How to movie your library to new computer

I have purchased a new coputer and want to move all y movies, apps, and music to the new computer. How is the easirst way to do that.
Brian

See also this migrate iTunes library post.
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How to move iTunes Library to new computer

I am selling my imac and getting a retina mbp, but the imac will be gone before I can get the new one. So, I need to move all my music from the imac onto an external hard drive to import later. How can I go about doing this? If possible I could just copy all mp3s into a folder on the external and then import it into itunes on new computer. Can I do this? What other ways are there/are they easier? Thanks.

See Here...
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
Or...
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 > Copy iTunes Library to Hard Drive to Back Up Data

How to move iTune Library from Old Computer to New Computer

I am not computer savy and would like to transfer my iTunes library of music and audiobooks to my new computer. Old computer Gateway: Windows XP, my new computer is HP: Windows Vista. What steps to I take?

Choose Consolidate Library from the Advanced menu in iTunes, find the iTunes library location from the iTunes preferences, and move it to the new computer.
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How to transfer old library to new computer

I was wondering if there was a way to tranfer your whole library (including the ones that you didn't but off iTunes such as old CD's etc) from an older computer to a newer one without loosing them all?

Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
or
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer

How to move iTunes/library from old computer to new using ext harddrive

Ok - guess the subject line covers most of it. I have 2650 songs in my iTunes. The power source on my computer is about dead, so I'll be moving to a new computer.
How do I go about moving my iTunes and all the music???
Thanks much for the help
Laura

Follow the instructions in this article; they can be adjusted to operate on any hard or flash disk by skipping the ones which are specific to the iPod.
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How to transfer account/library to new computer after old one died?

My 4 year old Windows XP computer had a meltdown last weekend and the hard drive was re-set to original factory status - erasing tons of programs, data, settings etc that had accumulated over the years. Fortunately I have much of the C-Drive backed up and most data was moved some time ago to a network drive so all 4 of our household computers can access the same data. But some data, like Itunes and Outlook Calendar are stored by default on the C drive. I started restoring programs but concluded the computer still had stability issues and since I was overdue for a new one, got a new Windows 7 model. I still have the old one and it sort of works so I can copy files from it to the new one if needed. My Ipod Touch was synched recently and it is super valuable because i had a lot of info in my old computer's Outlook Calendar that I assume was also lost, but it is on my Ipod. How can I synch it safely onto the now bare Outlook on my new computer? Will the blank outlook synch my Ipod to blank? Can I rescue my 2500 song library and thousands of contacts?
Thanks for any suggestions!

... Anyway, all of my iTunes library on that machine is lost I suppose. I didn't have it synced to my phone at the time due to space issues, so I don't have a copy of the library anywhere except in a Time Machine backup. I don't want to restore this new MBA with the entire backup, only the iTunes library. Is it possible? Or can I just re-download the songs since this new iTunes account is set up in the same Apple ID?
Your iTunes Library is unrelated to your logic board, however, you will need to "authorize" your computer to play your iTunes purchased content since iTunes considers a new logic board a completely new computer (which it is).
If for some reason your iTunes Library was lost, of course you can restore it from Time Machine. You can also re-download your iTunes purchased music again since it is all linked to your Apple ID.
You won't be charged for what you already bought.

How to transfer iPhoto library to new computer?

OK, I have an iMac G4 with iLife '06. I just got a new iMac G5 and I want to transfer my iPhoto library from the G4 to the G5 with all of my albums and folders. What is the best way to do it?

Just copy the entire iPhoto Library folder to the new machine. Don't import, don't do it by piece, just the whole folder.
I would use Target mode to move the photo library. Hold down the T key after shutting down and hitting the Power On button on the G4 iMac., then connect a firewire cable between them. The G4's Hard Drive will show up as a Firewire drive on the G5's desktop. Navigate to your iPhoto Library in Pictures and copy the whole folder over.
This will work assuming:
- Your user name is the same (if not you might have to use a utility like BatChmod to adjust ownership and permissions)
- You are simply moving your primary library to your new Mac, not trying to add together the library on each Mac.
- You don't have the advanced preference set to not copy photos into your library (means the folder doesn't actually contain the photos, just references to them and the photos are stored elsewhere)
As always, keep a full backup. To be completely safe, copy the iPhoto Library to a different location than the Pictures folder, then launch iPhoto with Option key held down and navigate to the copied iPhoto Library. That way you haven't deleted anything until you're sure it works.

How to use old library with new computer?

Hello,
I keep all my music on an external HD. Recently, my main computer died, so I had to start using another iMac. It's running Tiger and iTunes 6, but I have never used the iTunes before. How do I get this computer to "see" my old iTunes library (on the external)?

