HT1473 Transferring iTunes content

I am switching computers. How do I transfer my music on iTunes from one computer to the other? I have tried connecting my iPhone to my new iTUnes accoun t and none of the music will transfer to my new computers iTunes. Every time I try to sync, it says it will erase what I have on my phone to import the music on iTunes. I would like to know how to get the music, apps, movies, and books from my first computer, transferred over to my new computer. I am using the same iTUnes account information. On my first computer I had Windows 7, new has Windows 8.

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