Bought a new computer today-  itunes playlist is empty

today bought new imac.
i back up all my media  i see my songs and movie but  all entire my playlist is missing.
how can i back up and use my old computer's itunes playlist?
anyone help me step by step?
i have timemachine backed up.
but not sure how to do with Itunes library

Hi Bird212,
If you are having issues transferring your data to your new iMac (including your iTunes playlists), you may find the following article helpful:
OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872
Regards,
- Brenden

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