You are welcome. One thing that comes to mind is that I believe when you use an external drive to hold your library, it is important that the external is on and mounted when ever you start up iTunes. My understanding is if you start iTunes and the external drive is not available, then iTunes reverts back to the default location on your internal. You then have to reset it back to the external, but I think you also have to re-add everything all over again.
So be sure you always have the external up and ready whenever you open iTunes.
Patrick

How to transfer itunes library to new computer

Got a new computer. I thought when I downloaded Itunes onto it that my music library would be available once I logged in but it is not. How do I get the my music from itunes onto this computer instead of my old computer I have already authorized this computer.

See this migrate iTunes library post.
tt2

How to move tags/albums to new computer - with a caveat

Sorry if this is a newbie question...
I have an old Computer A running Windows 7. All my photos are in the Windows Pictures folder.
In Photoshop I have created 2 albums with a subset of the photos from the Pictures folder. I have also created several new Tags for those photos.
I got a new Computer B running Windows 8 and will be getting rid of Computer A.
What I'd like to do is:
Move the albums + custom tags from Computer A to B retaining the information about photo tags and album content.
In the process change the location of all photos from Computer A Windows Pictures folder to an external HD.
I know how to export Album/Tag information from A (save to XML) and import on B (load from XML), but that doesn't retain the information about the files - both what files are in the album plus what tags are associated with the photos.
I could imagine that it is somehow fix things up on Computer A to store all information on the external HD, and then somehow point Computer B to this, but I am not sure how to best do this.
What's the best/recommended way of accomplishing this without having multiple copies of the photos lying around?

Photoshop has no albums so I assume you are talking about Photoshop Elements. You'd better ask there.
Photoshop Elements

How to move iTunes library to new user account?

My primary user account on my Mac (I'm the only user but I have an admin account just incase my 1 account ever gets corrupt or something) was operating very slowly and messed up an external hard drive among other problems so I made a new user account which seems to be operating more smoothly. I've tried to trouble shoot the problems with the old user account but it took a lot less time to just make a new user account. Anyway, I tried copying over my entire iTunes from older user account to new user account. When I open iTunes in the new user account, I changed the iTunes folder location in preferences and then restarted iTunes. None of my playlists or media were showing up in iTunes. I tried importing the XML file by doing FILE > ADD TO LIBRARY. I also tried draging the .it file to iTunes. No luck. Any ideas?! I was able to copy my library back to the old account and have everything there but the new account doesn't import all my media/metdata/playlists. I don't want to re-import my whole library again because I will lose some of the meta-data like play count, ratings, etc. I've looked at a lot of guides online with no luck.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

If you put the entire iTunes folder in the exact same location as it was in your other account it should have opened up intact. There should be no need to change the media file location preferences since this has nothing to do with iTunes looking for your library file which is what it uses to locate everything else. iTunes will automatically look for the library file in the default location in whatever account is used to invoke iTunes.
An issue that might arise would be permissions not being set correctly on the files, but then I would have expected iTunes to complain clearly about that.

How to xfer itunes library to new computer?

i have 10GB of music on my old laptop (windowsXP) with many playlists, very little purchased from itunes - mostly my own CDs i ripped. well, i bought a new computer (windowsVista) and want to transfer my itunes with playlists from my old computer to the new computer. how can i do this? not as easy as it seems it should be, haven't figured it out yet.

Restore it from a backup or its original source; for iTunes Store music, use these instructions to redownload it through the iCloud.
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How to move license to a new computer

Can anyone point me to how to move my Acrobat Pro 11 license to a new computer

Hi Dave ,
Please refer to the following link to move the license.
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html
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How to transfer itunes library to new computer? files are saved on ipod

I have an ipod classic with all my music and movies but now that I have a new laptop and had to download itunes again none of my songs are in my library! I have not synced for fear of losing what I do have so I also need to know how to save what I have into a file on the computer as backup.
Help save my music!

iTunes will only let you copy your iTunes Store purchases directly from an iPod to the computer, you'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
For everything else (music from CDs, other downloads and including iTunes purchased songs and in some cases, videos and games) there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
A selection of iPod to iTunes utilities:
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
SharePod Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
YamiPod Mac and Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

How to move entire library from one computer to another w/ external hd

I want to move all of my music to a new mac I purchased without losing my ratings, playlists and playcounts. All of my music is on an external harddrive. Do I just plug the external harddrive into my new mac and then just drag the entire music folder from the external into itunes? It seems to me like doing this will result in losing all of my playlists ratings and playcounts. Does anyone know if I can remedy this by exporting the xml from my old mac and then dropping that in itunes on my new mac and also changing the location of my music folder in the preferences pane of itunes on my new mac? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

If you have any problems with the library in the new account you might have to download and run BatChmod on the library to reset the ownership and permissions to the new account owner for all of the files in the library. User the settings shown in the screenshot below:
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For Owner use the owner name for that account. If the account uses a different Group then use it also. You can find the group name by seleting a file in your other account and typing Control+i to bring up the Info window. The ownership and group will be shown near the bottom.
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