Migrating to iTunes to anew PC

After purchasing a new PC, and migrating files and settings to the new PC, I attempted to bring up iTunes and hoped to transfer iTunes purchases to the new PC. I was disappointed when attempting to connect, that iTunes requested me to authorize my PC, and then after confirming my logon, it said the PC needed to be authorized again, only to find it wouldn't take the same user name password and allow the PC to be authorized. This has happened twice with two different PCs with the same results.

See this migrate iTunes library post for tips on moving the library between computers.
You should be able to authorize up to five different computers to your iTunes account.
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I sync my wife's iPhone and mine via iTunes on my MacBookPro. I now bought an iMac and would prefer to do the syncing from the iMac.
How do I correctly 'migrate' the iTunes to the iMac? Just copy iTunes to the iMac? Or are there some "authorization" issues involved?
Thanks in advance for all the advice. Cheers, Veit

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But I DO seem to have a problem with the "AlbumData.xml" file: Picasa says that the file is corrupt. I did try to solve this according to Apple's suggestion, i.e. "rebuilding" this Data file by opening the iPhoto Library while holding the Command & Option keys pressed. The process took quite some time (my iPhoto library spans several years and has 120GB), but Picasa still says "corrupt AlbumData.xml".
Would you or anyone have suggestions how to solve this?
You should check the iPhoto forum (you are inthe iTunes forum) for help resolving this issue

How to migrate a Itunes library?

Hi all!
I got a new computer (yay!), and i migrate my itunes library on this computer but, all my music links are broken :S. I tried to modify it with the Itunes Music Library.xml but without success .
How we can migrate the library?
Thanks
Greatman

go to window's explorer. do tools -> folder options -> view. check the button that says "show hidden files and folders".
then plug in your ipod and it should show up in window's explorer as like another harddrive. double click on it and go to "ipod_control" then to "music"
copy everything in that folder (there will probably be a few subfolders in there) into a seperate folder on your desktop (make a new one and call it "my music" or something easy to remember) Make sure all of the files are in one single folder, not a bunch of sub-folders like you originally found them. Their names will be very scrambled and unrecognizable but no worries on it for now.
then, open up itunes and make sure your library is blank. if it is, go to Edit -> Preferences. In the advanced tab go to the "general" sub-tab and select the folder where you just put all of your files (the "my music" or whatever you happened to title it)
then make sure the box that says "keep itunes music folder organized" and click ok and exit out.
Then, in itunes, click "file" then "add folder to library". Select the folder where you put all of the music files earlier. iTunes will then unscramble the names of all of the files for you and add them to your library. Then you'll have all of the music from your ipod in your library and they will also be on your computer so you won't get "file not found" messages
make sure you uncheck "show hidden files and folders" after you're all done.

How do I migrate to iTunes to a new laptop without losing my ipod content

I installed iTunes in my new laptop with Vista OS. I am hesitate to plug in my iPod to add new mp3s. I know that it will identify that this is a new IPOD and will ask to reformat the iPOD. I am afraid of losign my content. How do I migrate my itune configuration from my old computer to my new Vista laptop. Basically, I want new iTune to recognize my IPOD like the old computer. Do I just copy the Program Files/ITunes folder to the new computer? I am not sure where the IPOD configuration is stored in the old computer.
Thanks.

Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your new computer is to network it with the old one and copy your iTunes folder across. This works fine if you have been using iTunes to completely manage your music and all your songs are in iTunes Music not in different folders. You can also use this method with an external hard drive, you drag the folder from the old computer to the external drive and then from the drive to the new computer.
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the same location on the new computer. This has to be the exact same place, on a PC this is \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\. When you open iTunes on the new computer it will be the same as on the original one Songs, Playlists, Play Counts, Ratings etc. When I moved iTunes a while ago for my daughter I was also using the same version of iTunes, not sure how important that is but it's probably worth keeping them the same.
Your iPod can be used as an external drive and you can move the iTunes folder onto it: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

Suggestion on pocket drive and migration of iTunes to Pocket Drive

My computer is quickly getting filled up with all my music. I orginally used the default settings and had iTunes put all my music in My Documents-->My Music.
Since I am running out of space on this computer, I am thinking of getting a pocket drive and migrating my music there.
I have 2 questions:
1. Does anyone have any suggestions for pocket drives? I want one that will work/interface with iTunes well. I am looking at either:
1. Seagate - 160GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive with Pushbutton Backup - ST3160026A-RK
2. Seagate - Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drives 5GB -ST650211U-RK
3. Iomega Silver Series 250GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive - 33215
4. Fantom Titanium 300GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive -TFDU300
5. BUSlink 60GB 2.5" USB Hard Drive - DL-60-U2
Any suggestions/reviews for how any of these work with iTunes?
2nd question: How do I migrate my iTunes to this hard drive once I get it without messing up my iPod? Is there a suggested process for how to do this so I do not create problems for myself down the road?
Thanks,
Anne Sinha
Dell Latitude D600 Windows XP Pro Using ITunes

