HT1296 How do I transfer my music library to my newer laptop?

My old laptop is shot. I can open my itunes library (after many attempts) but don't know exactly how to transfer myy music library to new laptop! HELP!

technotrixie wrote:
My old laptop is shot. I can open my itunes library (after many attempts) but don't know exactly how to transfer myy music library to new laptop! HELP!
You don't need to open iTunes on the old computer.
Simply copy the entire /My Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer to /Music/ on new computer.

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How do I transfer my Music Library to my new laptop?

Hey there everybody! I have an Imac G4 swivel-screen and a new white MacBook 1.83. I would like to transfer my music library from my IMac to the laptop. I do have an touchscreen Gen2 Ipod that I was thinking of using, but taking the songs, copying them to my Ipod then connecting the Ipod to the laptop and copying all the songs one at a time to the laptop takes forever as i have 1000+ songs to transfer. Any faster methods of transfering songs?
Also, I did said method with some songs I purchased at the iTunes store, an it said I have to Authorize my laptop to play them, Do i have to do it for every song I purchased from the iTunes store?
F.Y.I. I have upgraded to iTunes 7 and Mac OS 10.4.7. Thanks for Reading!

Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your new computer is to network it and the original one and copy over your entire iTunes folder. 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: Connecting two Mac computers using Ethernet
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/. When you open iTunes on the new computer it will be the same as on the original one Songs, Playlists, Play Counts, Ratings etc. When I moved iTunes recently for my daughter I was also using the same version of iTunes, not sure how important that is but it's probably worth keeping them the same. When you are authorising your computer you only need to do it once not for every song.
Another way would be to use an external hard drive, the guide for using the iPod as a hard drive is a good starting point. Apart from the sections on initially setting up the iPod, the instructions are the same for copying the iTunes folder to an actual external drive. If you substitute "external hard drive" for "iPod" the process is the same: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

HT201272 how do i transfer my music library from an old laptop to a new laptop BTW - i dont have the old laptop

Hi - how do i transfer my music library from an old laptop to a new laptop?? BTW - i dont have the OLD laptop anymore - am i screwed??

You cannot transfer anything from a device which you do not have, because you do not have it.
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer. Use your backup copy to put everything on the new computer.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup, not good, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

HT1296 how do I transfer my music library from macbook pro to Iphone?

How do I transfer my music library fro mac to my iphone?

Just add your music to iTunes and sync your iPhone

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The old computer I had iTunes on crashed, and I can't use it anymore. I have purchased a new laptop, and I would like all of my music back. How can I transfer my iTunes music library to my new laptop? I tried to sync my iPhone to my new laptop, but it says that it would have to erase and sync, because it can only be synced with one iTunes library at one time. Have I just lost all the music I had?

iTunes purchases can be redownloaded.
Computer: Open iTunes Store and click on Purchased in the Quick Links section on the right.
iOS: Open the iTunes Store app > More > Purchased
Non-iTunes purchases will be lost.
If you didn't have your music backed up then you would need third party software such as TouchCopy to transfer your music back to your computer so you can add it to iTunes and sync.

HT1296 How do I transfer my music library from my external hard drive to my new PC?

I saved all my music to an external hard drive so that it could be moved to my new PC. All my song titles are showing up on the new PC, but whenever I try to play something, it says the file cannot be found. If I plug the HD in, it will play the music. As soon as I unplug the HD, I can no longer play anything. My music library includes both items purchased from iTunes and music I added from CDs I own. Please advise. Thanks!

you moved your music to an E-HD and connect it to a new computer
ahdn when you play something it will only play when the e-hd is connected ?
if so yeah sure thats the whole point
if you want it on the new computer first copy the music to the new computers hd
and then add it to itunes
some of us wish to move our media to NAS's to save storage on our computers
so if itunes would force the media added to the local hd of the computer we would become very upset
though itunes does have settings to auto move added media to the local hd

How do I transfer my music library to a new computer?

My old computer died and I got a new one. I got my itunes purchases on my new computer, but I have a lot of other music. The only option I see in itunes is sync which would replace my phones library with the itunes library... which I don't want. I want to replace my itunes library with my phones library without the use of my old computer.

You mean you never made backups of your old computer? This is the Third Millennium; it just seems incredible to me that anyone who uses a computer doesn't make regular backups of it. Perhaps the suggestion that everyone should be required to have to pass a license test to use a computer isn't such a bad one after all.
The iPhone is not a backup device; if you have not kept backups of important data you cannot depend on the iPhone to make up for your mistake. However, if you google for "iphone file browser" you might find a solution.

How do i transfer my ipod library onto my new laptop?

please can someone help me - i am having a nightmare trying to instal software and update my new kit. i have a new hp pavilion lap top and want to transfer music and photo's from my ipod onto it. i have itunes installed and it can see my library through my ipod - but it wont copy the files onto it - what arent i doing right?

You cannot copy music from the iPod using iTunes. The feature doesn't exist.
Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer.
There's also Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod to iTunes.

How do I transfer my itunes library to my new laptop?

I'm sure this is really basic but I don't know how to do it. I don't have a home network either.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93366

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iMovie- How to move the Library to an EHD
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Restore above to the appropriate locations on your new computer.

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I'm getting a new laptop. How should I bring my music library to my new laptop?
Writing a bunch of CD's just seems time-consuming and wasteful. Is there a better way???

Backup the library with this user tip. Use the same tool to restore the library into the new system, then install iTunes. Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content from it.
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HT1386 how do i transfer my music library in itunes to my iphone,i had the entire library on my

How can i transfer my music library in itunes to my phone,all the music was on my phone until i did an upgrade then I lost them.

Connect your phone to your computer, click on the name of your phone on the left side of iTunes, then do the following:
On the summary tab of your iTunes sync settings check "Sync only checked songs and videos"
In your music library check all the songs you want to sync to your phone
Confirm that there are no exclamation points next to any of the songs you want to sync to your phone
Confirm that you have authorized your computer for all Apple IDs for purchased music you want to sync to your phone (in Store>Authorize This Computer)
Check "Sync Music" on the Music tab of your iTunes sync settings
Sync your phone

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HT1296 How do I transfer my music library to my newer laptop?

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