Getting my itunes library onto another computer?

just bought my daughter the intel based imac but all itunes are on my computer and i can't get them onto hers...any ideas?

kerrygirl wrote:
just bought my daughter the intel based imac but all itunes are on my computer and i can't get them onto hers...any ideas?
have you used these instructions ?
you can connect your machines via firewire. start your Mac while pressing the T key on your keyboard. that will start it up in +target disk mode+. it will appear on the desktop of the new Mac as a regular HD. now move the iTunes folder using the instructions linked above.
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