How do you move your itunes to a new computer?

I hve been trying to move my itunes to my laptop and have been unsuccessful. I have an external hard drive but have not been able to save my itunes to it to move it to my laptop. Anyone know what I need to do?

Have you tried follwing this article for backing up your library http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751 ?

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How do you move your iTunes data to another computer?

Hey guys,
I'm planning to move my iTunes data in my old and defect Windows laptop to my newer Windows laptop. All I want is, transfer all my stored music, my stored apps and iPad+iPhone backups to my newer computer without the iPad and the iPhone to lose data just because it went to a newer iTunes. How can I do that? Can someone help me?
My iTunes in the old one is iTunes 11.0 while the new one will have the latest one or something. I'm planning to move my iPad 2 and my iPhone 4S data.

iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer - Support - Apple

HT4527 How do you move your iTunes library to a new computer without access to your old computer?

How do you move your iTunes library to a new computer without access to the old computer? The old computer id damaged and unavailable.

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

How do you upload your itunes library to another computer?

How do you upload your itunes library to another computer, without deleting it through syncing? I want my itunes library put onto a new computer.

Type "move itunes library" into the google search bar.

How do you access your itunes library from any computer

how do you access your itunes account from another computer?

You have asked two different questions?
Your account is just a user name and password. You can access that to buy content from any computer with itunes, just sign it.
Your library wil only be where your put it. Yo can copy it from one computer to another, or from your backup copy of your computer ot another computer. In some countries you can download some past itunes purchases.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

How do you get your acct in a new computer if you already reached the 5 computer limit. I don't have 5 computers?!

How do you get your acct in a new computer if you already reached the 5 computer limit. I don't have 5 computers?

Carmen,
If possible, deauthorize any computers you still have physical access to that you know you had previously authorized to play your iTunes purchases. Otherwise, you can always use the Deauthorize All option described in this article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420
B-rock

How do you move your itunes to a whole different computer?

What that question is up there, is the question that I am asking.

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
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the same location on the new computer. This has to be the exact same place, on a PC this is \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\ (or C:\Username\Music\ in Vista). Everything has to be exactly the same on the new computer including the Windows user account name. When you open iTunes on the new computer it will be the same as on the original one Songs, Playlists, Play Counts, Ratings etc. 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 an iPod it can be used as an external drive and you can move the iTunes folder onto it: 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

I got a new computer but my itunes is still on my old computer. how do i move my itunes to my new computer and get it off of my old computer

I now have my daughter's old laptop computer. She had her itunes account on it previously and now has her music libraries, etc. on her new laptop. I just uploaded itunes to her old computer so I can put my own music on the computer. But itunes still shows my daughters 2 apple devices on the old laptop - her iphone and her ipod. How can I put my devices on the old laptop and make sure I don't mess up her devices that she syncs, etc. to her new computer? I have an 'older' nano that I put music on years ago using a laptop (that no longer works) that I'm trying to put more music on. I also just got an ipad so am using my new apple account now (I can't even remember my old account information).

Hi BeckyNJ,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I found the following information that may help you transfer your iTunes library from your previous computer to this new one:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
You mentioned wanting to sync an older iPod nano with multiple computers. To do so, you may find the following information helpful:
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
Regarding your previous iTunes / Apple ID account that you lost track of, we have a very helpful tool in attempting to recover that information:
Apple ID: How to find your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5646
I know that is a lot to hit you with at once, but I hope it was helpful!
Thanks,
Matt M.

How do you move songs/playlists to a new computer?

Have uploaded songs from CD's and created playlist and want to move them to a new computer. What is the best way to do this?

See these support docs for options: How to move your music to a new computer and How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer.
My recommendation is to backup the library to an external drive with the method in this User Tip, and then use the same tool to restore the backup onto the new computer. Thereafter you would backup your library on a regular basis to ensure against disaster.
tt2

How do you put your iTunes on a different computer

I have iTunes for our iPhones, iShuffle and iPad 2 which I have, my computer is on it's last leg and I have bought a new computer my question is how do I switch everything over to the new computer with loosing everything I have bought for our system. My son has Austim and is non-verbal and one of the programs is how he talks I want to nake sure I do not mess that up. Thank you

Copy the songs onto an external hard drive or a USB flash drive. From their copy them to each new computer. Once they are there, add them to the library on each new computer. If the music contains any "protected" files from the iTunes Store, authorize each laptop to the account(s) from which the songs were originally purchased.

How do I move my Itunes library to new computer?

