Hi NotDave,
In Settings>backup will create an emailable collection of all your playlists and user created songs. If you keep the email on your computer it will be in time machine also, but you could keep the email in your ISP email cloud.
Read through other threads, there is some corruption using gmail and hotmail accounts of the song code. Run some tests first to make sure you can read your songs back into your iPad.
Also time machine is backup, not necessarily archive, the oldest files can be deleted for more room (I think this is still the case.)
However use our mac editor...this creates a mac file, so you can keep it on MobileMe iDisk, or on flash USB drive or email that somewhere also. This would be the best way.
Also using mac editor (available on our website for free) you will be able to input charts much quicker.
http://irealbook.net/
(at our website is information on how to transfer from iReal book to email etc....see Help section>iOS>Transfers)
Hope this helps.
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