Easy iTunes Transfer

Question

So there is a simple easy way to transfer your iTunes Library. come with music apps podcast and everything else with in itune including the playlist and genuis mix adn what not.
DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PUT MUSIC ON THE NEW COMPTUER YOU GOT INTO ITUNES
and bacisally will not take long at all only the copying adn pasting is was goign to do it.
and it works going from Window to Mac and Mac to window... INST THAT AWESOME.
So heres how it works.......
1 > First connect your external HD YAY
2 > now you should see th external HD show up ont he desktop or with in Finder under the heading devices
3> Open finder
4> One the menu bar at the top og the screen Clikc Go and from the drop down Chose Home
5> Go into MUsic folder and you will see the iTunes Folder
6> Select the itune folder and from teh menu at the top of the screen Click Edit and Choose Copy
^> navigate to the exterbal HD.
either BY
double clickingthe external HD icon ont eh desktop OR on the left side finder ( the blueygreybar) under device click ont he external HD.
Once your seleceted ont eh external HD you just want to Paste the folder.
7> on the menu bar at the top of the screen Choose edit > then Paste Item
Then it will copy depending on the size of the library this coupld take a bit... So lets listen to some music * dum de dum do da de dum *
WOOT its done
Okay so now you want to eject teh drive ( unmount it ) by draggint eh external Hd icon to the trash > dont worry this isnt going to delete anyhting
Now plug the external HD into the new comptuer .. YAY
> shoudl show up ont eh desktop or finder just like the other cmptuer.
But now the process is Reverse.
> So...
Clikc on the external HD > Highlight the ituen folder and fromt he menubar at the top of the screen choose edit > copy iTunes
now on the menu bar at the top of the screen click go > then choose Home
Now go into Music folder
Now your going to want to make sure itune is NOT open... i reapeat NOT open
Best way to do this is go tot he little apple icon at the top left hand conner of the screen adn choose Force Quit and in the window  if you see itune > click on its name adn at the bottom of the window choose force quit adn yes your sure you want to force quit and close the window,
Now in the music folder your going to see there is already an iTunes folder but thast okay
One the menu bar at the top of the screen choose edit adn then paste item adn you will recieve a message look like this :
Choose replace.
Once you do this it will start copying over..... and this might take a bit depedning on your library....
After this is done......
follow this article :
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
Basically >
Hold down option And KEEP holding it while click on iTunes Store adn while it opens adn you will ahve this window open....
Choose : choose exsiting iTunes library
Clikc once on the iTunes library and hit OPEN
AND BAM
you lovely library is importing and your playlist as well

Answer 1

This article in Apple's knowledge base should give you some ideas.
Best of luck.