I have a new computer and two Iphones and one Itouch. One Itunes account.
I have a new computer running windows vista. I have most of my library on my older iphone but when i connected it to my new computer only some songs where transfered. When I go to sync my Iphone it says that the iphone is synced with another computer. I still have the old computer but want to sell it and already have a buyer.
I have a new Iphone plus the existing one and I also have an Itouch. I want to have the ability to have all my music on the new computer and to have the ability to connect both Iphones and the Itouch to the same computer. Each one would be able to load music from the same library. I also have two laptops which have itunes loaded. I know you can have up to 5 computers on one account and I have not exceeded that.
If possible, if there is a solution can you really dumb down (simplify) the solution.
Thanks for any help you can offer.

Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your new computer is to network the two over ethernet and copy your iTunes folder across. This works fine if you have been using iTunes to completely manage your music and all your songs are in iTunes Music not in different folders. If the songs in your library are not all in the iTunes Music folder you can consolidate them. 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 - Mac
OS X 10.5 - Connecting two Mac computers using Ethernet
Another way is to put your original computer into target disk mode and copy the data over Firewire: How to use FireWire target disk mode
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the same location on the new computer. This has to be the exact same place, on a Mac this would be in Username/Music/. Everything has to be exactly the same on the new computer including the Mac user account name. When you open iTunes on the new computer it will be the same as on the original one Songs, Playlists, Play Counts, Ratings etc. You should also use the same version of iTunes on both computers.
If you have any iTunes purchases in your library don't forget that you'll need to authorise your new computer to play them: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

How can you move your music and stuff to computer?

Okay I have an iphone and a macbook. I have all my stuff synced on my iphone contacts, music, dates ect. Well i just updated my computer with leopard and didnt back-up my music on my computer. So all my stuff is on my phone. The only thing from my phone that will sync are my contacts and Ical events. My music, videos, and ringtones won't sync though. Can anyone help, any solutions?

Did you perform an Erase and Install?
Regardless, creating a backup or updating an existing backup is the very first step one should perform before installing a major OS upgrade such as Leopard.
Installing a major upgrade or not, maintaining a backup of all your important data is critical for a number of reasons - it isn't a matter of if but when your hard drive has a partial or complete failure since none last forever.
iTunes content - music and video is synced or transferred in one direction only - from your Mac to the iPhone and the same for photos transferred from your computer to the iPhone. The sync process is bidirectional for Address Book contacts, iCal calendar events and Safari bookmarks.
With your iPhone connected to your Mac and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases from - the name of your iPhone. This will transfer iTunes purchased content only - music and video purchased from the iTunes Music Store from your iPhone to your iTunes library - not any music transferred from a music CD to iTunes that was transferred to your iPhone. This content will be lost.

How do you transfer your ITunes library from one computer to another?

Is there any way I can tranfser my ITunes library from my old computer onto my new computer, or can I take it off my ipod and transfer it onto the computer?

The best method actually combines the two:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=607339

How do you move photos from iPod to new computer?

Just got a new computer with Windows 7 (I think) after using an old (really old) one. All my photos are on my iPod and the FAQ says they can be moved from it to the new computer if I enabled disk use (which I did). But it doesn't say how to actually move them. Can anybody help?

1.Turn on your computer. Close any applications that might slow the photo transfer.
2.Connect your iPod to your computer with the cord that came with your iPod. Make sure you have turned on the iPod.
3.Open iTunes. Wait for iTunes to register that your iPod is connected. If the screen does not register that a connection, disconnect the iPod and try again.
4.Click on the "Photos" tab below your iPod on iTunes. Look through the photos stored on your iPod.
5.Drag photos from the photos folder on your iPod to the desktop. You may also drag these pictures to a photo editing application, like Photoshop or Photosmart. Move any other images from your iPod to your computer.
Read more: [How to Move or Transfer Photos From iPod to a Computer|http://www.softwarebbs.com/wiki/Howto_transfer_iPod_photos_from_iPod_toPC]

How do you transfer your stuff to a new computer?

so i want to sync my tv shows and stuff to my new laptop. i tried "transfer purchases", but it just doesn't do anything. my friend told me to click on manage manually or something so i did but i still don't get it. help?

Are you trying to transfer from an iPod? Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTMS purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there is a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows. The procedure is a bit involved and was written long before iTunes 7 so it requires a little adaptation, also it won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. This is just a selection, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
iGadget Windows Only
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
TuneJack Windows Only
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync.

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