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Anybody? Higher level iTunes experts?
Sorry for the lenght of the post :-) Just trying to be as clear as possible.
The question is actually simple.
How do I transfer the 10.7 MBP library to the second internal HDD of the Mac Mini, so that iTunes will work on this MM, without losing filepaths, ratings and playlists? And without having to copy it to the boot SSD disk first which will be too small to hold the library.

Whats the easiest way to migrate my itunes data from old failing PC to new PC so I can sync on new PC?

I have a failing PC that I sync my Ipad and Iphone to now. I have a new PC that I want to start using for this function. How do I migrate my Itunes Data Etc...so that I can sync on the new PC and not lose my apps, music, pics etc....There has to be a simple-stupid way of doing this. I have already downloaded Itunes on the new PC and just waiting for an answer to go forward.

These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
If you have an iOS device that syncs with contact & calendar data on your computer you should migrate this information too. If that isn't possible create a dummy entry of each type in your new profile and iTunes should offer to merge the existing data from the device into the computer, otherwise the danger is that it will wipe the information from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data.
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Migrating my Itunes Library from An External Harddrive to a NAS

I have a 20" IMAC and currently store my 350 GB Itunes library with roughly 6400 tracks on a 1 TB external Harddrive. I just purchased a 5 TB Network Attached Server that is attached to my wireless network. What is the best and fastest way to migrate my Itunes library from my external harddrive to my NAS? I am concerned that if I do it over my wireless connection it will take forever. I am also concerned that Itunes will get confused in trying to locate the files on the NAS. I have successfully used the consolidate library function in the past but am worried that it will not work with a NAS over a wireless connection. Should I try using a direct ethernet connection with the NAS hooked directly into my IMAC and then re-connect the NAS to my router? I would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Please don't repost the same thread
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7786712#7786712

I will soon be purchasing a new PC running Windows 7. I need to know how to migrate my iTunes Library and apple devices to the PC. Is there a previously published support document on this topic? Thank You.

I will soon be purchasing a new PC running Windows 7. I need to know how to migrate my iTunes Library and apple devices to the PC. Is there a previously published support document on this topic? Thank You.

Connect a blank powered external drive to the PC.
Right click on the Disk in the File manager and choose format: exFAT
(if it's a XP machine, first install exFAT from Microsoft and reboot)
navigate to your user account folders on the PC and drag and drop copy (or copy and paste) to the external drive.
(if a program has your files, then export them out first)
Hook up the drive to the Mac, and transfer files to the desktop or to their same appropritate folders.
Import photo's into iPhoto program, import music into iTunes etc and they will manage those files.
You can continue to use the external exFAT drive between Mac's and PC's
Do not format the drive NTFS or FAT, NTFS can't be written too by the Mac and FAT can't hold over 4GB sized files.
If you format exFAT on the Mac, it likely won't work correctly on the PC.
"Migration" type programs are a utter waste of time and effort between PC's and Mac's for the fact that only certain files (and no programs or anything else) will work between them, also it's a hassle and takes too long. So don't even bother with it.

HT2518 can I migrate my iTunes library from pc to iMac

I have just changed to the iMac from years of windows, Can I migrate my iTunes from my pc to Mac ? . I'm learning a little more each day, but it's a slow
process.

Yes.
MacWorld - Move an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac

How can I Migrate/Split itunes/icloud account for a large family now that they have family sharing

