How do I move itunes to a new computer?

My daughter has a new computer, and we need to move her itunes to it. The purchased songs come up but the rest of her songs will not appear. How do I copy over the rest and have them accessible?

If you can network the computers together via Ethernet or over a wireless connection, you could copy the music folder directly.
Or if you have an iPod, you could set it to disk mode and use it to transport the songs from one computer to the other.

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Hey oob,
Thanks for the question. You may find the information in the following article helpful in moving your iTunes library via external drive:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your second computer is to network it with the first one and copy your iTunes folder across. Start by consolidating your library. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them: Copying all your iTunes files to one location - Windows
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When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the default location on the new computer. On a PC this is \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\ (or C:\Username\Music\ in Vista). You should also use the same version of iTunes on both computers.
You can also use this method with an external hard drive, you drag the folder from the first computer to the external drive and then from the drive to the second computer.
If you have and iPod, some iPods can be used as an external drive and you can use them to move your iTunes (this option isn't available with the iPod Touch): How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
If you have any iTunes purchases in your library don't forget that you'll need to authorise your new computer to play them. Also if you are disposing of the old one remember to deauthorise it so you don't use up one of your allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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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.
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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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Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the same music on your new PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
You can only transfer Purchased music over to Itunes on your PC.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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Hello Everyone,
I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I'm not finding the answer when I search for this.
I'm an old guy that doesn't use itunes or our ipods much. So I'm not real familiar with all the use, downloading, etc. that goes with it.
I have 2 ipods established on my old computer with itunes. One in my name and the other in my wife's name. I want un-sync those ipods from the old computer so I can sync them to the new computer. The last time I tried, the old computer will still turn on.
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I have not downloaded any music at all (but I do want to download some music when I get this straightened out on my new computer). My itunes only has cd's that I loaded there. We both use the same itunes library to load our ipods.
I downloaded itunes on my new computer already.
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I'm on some car forums and I know it's a pain when someone asks something that's been covered so many times already. But, I have searched and I'm not seeing what I need.
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I did this procedure tonight:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329
All went well.
I did everything using my device. So my next question is:
How do I move my wife's ipod nano from the old computer to the new one?
We used the same library.
What is de-authorize?
Since we use the same library: Can I simply remove her's from the old, and then plug it into the new?
Or, since I moved the library over, did her's automatically come with it?
Thanks again.
Rick

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See Here...
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Or...
From your OLD computer...
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
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