How do I transfer music from old hard drive to Mavericks?

how do I transfer music from old hard drive to Mavericks?

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More information would help.  The simplest answer is drag the files from the old drive to the iTunes window when you have the application open, or the Automatically Add To iTunes folder.  If you mean the whole library that is a different answer.

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