Ok, now that Apple has finally come out with family sharing I need to get things sorted out and I think it is going to be a mess. I have 6 family members (my spouse and 4 children) all sharing/using one itunes account. For parental reasons this made perfect sense. Now with the the advent of family sharing and such we have alot of sorting and migrating to do and I am very unsure how to go about it. Here is what we have.
Myself - I have a 64GB iPad 3 and a 64GB iPhone 5
Spouse - 64GB iPhone 5
Children - x4 16GB iPhone 5C (pink, blue, green, and a yellow)
We have had one itunes account now for several years, we used to have x4 16GB iphone 4's and a 16GB iPod touch 4 so we needed it to be shared at the time. We all have different Game Center ID's and Facetime/iMessages are all setup to the phone numbers (aside from mine which also uses the itunes e-mail). We currently have 1 upgraded icloud account with 200GB of storage on it (love the new tiers). So here are the questions.
1) How do I go about using and isolating all the devices so they can all use the iCloud storage? Right now if I try and setup backups by device under the what to backup there is no simple "Full Backup" option, they have all the categories separated. I cannot backup my daughters contacts without forcing a merging of them and so on. Same thing with Documents and Data. Would I need to setup a different iCloud account for each device now?
2) iTunes Music/App purchases. Now that they have a family sharing function I am assuming it would be a good time to separate all the devices (aside from my personal iPad/iPhone). If I understand correctly we need to setup a new itunes account for each and link them with family sharing, does this then allow us to disperse/move items from a singular to the multiple account (at least a one time option to move around) or would it simply be shared off the original account? My daughter for example will be 18 next summer and as such no longer under our care. How do we move her items to her account? She has a lot of purchased Music. Now keep in mind I am talking about an account for someone who was 12 when she had her first device and as such needed to be under her parents.
I just want to state that repurchasing things is NOT an option, and to be frank, according to Canadian laws pertaining to *licensing* we actually own the product if we paid for it and have the right to transfer the ownership thereof. This issue went through the courts regarding used copies of OEM editions of Microsoft Windows several years ago and they closed the legal *license* vs ownership separation.

Go to appleid.apple.com to manage the ID, sign in and select to the Name, ID and Email Addresses section, then change the birth date on the bottom right. At the present time you may not be able to enter the correct birth date, but others have had success changing the year to 2000, or the date to 1/1/2001, both of which will have child ID status.

How can I migrate my iTunes library, playlists, etc from XP to Windows 7?

I apologize if this has been asked and answered before. I cannot find a relevant article with google or the
search here on Apple support.
My iTunes library is on an external drive. iTunes keeps a few folders in XP
on the C: drive under
Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Apple,
Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\Apple,
Docuemnts and Settings\Mike\Local Settings\Apple, and
Docuemnts and Settings\Mike\Local Settings\Apple Computer.
I copied these folders to my external drive and hooked it up to my new computer
that runs Windows 7 where I had already installed a new copy of iTunes.
I tried copying the folders that were on the (XP) C: drive to my best guess as to where
they would go on the (W7) C: drive. Microsoft being Microsoft, they cannot let
the names of anything remain the same.
I set the preferences on my W7 iTunes to point to the external drive as my library
location. Nothing happened. I tried restarting iTunes, but still my existing data was not
acknowledged.
I then used the import files from folder option, using the location of the ITUNES folder
on my external drive. This ran fairly quickly. But, to my dismay, all my ratings were
lost and (thinking about it, not surprisingly) none of my playlists were there either.
So, does anyone have any experience on what files should be copied from XP to W7
and where? It seems to me this should not be that difficult. After all, the data is
all there, right?
One article I read suggested using the iPod as a backup device to transfer the files.
Would this work? Would it also transfter the playlists, ratings, etc? My concern
(again based on another article I read) is that I will wind up with duplicate copies
of all the music in my music library.
(As a precaution, I have backups of my iTunes library and the (XP) C: folders on
two other external drives. Also, the XP PC still has iTunes on it, so I could easily
reconnect the external drive there and do other stuff if necessary.
When I purchased my new iPod, it took almost 24 hours to transfter my music library
to it. It also takes almost 24 hours to do the drive to drive backup. (Maybe my new
computer will be faster.) Based on this experience, I would like to avoid having the
migration of data take that long.
If the changes I made to the W7 PC need to be undone, I can easily just remove iTunes
there and start again.
I hope my question is clear and I thank you for your time.
Cordially, MZ
PS: The XP box is an IBM and the W7 box is a new Dell. Both are desktop models.

You will need the iTunes Library.itl file which generally lives in ~/Music/iTunes/. You can recover this from the backups you were making before the HDD died. Otherwise, you cannot recreate the library.

How do I migrate my itunes library from an external hard drive to my mac mini's internal hard drive?

I have my iTunes library on an external hard drive because my macbook pro's internal hard drive didn't have enough room. I would like to migrate or transfer the itunes files while continuing to keep my playlists. Is there a way to do that with the migration software?

Thank you for your help. My biggest concern is losing all of my sorted music into playlists. I have 124GB of music and resorting it will very difficult. When I moved the itunes library with the help of a supervisor at apple tech to the external HD I had to resort it.
Will it move the entire library and setting as they are now?

