HT2729 New laptop- iTunes Sync

Had to change out laptops. Copied all iTunes files on old machine, and copied to new. New computer is authorized, and iTunes files location is designated in Advanced settings. Still using same iPad 2. Movies, music will not sync to iPad. What am I missing? Advise and thanks!

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New Laptop itunes sync

I had itunes installed on my old laptop which has now broken and will not switch on, i want to move my music from my iphone to my new laptop but don't seem to be able to do this . . . can anyone help?
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If I buy a new laptop, how do I move my iTunes account to new laptop for syncing?

If I buy a new laptop, how do I move my iTunes account over to new laptop for syncing with my apple products?

Type "move itunes library" into the google search bar.

How do i put the music from my iPhone on to my new laptops itune without syncing it and erasing all of my music and apps

I just bought a new laptop and i want to be able to add more music and put the music thats already on my iphones into my new itunes but its not allowing me to unless i sync it and then I will loose everything. What do I do?????

Transfer your iTunes library from your old computer to your new computer per the instructions included with this link - along with your photos, documents, and any other important data you will need or want to access on your new computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751

Am syncing my iPhone 4 to a new laptop. It will not allow me to transfer music from this new laptop/iTunes to my phone. Why? And how do i fix this?

Hi there,
I have a new laptop.
I have music on my laptop that I have not purchased through iTunes (ie, uploaded CD's, copied to my laptop from my old computer, etc).
For some reason, iTunes will not allow me to transfer this music to my iPhone. I get the "red circle with the cross through it" symbol when I try to drop it into the iPhone..
Can someone suggest a way that I can oversome this and add my music to my phone from my new computer?
At this stage, I can only add music to it via the old iTunes/old computer that the phone was originally synced to.
Cheers

Hi there,
You may want to take a look at some of the information found in the article below.
iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420
-Griff W.

New laptop, iTunes won't sync music onto iPhone 4

I recently got a new laptop (acer) and I wanted to put my music from my phone onto it. I downloaded and installed iTunes, the only songs I had on it were what I brought from iTunes. So I transfered everything from my phone (iPhone 4) onto it. Problem #1. It only transfered the music I had brught from iTunes. No cds I had put onto iTunes transfered. So using a USB, I transferred all of the music I had on my iMac to my my laptop - I put it in the iTunes Media/Music folder of my documents. It didn't go into iTunes, until I dragged it directly from the folder and placed it in iTunes. That was that problem solved. I tried syncing my music and none it it would play. It was all grey writing and had a pink square next to the song name. Nothing worked, excpet for the songs I had brought directly from iTunes. Not even albums I had recently brought and put into my itunes would work.. That was problem #2. Thing is though, after I synced the music onto my, I got a notification on iTunes saying that there were 23 errors and some songs could not be found. These songs were the songs that I brought from iTunes, and could actually play from my phone.
I've tried updating both iTunes and my phone software, turning my phone on and off, deleteing and reinstalling iTunes. Everything I can thinnk of but nothing will work. I really just want to play my music from my phone... It'll play in iTunes, but just not from my phone.
Please help!

this is happening to me as well. I have tried every single "fix" out there that I can find.
I have restored my phone from backups.
I have uninstalled itunes and reinstalled it on my comp
I have restore to factory settings and started from scratch
literally nothing is working.

HT1329 Hi! My old laptop (on which I had my itunes library) was stolen. I now have a new laptop, but when I plug in my ipod, it won't allow me to download/synch the songs on the ipod to the new laptop/itunes library. What is the solution to this?

Note: this is a Windows (not Mac), in case that makes any difference. When it gives me the option to synch, it informs me that all my old songs currently on my ipod will be erased - which, since I only had them on my old laptop, i don't want to have happen.
Thanks for any advice,
Keith

iDevices are not and have never been designed as backup devices. Use the backup of the computer to put everything back on the new laptop.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup of your media and other important files, you may be able to get iTunes purchases off the device by the following:
Connect the device but do not sync.
Right click on the device and select Transfer Purchase.
Right click on the device and select Backup.
The above should change the library association and move all iTunes purchases. At this point you should be able to sync the device. Non-iTunes purchases will be lost.

How do I transfer my data on my iphone to a brand new laptop/itunes.

Hi all,
I seriously need some help from the iphone expert here, I got my iphone last week & this is my very first apple product, so I was kind of confuse.
May I know how do I transfer all my phone data to a laptop which have nv sync with the phone before one? I installed itunes in the laptop already but when I plug in my phone & sync, nothing was transfer from my phone to itunes or my laptop.
Is it becos if I previously used another PC to do the syncing/updates, I have to use that PC back in future? how do I transfer from the usual PC to my laptop to sync with my iphone?
A million thanks to whoever can help me with this.

