How to put my itunes library in the cloud from my pc.

I am trying to put my itunes libraryfrom my pc in the cloud so that I can transfer it to my new mac. I cannot find how to do this

You'll need to download the content to your computer before you can sync it to your phone.
Unless you have a back up of your audioboks, I'm afraid you will have lost them, since they aren't re-downloadable.

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I just need to know how you get an iTunes library off the original hard drive of a mac and onto an external hard drive and still have it work normally?

I just need to know how you get an iTunes library off the original hard drive of an imac and onto an external hard drive and still have it work as it normally would?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449

I just uploaded my iTunes library to the cloud using iTunes Match. When I buy a new song from iTunes, is it automatically put in the Cloud or do I have to push iTunes Match. I certainly don't want to upload the whole library again. Thanks

I just uploaded my iTunes library to the cloud using iTunes Match. When I buy a new song from iTunes, is it automatically sent to the Cloud or do I have to click on iTunes Match? I certainly don't want to start the whole upload process over again. Thanks

It should do so automatically, if not check it's staus this way.
In iTunes press "Command J" or select "View Options," under the view menu. In the popup window check iCloud Status. It will now appear as one of the columns in your main iTunes window.
This column will show which of your songs are matched, uploaded, ineligible, etc.
When you navigate to the song you downloaded you will see it's iCloud status.
If the status says, "waiting," and you want it available on Match now, then in the iTunes "Store," menubar pulldown, select "Update iTunes Match."
It will scan your drive, and update all status'.
You will not have to upload everything again.
Even if in iTunes you turn Match off, and back on again.
Match remembers you!

How can I get iTunes to display the tracks from a CD in their original (album) order?

To be absolutely honest, I don't really understand what this box is for, so I shall just use it to repeat and expand on my question. (I have already sent a "Feedback" comment on the same topic).
How can I get iTunes to display the tracks from a CD in their original (album) order?
It seems to me that there is something very basic wrong with the way iTunes handles CD Tracks.
Professionally produced CD tracks are seldom if ever in a randomised order. Why then does iTunes seem unable to display the tracks in the order they appear on the original CD source - whether from a personally owned CD or from a download from the iTunes Store?
Some music demands a specific, non-alphabetic sequence in order to make sense. Why does it seem that iTunes only offers Alphabetic, or reverse alphabetic order - both of which make a nonsense of the original, often intended order of tracks?
Why not replace the so-called "cover-art" in the bottom left hand corner if the iTunes window - which, while it may look attractive to some, gives the barest of information concerning the original disc, with a list of the original CD tracks in their original order, so that the user can easily reestablish the order in which they should be played.
As I would expect legibility might be a problem with doing this, why could not the original contents, (in their original order), at least, be displayed when the "cover art" is double clicked-on - the result of which at present gives me an enlarged version of the "Cover Art". While on the subject of the contents of the source disc, what about all the album notes which someone takes trouble to write in order to increase the appreciation of the music on the CD and the listener's general background knowledge of the artists involved. Such notes, it seems to me, have considerable intrinsic value in their own account. I would, I think, normally be prepared to buy such "Sleeve notes" - so long as a "taster" was supplied (as it is for the music) - for something like the cost of a single 'Tune" on iTunes.
These two aspects let Apple iTunes down enormously, in my opinion. I think that by chopping even quite protracted sequences of music up into bits does no one any favours - except perhaps Apple's already quite substantial bank balance. People have to be aware that two and a half, to three and a half minutes is a very short time to develop a piece of worthwhile music, and that there are many, many composers, not all of whom are alive today who have written music that huge masses of mankind value for the enrichment of their lives and the human condition in general.
Please make the viewing of iTunes tracks in their correct order by default possible. By all means have the alphabetical variations available as offering a different approach to the music, but not the sole approach to it - PLEASE.
Frustratedly yours
Alan Whitaker
PS I work at my old 24" iMac Intel Core 2 machine which runs OS "Tiger" - because it is more beautiful to look at, the screen is more pleasant to work on, and because, in some ways it is more capable (it will run FreeHand MX without needing a "patch"), than my more recent 21.5" which runs "Snow Leopard". (I don't find it that much slower, either).

