HT1751 Transferring itunes from old computer to new computer

I would like to set up my new computer and transfer my itunes to it from my old computer but I cannot see the option 'organize library'in the option file, library, can anyone help?

What version of iTunes are you using?

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HT4527 When transferring iTunes from old computer to new computer, even though all of songs were copied over, not all of them went to iTunes, some appear to be stored elsewhere. How can I find these songs, and how do I transfer them to iTunes?

When transferring iTunes from old computer to new computer, all my songs were copied over, but not all of them were stored in iTunes. It appears they are on the computer somewhere, but not on iTunes. Where are these other songs likely to be, and how can I get them onto iTunes? Because of this problem, Apple will not allow me to update my iPhone.

You may/must have had music files stored outside of your iTunes library.
I'd recommend going to the Finder and then via the search box look for files with mp3 aif m4a aac etc. depending on the music format your digital music had. With the list of files shown you should be able to learn which files were stored outside of your music > itunes folder
Chances are they could be burried somewhere under your documents, downloads, desktop, ... we all have different storage and organization habits.
Then when you find the missing files, on the new computer you can do add to library and go to the folder on the other computer where the missing files are - if your systems are networked - or sneak them over using a USB thumb drive or portable hard drive if you have lots of files, or if you like to have an extra backup of that music, copy to optical disc.

Transferring itunes from old computer to new one

I need to transfer my itunes songs from my old computer to my new one. I am going to donate my old computer, so I'll wipe it clean once I'm done. I just wanted to know if there is an efficient way to transfer songs to a new computer since I already did a lot of work loading songs onto the old one!
Thanks!

There's a good guide at this link: "New PC & moving itunes library" http://blog.jillesvangurp.com/2006/01/09/new-pc-moving-itunes-library/

Trouble with transferring iTunes from old computer to new computer.

I have tried twice; once using the iPod and once using an external storage hard drive to transfer my music.
The libray comes over but not the playlists. Worst problem is that now the music "skips" as though it was on a old fashioned record player! Yikes, can anyone help? What have I done wrong?
Equipment specs: old computer = Compac Evo N1020v with Windows XP Professional
new computer = Dell 1505 with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
Compac & Dell Windows XP

You may/must have had music files stored outside of your iTunes library.
I'd recommend going to the Finder and then via the search box look for files with mp3 aif m4a aac etc. depending on the music format your digital music had. With the list of files shown you should be able to learn which files were stored outside of your music > itunes folder
Chances are they could be burried somewhere under your documents, downloads, desktop, ... we all have different storage and organization habits.
Then when you find the missing files, on the new computer you can do add to library and go to the folder on the other computer where the missing files are - if your systems are networked - or sneak them over using a USB thumb drive or portable hard drive if you have lots of files, or if you like to have an extra backup of that music, copy to optical disc.

HT1589 Transfering iTunes from old HDD to new HDD

Hi,..
The graphics card in my laptop that I had itunes on crashed so I took the hard drive out and placed it into my pc running win7X64bit, My question is, can I, or how do I move my itunes music /photos etc from my old laptop drive to my current C:// drive?
Cheers

If the songs are purchased from itunes they need to be authorized to play on the new machine, before they will play, or be transferred to your ipod. Play one of the purchased songs in itunes, if the new machine is not yet authorized it will bring up a box asking you to enter the itunes account info used to purchase the music. Enter this info and the song should start playing. All songs purchased with that account will now play/transfer from that computer. If you have used multiple accounts to purchase music then each different account will have to be authorized on the new machine.

Transferring ITunes from old computer

Hi folks....I need some help please.
I had iTunes on my old PC. I bought myself a new laptop and wanted to transfer my iTunes library across to my new laptop. I created back up discs for my entire library and restored it on the new laptop. Everything worked out fine and had no problems until recently. I went to open iTunes and my entire library had been wiped off. It said that my ipod can only be synced with one iTunes library or PC at a time. This is fair enough as I have not deleted my old library yet, but its not in use.
I went to restore again on my new laptop, but the songs/videos etc are not saving into the library. I checked to see if the files are still there and they are, but they are not going into the library for some reason.
Somebody PLEASE help...I have had several problems with iTunes, but this is by far the worst!!
Any help would be greatly received, thank you.
jen

Hi there jenshep, I suppose this is a pretty negative message. I have been trying for two months now to transfer my music tracks from my old computer, on to my lap top (which is three years old)Until I achieve this Im not going out to buy a new computer. I have acted on all the advice posted from like minded people. I have e-mailed the i-Tunes help line, who refer me to section this paragraph that, to no avail. I visited 'PC.World' as they addvertise a service "transfer all data from your old-to new computer £30" However when I asked if they could definately transfer my music library, they became hesitant and unsure and said if they were unable to transfer the complete library I would get my £30 back, which pales into insignificance when you consider the money I would first have to put out for a new computer. I used to be with Sony 'Sonic Stage' However i-Tunes swept thier market away So I bought into i-tunes. I backed up all 12,000 music tracks on CDs, that took nearly 500 CDs. then to my cost I found i-Tunes would not read my CDs.about halve of which I had recorded from my old vynal collection A message would come up saying "You Have inserted a blank CD" The CDs. worked perfectly fine on my music center & portable CD. players. I still live in hope of transferring my collection, but I don't think I will live that long. Hope I haven't depressed you.
Cheers for now Vince.

