; I'll look into that.

TheFrapp

Question along the same lines:
I am trying to create a backup of all of my Loopy sessions on my wife's iPad so we can bring it as a backup just in case (since as I said before I am super paranoid and now Loopy is pretty much the central player in our gig). I highlighted everything in the I-Tunes file transfer list, the did "save to" and made a folder on the desktop called "Loopy Backup". When I go plug hers in and go to "add", it will only let me add .wav and .aiff files. The sessions are stored on the mac as a folder with an xml file in it and then a sub folder with .caf files in it instead of .loopysession files. I can't select whole folders to add, only individual files. If I import the xml file and the caf files will they automatically become sessions? Is that what the xml file does? Do I just need to suck it up and import them all and rebuild the sessions on her machine? I don't mind doing more work, I just don't want to do it if I am missing the easy plan.

Thanks

Michael

Actually, although it's not documented, you just need to zip up the whole lot and pop the zip file in - Loopy will recognise it and automatically extract everything.

TheFrapp

Awesome!
Now all I have to worry about is playing things well.

nelio

Another way to do backups of your stuff is jailbreak your device (i.e. your IPad) and install the App "SBSettings" through the Cydia-Installer (its like iTunes for jailbreaked devices) that comes with the jailbreak.
After that you can easily establish a SSH-Connection from your computer to your ipad/iphone by using a free Software like http://winscp.net
Two clicks and you are inside your ipad on file-level and can easily copy files (lets say drumloops) from and to your ipad/iphone, backup your files etc.
I had problems with synching loopy-files over iTunes so i prefer to use this method.

TheFrapp

I would love to, but unfortunately "My" ipad is owned by the high school I work for and I bet they wouldn't take too kindly to that. Thanks though. (Note to Michael- students love Loopy too)

Michael

If iTunes is giving you grief, make sure it's the latest version - some prior updates have wrecked document sharing, but it's since been fixed. And remember, you can drag anything out of iTunes (including folders), but you must zip it up to put it back into Loopy, because Apple have screwed the pooch a little with folder management. Loopy understands and will automatically extract zip files, though, so just zip the lot up, pop it into Loopy, and it'll do the Right Thing.

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