Dear Mike
Thanks for the support. I am utterly amazed that after all the hype about how good iTunes is that it cannot play a downloaded CD in the correct order, and that what that order should be is not available directly from within one's own iTunes installation. (I know that one can go back to the iTunes Store to check what the order should be, but having downloaded the tracks surely iTunes is clever enough to retrieve this important information.
My iTunes to differ from yours in that I have also noticed that it seems unable to download copies of my "talking books" in the correct order either. But in my case it downloads them - from a CD - in order, but with the first track downloaded first - so that it appears at the bottom of the column of tracks so that it would get played last! (At least this is, while being inexplicable, a relatively "logical" bit of blundering and because of this is relatively easy to put right!).
I like many genres of music, some of which are not really programmed except perhaps by the artist performing them. I know that Frank Sinatra was very careful to programme his album songs to obtain a particular effect and in relation to the keys of the music. iTunes presumes to know better.
Film scores may be totally randomly put together, in some cases, but in others the order is vital to one's appreciation of the music as a whole and how it relates to the plot of the film.
In symphonic music most works are divided into sections and are conceived by the composer that way. Some individual sections may gain a life of their own if played separately, but they are never complete in the sense that the composer envisaged them without being placed in their proper context.
Opera and probably most choral music too, is similar except that the words may well become meaningless if the order is changed at the whim of a piece of ill-written computer code, while ballet music has to be heard totally within its sequential context or it becomes meaningless.
Finally, I would venture that iTunes, by jumbling up the order of the tracks as recorded on a CD, does an immense disservice, not only to the music on a particular CD, but to music in general, by expressing everything in terms of "Songs" - which it seems to interpret as stand-alone items of between 2 and 4 minutes whatever the genre. Even the way the iTunes publicity speaks of how many "songs" it can store instead of how many minutes or hours of recorded sound. This has to be another brick in the wall of "dumming-down" of people's expectations, and the shortening of their attention spans.
I don't know about anyone else, but I feel betrayed by Apple over this. Perhaps the look, feel and general presentation of an item are not the most desirable features of a consumer product. Maybe it should be judged more on it fitness for the purpose for which it was sold. There is one other possibility - that Apple are trying to redefine "Music" - and that everything that lasts longer than about 3.5 minutes or is in the form of what could for want of a better term be called symphonic in the broadest sense is something else - not "Music" within Apple's new definition, at all!
Well that's off my chest! now I can get down to creating some sort of order in my iTunes Libraries, knowing that I have to reconsult all the sources in order to confirm the source playing order.
Anyway thanks again. At least I know that it is not just me
alanfromthatcham

Getting my iTunes library into the cloud

Hi,
I have a large iTunes music library (about 280GB), much of it made up of rips from my CDs or transcriptions of LPs. Many of these items are not in the iTunes store. Is there some way to get my iTunes library into the cloud and have the cloud version be the iTunes target library on my MacBook Pro, my iPhone and iPad? What alternatives to iCloud are there that would work for this purpose?
Thanks!

You didn't read the link I posted did you?
"iTunes determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store. Any music with a match is automatically added to iCloud for you to listen to anytime, on any device. Since there are more than 26 million songs in the iTunes Store, chances are your music is already in iCloud.3 And for the few songs that aren’t, iTunes uploads what it can’t match (which is much faster than uploading your entire music library)."

How to make my iTunes Library use the music which is already on my NAS?

Hi there,
I know there have already been some posts around the forum about having the iTunes library on external harddrives or NAS's.
Though my question is different to that question and the solution for those can't seem to cater for my issue.
In the other posts, most of them have the music on their MAC's or MacBooks already, and it was more of a migration of their iTunes Library.
My situation on the other hand is this:
I have recently bought a MacBook Air and sold my PC Desktop. Before I sold it, I backed up everything to my NAS, so my music is now sitting on the NAS.
I am now trying to have my iTunes library on my NAS instead of my MacBook Air. Since my MacBook Air is only 128GB, I cannot store all my music on my MacBook Air then migrate it to the NAS (Via some of the solutions I've found online). So those solutions would not work for me.
That is why I am here, asking this question:
If my music is already on the NAS, I have a clean iTunes (No music in it), and I don't mind if I my music folders get re-arranged from the doings of iTunes. How do I make my iTunes Library accommodate the songs I have on the NAS?
The reason I want to do this is because currently I have an iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and Apple TV. My home sharing is on, so as you can imagine, if I wish to stream songs, it would be handy to have them in iTunes.
This is my first question, once this is solved, hopefully it will simultanously solve a second question I have in mind (Regarding having all my TV shows and Movies to be in the iTunes Library as well, the contents are currently on my NAS too).
Your help would be greatly appreciated, as I am new to OS X (Always been a Windows person, as I was a big gamer).
So far, I have to say, my experience on OS X and the Apple ecosystem is fantastic!

