Q My large 1,strong CD collection consists of classical music and jazz. Do you think this is practicable? Also, would Apple Lossless be the best format to choose to temporarily compress Aiff or Wav files for storage, in order to uncompress them for playback later?
Also, to stream music to hi-fi etc, are these files the best formats to use, or are they problematical? Michael, via email. A When ripping your CD library, it's important to choose the best storage format to preserve your music collection's original quality. To the audiophile market and to a lesser extent for some music lovers, digital music has a pretty bad name. This is due to historically low bit-rates in lossy consumer music formats like MP3 or AAC a lossy compression format is one that permanently removes some of the file's data; in some cases it will remove more data than it leaves behind.
Thankfully, iTunes supports some lossless compressed and uncompressed formats, including Aiff, Wav and Apple Lossless. These all have the same quality as a CD.
It restores to a bit-perfect replica of the original music file for playback. It's worth noting that iOS only supports up to ALC fully supports metadata tagging, which is great for searching your collection. WAV files can also store high-resolution music files at greater bit and sampling rates than CDs. Some places offer them as "hi-def" or "studio masters".
Build data protection into your digital file organization strategy. Set sharing settings on files and folders so that people outside your organization like clients and contractors can only access what they need. Some software gives you granular control over file sharing settings so you can:.
Establish a system for which sharing settings to use on which files. Share those guidelines with your team and post them somewhere convenient for future reference. For folders with leadership-only access, remember to revoke access as soon as an employee leaves.
Organize large amounts of files by years or quarters. It can be overwhelming to organize thousands of files, but there are tools to help you. Move all of them from one year into their own folder. If you like, create subfolders for each month or quarter. If you need to rename a lot of files, there are apps for bulk file renaming , some of which are free.
Then you can add details to file names, such as the year. If you have too many year folders, you can always create a folder titled Archive for folders from more than a few years ago. Tell your organization how to organize digital files. Make it easy for your coworkers to name files correctly and save them in the right place. Make sure everyone knows to back up their files regularly. If people must save files on their computers, make sure they save a backup copy.
You might excel at organizing digital files, but others might not, so try not to stress about it. Schedule recurring file maintenance time to move misplaced files—and gently explain to people what the correct location is.
Or designate someone on your team as the go-to person for all file-organizing questions. Encourage people to ask first, rather than possibly saving something in the wrong place. Check in with your team by to see whether your organization system is working and adjust as necessary. Finally, congratulate yourself on finishing a daunting project that will save your organization a lot of time!
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Business Insights and Ideas does not constitute professional tax or financial advice. Media preservation is the method by which we record, store, and preserve media over time. Stored media includes everything from written words to audio to photos to computer instructions to documents, software, and more.
The various types of media are stored on everything from books to a hard drive all the way to video game cartridges. The sad truth about data storage is that no medium for data storage will last forever. Most of them are replaced by a new storage method before long.
But just how long will your favorite storage method last? How long do you have before you need to copy the information over to a new form? Before we get to that, remember that there are always exceptions to the general rules.
It just means it can. Lifespan depends on everything from environmental factors to usage rates to component quality and manufacturing. Thus, the figures here are very general guidelines. The only true way to protect data is to have multiple copies of everything, and the best way to do that is to invest in a good backup solution. Magnetic tape can either lose data by losing its magnetic charge any magnetically charged storage medium will eventually lose its magnetic charge and subsequently its data , or when the layers of the tape start to separate.
According to a handful of sources ehow , Wikipedia , and Searchdatabackup. This can make it a useful medium for archiving. The problem with that number is that magnetic tapes will only last that long under absolutely optimum environmental conditions.
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