Transfering iTunes From old PC to New PC

I have burned all the music from my old PC, on to DVD data discs. When I imported the songs into my library only the songs I ripped forom my music CD's show up in the library. The 500+ songs I purchased from iTunes did not import into the library. I have authorized my computer. Any suggestions? The songs I purchased from my old PC are on the DVD's.

Terry,
You'll need to
i copy
the songs from the DVD to the new HD. Then 'Add' them into iTunes.
If you have the 'copy music to library' box checked on your Preferences, you may be able to just 'Add' them from the DVD and they will be copied into the iTunes folder structure on the new PC.

Transfering itunes from old emac to new imac

I recently upgraded to a new imac. I transfered my files however it would not let me transfer my itunes, i believe because it was an older version. I was able to transfer the music, however my playlist are gone, shopping cart, and purchased music etc. I am not sure how to transfer the old into to the new computer. I am also concerned about connecting my ipod to the new computer because I am afraid that it will delete the whole ipod. Any suggestions?
thanks

WELL... I finished the whole transfer last night... It actually didn't take that long (definitely not as long as the iphoto transfer took)... since the new computer is so fast. You actually don't need to download the songs again... they are there... in your old itunes folder... you just need to drag them into the new itunes application...
I lost all my playlists, which is bad, but I can live with it. it will give me a chance to go over some songs again, BUT the only thing that could not be recovered is album artwork from the songs I had purchased in Emusic.... And that was a lot of songs with great album graphics.... Somehow, itunes knows how to retrieve the art for songs purchased from itunes only...
Anyway, I agree that there should have been a better way, much less painful to do this.... but your songs should still be there... And IF I'M NOT WRONG, after you imported them to the new itunes, they are stored again, and you can erase the old folder....

Transferring itunes from old desktop to new laptop

painstakingly ollowed instructions on how to use ipod mini as hard drive, but found out none of my music tranferred. i have access to my old itunes - can i transfer directly from desktop to laptop? thx.

Hi there,
As i remember it Apple's answer is not insane.
Music sync'd to an iPod using iTunes doesnt show up as files (they're 'invisible'). As I remember it is only files that you hand copy to the mounted hard disk that do show up.
If that's true then to see no music files after an iTunes sync is normal. Problem is the usual utilities wont allow you to transfer the 'invisible' music up onto your new PC.
1/ Make sure music is transferred in 'hard disk mode' and if it doesnt then show up then it isnt copied.
2/ Use one of the un-usual utilities which circumvent Apple's attempt to prevent copying of music from iPod to a computer. E.g. http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/

Transferring itunes from old pc to new pc

PLEASE HELP. I am trying to use my IPOD as a hard drive to transfer my itunes music from my old pc to my new pc. I followed some instructions and was able to transfer the file names but no music plays when I click on them. Please help me and telling me what I need to do to fix it.

they are itunes purchases. I just want to put the music files on the new computer to be able to play and download new itunes music from my new pc.

TS2972 can I use home sharing to transfer iTunes from old computer to new computer?

can I use home sharing to transfer iTunes from old computer to new computer?

You are trying to use home sharing, you are logged into the same account for sharing on both computers (and they are connected to the same wifi network), and what happens when you try to copy your library ? Can you update your iTunes so that they are the same on both ?

New to mac. While transferring files from old computer to mac I burnt out a brand new flash drive. How do I format a new flash drive so that it will let me transfer stuff from mac to pc or vise versa??

New to mac. While transferring files from old computer to mac I burnt out a brand new flash drive. How do I format a new flash drive so that it will let me transfer stuff from mac to pc or vise versa??

"guess no one can help me. thanks anyway have a great night everyone"
Some of us do find time to sleep.

HT1923 I uninstalled iTunes on an old computer but first I installed iTunes on my new computer and backed up my songs. When I deleted iTunes from old computer, it wouldn't work on my new computer. Why? What do I dp?

I uninstalled iTunes on my old computer but first installed and copied my songs over to my new computer. When I deleted iTunes from old computer, iTunes quit working on new computer. What do I do?

One has nothing to do with the other.
What is or is not happening on the new computer in regards to iTunes. We cannot offer assistance without specifics of the issue.

I copied itunes from old pc onto new macbook pro and now itunes recognises iphone but I have to sync entire library and lose all apps etc. The sync playlists etc is greyed out. what can I do?

I copied itunes from old pc onto new macbook pro and now itunes recognises iphone but I have to sync entire library and lose all apps etc. The sync playlists etc is greyed out. what can I do?

As this is asked daily I will just show you how to search.
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Transferred library from old PC to new, lost all files dl'd from ITunes

Transferred music files from old pc to new with minimal difficulty, but have now realized all songs downloaded to my library from ITunes have failed to make the trip!
I used the Ipod itself to transfer the files, as I couldn't figure out how to get the 2 pc's to transfer files via a wireless connection. Now my 60gb Ipod which had ~5800 songs using ~22gb its memory states it has 5275 songs on it and only 15.7gb available. Where did I manage to screw this up?
I imagine there is a problem where this new computer has not been authorized. True? When I first download some new songs from Itunes, will it then be authorized and my songs will reappear? Why is the amount of memory affected?
Thanks mucho for any available help. I have searched for quite a while, but haven't been able to find someone who has had the same experience or trouble.
G

I'd imagine that's because you had no music files on your newly reformatted drive, and when you reattached your shuffle it loaded an empty file, hence no tunes.
This (transferring the files from computer to computer) was done using the instructions found here.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
Don't know if that works for the shuffle, though.

HT1751 Transferring itunes from old computer to new computer

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