Typing in all caps indicates shouting is considered rude and is difficult to read. Many simply do not read such posts.
The music sync is one way - computer to ipod. The exception is itunes purchases. File>Transfer Purchases
You need to copy everything from one computer to the other.

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Launch iTunes with the Shift key held down, create a new library, and import her song files to it. Alternatively, create a new user account on the computer, move the song files to a shared area, and then import them.
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How to re-create itunes library with the original itunes library files?

My harddrive was dying so I brought it in to get it replaced. After the replacement was done, my itunes didn't seem to work properly. All my songs are still in the same folders but the library appeared to be corrupted. I attempted to reimport the itunes xml file but still no good.
My question: Is there a way to re-generate a brand new itunes library? All my songs are still intact in \music directory.
Any help appreciated.

Hi Limnos,
Thx for the link. I use the http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589 within your link and re-import the \music folder. Works like magic.

Can I rescue my iTunes Library (not the MP3s) from iPod for iTunes on Windows?

Hi guys
So here's the thing: My Macbook has died on me (don't ask) and I've switched back to Windows. Now, I have an iPod classic with all my files on it, and with some magic on a friend's mac (using an app called Houdini), I was able to extract all my MP3s for use on iTunes on my Win8 PC.
What's gone, of course, are all the stuff from iTunes (play counts. ratings. playlists) - and I find I miss those things.
Is there a way to extract the iTunes library using just my iPod - and transfer it to PC? And if yes: Where do I find it and where does it have to go on my PC?
Thank you.

Check this out.
Moving music from iPod to computer.
But what does this mean?
"iTunes cannot open my library"

Please let me know how to upload my ITunes Library to my Cloud

Please let me know how to upload my PC based ITunes libray to my Cloud. Thank you.

You cannot do so yet. iTunes Match has not yet been released. Once released, you'll have to subscribe to that service, not free, to be able to upload content not purchased from the iTunes Store.
Regards.

I have a Chrysler Town and Country Minivan and want to put my itunes library on the hard drive. How?, I have a Chrysler Town and Country Minivan and want to put my itunes library on the hard drive. How?

My 3rd gen iPod Touch will play through the system (playlist and all); however, I want to put all my music and playlists on the vehicle's hard drive so I don't need my iPod with me. I cannot get it to read the music files.

This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes forums.
Regards.

How can I access iTunes library on my Mac from ipad?

Lots of music on my G5 tower. How can I acces it on my iPad 1

iTunes home sharing
Home sharing support
http://www.apple.com/support/homesharing/
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819

How do I put my laptop music in the cloud

Have new iPhone 5s and want to put my iTunes music on the cloud. The only music showing is purchased. Have an extensive music library on my Mac computer. How do I upload that music in tithe cloud?

To upload your library to the cloud, you need iTunes Match:
Apple - iTunes - Match

How can my daughter, using her mac, get access to a movie I made and stored on my mac itunes library. Can cloud help?

My daugter in in Florida and I am in Japan. Is it possible to place a video that I made (currently in my itunes library) on the cloud and then have her access the cloud and download the movie.
thank you - Tony

Not really. The easiest way is to get free Dropbox accounts and place the file there for her to pick up.

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Is it possible to store my itunes library in the cloud rather than on my Apple Mac?
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See here...
FAQ: Why iTunes Match can NOT be used as a backup!
http://macmost.com/itunes-match.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH258
IMO best to have it Local and back it up to an External Hard Drive...
Ponder this...
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
To Operate iTunes from the External Drive...
Start iTunes with the Option key held down and guide it to the new location of the library.
On Windows, hold Shift, launch iTunes and select Choose library... and select the iTunes folder you copied to the external drive.
Be Sure the drive is Formatted Mac OS Extended (journaled)

How to put my itunes library in the cloud from my pc.

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