How do I get my entire library onto one playlist

I am new to this and have not been able to get my entire library onto the playlist. How do I do that?

There is a Music playlist that has all your music. You can create a smart playlist with the rule Playlist is Music but that seems somewhat redundant. What exactly are you trying to achieve?
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I have created separate user accounts for my 2 boys on my macbook. How do i get my itunes library onto their new ipods?

I have created separate user accounts for my 2 boys on my macbook. How do i get my itunes library onto their new ipods?

They can't. Which came first - the chicken or the egg? Actually, that's a bad comparison but a sync must come first.
The library is actually part of iTunes and it contains everything. iTunes is then configured so that you (or they) determine which portion of everything will be synced to each iPod (identified by a unique name, see below for an example of an iPod and an iPad). iTunes can't make that decision until AFTER it knows which iPods exist.
By the way, I (you, they) can very easily change the name of each device to whatever I (you, they) wish to call it.

How do I get my itunes library onto my new Iphone 5 I keep getting the following error..Cannot connect to this Iphone. An unknown error occured (0xE8000065)

how do I get my itunes library onto my new Iphone 5 I keep getting the following error..Cannot connect to this Iphone. An unknown error occured (0xE8000065)??

See http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3221.

HT3819 How do I transfer my entire library from one computer to another?

How do I transfer my entire library from one computer to another?

Refer to this article to move your Music and library:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

How do i transfer my entire library from one computer to another?

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iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer

How do I get my iTunes library onto my new computer when my old computer died?

How can I upload my iTunes library onto my new computer from my iPod or iPad? our old computer died and now I cannot move my iTundes library from my iPod or iPhone onto the new iTunes. Anyone have a workaround for this?

It depends on what you mean by "died".
If the old computer is a Mac, you can try starting it up in "Target Disk Mode" - it doesn't attempt to start up like a computer, it pretends to be an external hard drive so it might work even if your old computer still has power (even if it's otherwise unusable). You then use a firewire cable (or or firewire to thunderbolt adapter) to plug the old computer into the new one, and can copy the music off the old hard drive.
OS X Mountain Lion: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
Or, if you're handy with a screwdriver, open up the old computer and take the old hard drive out. How easy that is depends on what model computer it is. You can then pop the hard drive into an "external enclosure" (about $20 from any computer parts store), plug that into your new computer's USB port and copy away - and you even get to keep using the old hard drive as an external hard drive. But that's assuming it really is the computer that "died" and not the hard drive itself.
Finally, if it's the hard drive in the old computer that died, but the computer itself is still good, you can try using a utility like DiskWarrior or TechTools Pro to try to recover the old hard drive, then use one of the above methods.
if you want to copy the music directly from you ipod, you can try these instructions - How to transfer music from an iPod to your computer | How To - CNET

WHEN RESTORING BACKUP OF ENTIRE LIBRARY, NOT ONE PLAYLIST HAS RESTORED!

my harddisk developed an unrepairable corruption, and i had to completely reformat and fresh install my operating system. I was able to backup my entire library onto 9 dvds (37 gig), but when restoring, the music rstored without problems, but horror of horrors not one playlist has appeared... this is terrible! Please help me anyone who can tell me how to rescue them. Is it necessary to restore the discs in a particular order? i.e. the last dvd first to be inserted for restore, or are the playlists somewhere on one of the dvds in a file? please please help.

I had this same problem. I just bought an aluminum iMac, and needed to transfer my music from my old Windows PC. I did the backup to DVD thing, and then followed the restore instructions to copy it onto the iMac. Everything got transferred perfectly, except for the playlists. Since I didn't want to redo them all, I got a little crafty and it worked!
1) Do the backup/restore, etc, according to the instructions here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302392.
To get your playlist, etc....
2) Quit all the way out of iTunes.
3) Go into the music folder and rename the "iTunes Library" file to something else. (I picked iTunes Library-old). Make sure this is the "iTunes Library" one, NOT the "iTunes Music Library" one.
4) Find the "iTunes Library.itl" file on your backup CD/DVDs. Do not run the restore again. Click cancel if the dialog box pops up asking if you want to restore.
5) Copy that file into the folder from step 3.
6) Start up iTunes, and you should see all your playlists
7) You will likely have a lot of files with an "!" next to them, so you will have to have iTunes "find" each of them.
-phae
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I have authorized a new computer, and itunes is not registering recent purchases. How do I get my entire library back on this new computer without having to re-buy them all?

I have just gotten a new computer which runs windows.
I have authorized this computer with itunes...
But the library and playlists I had on the first computer are not showing up on this one, and when I log into the itunes store, it is not showing any of my recent purchases (like one I bought as soon as last night.)
How do I get these songs/playlists back, or do I have to actually re-buy all these songs?

From your OLD computer...
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
Also see this migrate iTunes library post by turingtest2

TS3694 I have over 700 songs in my I tunes library - but when i go to sync the songs to my I pod, it only syncs 60 of these songs. how can I get my entire library to sync to my ipod. now some of these songs were built in my library under a different email

i have over 700 songs in my i tunes which are from 2 different emails --- when i go to sync my music it will only sync 60 songs. how can I get it to sync all my songs. I now have a different email that my ipod is under. does that make difference? I dont remember what my password was from my old i tunes email 3 years ago.???? i called apple and was on the phone with them for over 2 hours - no joke and they could not figure it out.
please, help! i want my songs on my ipod??

I have tried everything I have read on the Internet about sync issues and restore etc and not there isn't a single song on my iPad or iPod touch. All of the songs are listed in my iTunes but are all greyed out, some have the cloud symbol next to them but lots don't and some say waiting.
Long and short is nothing will save to my devices at all.....HELP !!!!!!!?

HT1751 my motherboard failed and I need to transfer my itunes to another computer. I do not have a back up of my itunes library but I have my old hard drive connected to the new PC via USB. How do I get my entire Library transfered, not just the cloud s

Motherboard failed with no itunes library backup on harddrive. I put the HD in a USB adaptor and have connected to a newer PC. Is it possible to move my library onto the new PC.

You need to follow the moving media per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364

How can i get my ipod library onto a computer

I have an ipod. I am tryign to get my library up loaded to a new computer and also to my I phone. How can i do this?

Hello jlfromcorona,
Use the manual method of copying all the music from your iPod Classic, to your new Mac. See this article for instructions.
http://macs.about.com/od/backupsarchives/ss/ipodcopy.htm
B-rock

How do i get my old library onto a new computer?

i just got a new computer and want to transfer my library on my old computer to my new itunes on my new computer. how do i do this??

this might help...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

How do I get my old library onto my new computer, ELI5 edition.

Well, my old laptop melted into a pile of slag, so I built a new computer, but every time I try plugging my Ipod in it tries to delete all the music I have on there. I've tried following the 'instructions' on the support page, but can't make head nor tail of what exactly it is they want me to do, and the only bits that do make sense all involve actually having access to your old computer and the files therein. I do not have that luxury. Thanks in advance for any help and remember, please, ELI5.

this might help...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

How do I get my itunes library from one computer to another?

I do I transfer my itunesmusic library from my old Dell computer to my new?

Copy the whole iTunes folder from My Music on the old Dell to the My Music folder of the new computer.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer - Support - Apple

How do I get my complete library from one computer to another

My computer is on the way out and want to move my complete iTunes library to another computer.
What is the best way to do this?

Copy the whole iTunes folder from My Music on the old Dell to the My Music folder of the new computer.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer - Support - Apple

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