How to transfer music to new computer

My daughter wants to transfer all her music from an old macbook to her new MBP in college. She has already started a new iTunes library on the new laptop but it doesn't have much in it yet. She wants to consolidate all the content on the old MB into her MBP.

She could use her back up copy to do this. If she doesn't keep a back up, she needs to, as hard drives can and do fail.
You can transfer the files via migration assistant (comes with every mac). She can copy songs to a CD, DVD, flash drive, external drive, ipod,etc.
Go to the top of this page, click Support, type "move itunes library" or similar into the search support bar. You will get several helpful articles.

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