How can I migrate my itunes music and playlists from my old PC to my new macbook?

Hi
I have a approx 250 GB of music and itunes content to move to my new macbook pro (running Lion) from my PC laptop (Windows 7)
I'd like to retain all the playlists that I have painstakingly built over the past few years but I dont want to rebuild them all manually. I'm not concerned about retaining info on play counts etc, I want to copy all the media to the mac and replicate the playlists.
None of the media is in the default itunes location (normally in Music in My Documents), the iTunes Media folder lives in another folder on my harddrive called 'Audio etc'. The majority of the music files are in various subfolders I created manually and the newest stuff lives in the iTunes Media folder (since I recently told iTunes to organise new music for me).
When I've moved my music from PC to PC I simply copied all the itunes files and copied my music to folders replicating the same file paths as per the previous computer so the playlists are looking for the music files in all the right locations. Easy.
I considered copying all the itunes library files from the pc to replace the existing itunes files on my mac and copy across all my music (not sure where to put it though).
I expect the 'migrate files' setup wizard on the mac would help me in this situation or is it cleverer that I think?
One suggestion I read was to use the consolidate function in iTunes which will copy my entire collection to the iTunes Media folder and I assume will update the file locations for the playlists and library file then some how migrate that to the mac. Only problem is my harddrive will not have nearly enough space to have duplicate copies of all that music in the iTunes Media folder and it's original location at the same time.
Any suggestions?
I'm stupidly trying to do all this in time for a DJ gig tomorrow night but if I get desperate I'll just have to copy my music over and manually create some of my important playlists.
Thanks
Jon

This article should outline the options
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

How do i migrate my iTunes library to an external hard drive

I have burned a lot of movies and have a lot of music and it's maxed out my computer hard drive. How do I migrate it to an external hard drive and not lose it all? And what steps do I need to take to access my iTunes? Just have it connected all the time? Or should I just wipe a computer and use it only for iTunes?

1. Drag the entire iTunes library.
2. Yes.
3. Check that the library works and is backed up, and then delete it from the internal drive.
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Migration of iTunes from 10.5.8 (Leopard) to 10.10.1 (Yosemite)

Hi hi everyone,
My old iBook G4 (late-2004 model) has had a good run and served me well, but I finally upgraded my hardware and purchased a Mac Mini (late-2014 model). I am now in the process of selectively populating the Mini with relevant files that I use daily. Much of what I want to do was done seamlessly using my external HDD as the go-between. So simple things like documents were pretty straightforward drag-and-drop scenarios. With respect to iPhoto 5 > 9.6, I thankfully found the "iPhoto Library Upgrader.app" which fixed my photo migration issues. Where I'm facing a sizeable hurdle is in migrating my music library. Actually, "migrating" is perhaps not the right verb since my music is completely on my HDD and I'm simply trying to point iTunes on my Mini to read it from that same location.
Background and Issue:
- Since my iBook grew more and more sluggish over the years, I placed all of my music media onto the external HDD and "pointed" iTunes to read it there. This still works perfectly on the iBook. I have tried to recreate this precise "pointing" in the Mini's iTunes but it is so far unsuccessful. All that happens when I open the new iTunes is it creates its own new .itl, and the sub-folders happily receive any files I "Automatically Add to iTunes" (which I did to test it).
- After that brief functionality test, I deleted everything below Music > iTunes. If I open and close iTunes again, a new .itl is created.
- On the HDD, my old iTunes Library folder looks like a mess and I don't know why: Music > iTunes contains six .itdb files, no .itl file, and two different .xml files, namely "iTunes Library.xml" and "iTunes Library.xml.xml". The sub-folder "Previous iTunes Libraries" contains .itl files ranging from 2009 to 2013.
I am admittedly rather confused by this point and the steady stream of support articles are not helping. I get the impression I'm not searching the right keywords.
Bottom line: music files on external HDD being run in iTunes 10.6.3 on an iBook G4 running OSX 10.5.8 >>> trying to get iTunes 12.0.1.26 on a Mac Mini running OSX 10.10.1 to read the same files on the same HDD.
Any and all advice, direction and help are most welcome and appreciated.
Best,
SG

Hold down the option/alt key while starting iTunes. When it asks to select a library, select the iTunes folder on the external.
Do not change preferences.
Do not "import" anything.
Do not move files or folders around other than the entire iTunes folder which you say is where you want it to be anyway.

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