I'm trying to perform the impossible. Downloading to this old workhorse, and backing-up to a big firewire external drive on my mom's iMac. mainly, the incompatibility between this X10.3, and her 10.5--which can support 3-rd party sync applications, leaves me in a quandry. The bottom-line is that iTunes builds it's propriatary library with structured folders-within- folders. Otherwise, ANY archiving program would make these hard drives match.

It's important to know that the actual file is in the shared folder. I have to re-label nearly all of mine anyway, (more volume than the DOW,) so moving them in 30-song groupings isn't too much hassle.

Grannygear's saying her's used to work, but now doesn't. This event what prompted me to communicate with all of you. BTW: Lord of the Rings you deserve a toast for your performance as a moderator. I couldn't ask for better tech support even if I had paid a bundle for it!