# How to create an action for copying MP3 files to usb disk?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-an-action-for-copying-mp3-files-to-usb-disk/65934
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 14, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-an-action-for-copying-mp3-files-to-usb-disk/65934 "2024-09-14T08:50:40Z")
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#### Post date: [September 14, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-an-action-for-copying-mp3-files-to-usb-disk/65934/7 "2024-09-14T10:55:36Z")

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> [@RonaldRegan](#):
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> Do you have another way(eg. Programming mode)?

Use external sync-software. i.e  
[Freefilesync](https://freefilesync.org/download.php)  
[SyncbackFree](https://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html)  
or

> [@Backup copy of changes to music files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/backup-copy-of-changes-to-music-files/54848/2):
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> I use the built-in (windows) [robocopy.exe](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy) to backup my music files. Thanks to the "last modified" date for every metadata change (Mp3tag -\> File -\> Options -\> Tags -\> "Preserve file modification time when saving tags" UNCHECKED) robocopy.exe detects every change I have made and copy such files to my external hard drives and NAS. Every unchanged file will not be transferred. With this basic form of "incremental backup", you are sure that you have a 1:1 master copy without the need to restore s…

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