HT1449 i have a new lap top and need to move my itunes lib

i have a new laptop how do i move my itunes liberery over

Do not do what the document that led you here tells you to do. It, as it clearly states, only moves your media, not your library which is more than just a folder of music files.
Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) so you get a prompt to select a library, then guide it to the 'iTunes Library.itl' file in the moved iTunes folder.
If you put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)

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cathorio wrote:
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I have an article for you that can help explain a couple of different methods for moving your library to your new computer:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
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