In regards to iTunes content, an iPhone can be synced or manually managed with an iTunes library on a single computer only, and photos can be transferred to an iPhone via the iTunes sync process from a single computer.
When transferring iTunes content and photos from another computer, all iTunes content and photos transferred from a different computer will be erased from the iPhone first.
You can sync contacts, calendar events, and Safari bookmarks with the supported applications on multiple computers.
You need to transfer your iTunes library from your old computer to your new computer - transfer the iTunes named folder from your old computer to your new computer placing the iTunes named folder in the same location on your new computer with iTunes quit before doing so. You also need to authorize your new computer with your iTunes account with iTunes if you haven't already done so.
You also need to transfer all photos along with any other data on your old computer that you need or want to access on your new computer. You can do this with an external drive used for backup purposed, or if you have the computers networked in some fashion.

New laptop, itunes, ipad

i just bought a new laptop and when i try to sync it with my ipad, it wants to erase it because it says my ipad is linked to my old laptop itunes account. i don't want to erase it and lose my info.

You will have to use the iTunes Apple ID account to sync the iPad in order to not lose any content. If you use a different Apple ID, all content will be erased.
And you will need to authorize the computer.
Launch iTunes on the computer. From the iTunes menu bar top of your screen click Store > Authorize This Computer
Then sync the iPad.

I got new laptop and synced my itouchwith it and now everything is deleted !! PLEASE HELP

So my laptop I had for 3/4 years I got with my itouch got crashed not fixable and I downloaded itunes on my new laptop when i attached my itouch for charging and it automatically synced (might have pressed something) and now all my songs , apps and everything is deleted. Only songs purchased in itunes are there. Even movies is deleted so I went to account and on itunes all my apps are visible but it won't go on my ipod .And apps i had and used regularly won't download from store saying it needs IOS 5. I had over 500 songs from my cds and stuff . Is there any way to recover !! Any help would be appreciated.

Many developers when they updated their apps to support iOS 5 and 6 dropped compatibility for iOS 4.2.1 and earlier.
Your only way is if you have the version that was compatible on your computer such as in the recycle bin/trash or in a computer file backup. In that case delete the current version that is in your iTunes App library and replace it with the older version. Then sync.
Maybe via How to perform iPad recovery for photos, videos

HT1473 My daughter has a new computer, how do we transfer her ipod music to the new laptop. Sync seems to want to delete it all

Sorry the question was in the title. A new laptop for christmas...I thought by downloading itunes to it when I plugged in the ipod it would just download the music to het itunes library as they are on the same apple id. does not seem to be the case....is there an easy way or not? It is a compaq CQ58 and has all the itunes up to date.

Connect the new iPod to the computer she used to sync with the old iPod. The restore from backup. The apps and music have to be in the iTunes library to be restored to the iPod.
For how to restore see the restoring topic of:
iOS: How to back up
If the computer does not have her iTunes purchases they can be redownloaded by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

New Laptop - No Sync?

I used Windows Easy Transfer to move everything from my old laptop to my new. Now, I can't sync my music with my new laptop, mainly because I haven't clicked the button to allow it to sync. Reason? It says it will delete all the music and playlists currently on my iPhone. For whatever reason my playlists didn't transfer over to my new laptop (or I didn't do something to make them reappear) and would like to not have to start over with everything. Does Apple have a solution to the old computer/new computer conundrum?

Hmmm....what you say makes sense, but then again I said in my first post that I used Windows Easy Transfer, which transfers everything - videos, music, old Word documents I forgot I had, programs that ran on my old computer, buried files of saved Yahoo messenger conversations, EVERYTHING. It basically took an image of my old computer's hard drive and put it on my new laptop. So, those iTunes folders, large and small, are all there. What I did find, there is a new folder called iTunes Media which is where iTunes wants to put any new music or videos or whatever. Previously, all my music was in a folder called iTunes Music. But this new folder designation should not be the issue either. But looking at that top folder, I see that there are many iTunes library database files, labeled iTunes Library (1), iTunes Library (2), iTunes Library (3) and iTunes Library (damaged). I suspect I could utilize one of the three database files, but I don't know which one or how to go about utilizing them. Also wonder about what happens to any changes I have made since the transition to my new laptop.

New Laptop - itunes will not work

I had itunes installed on my old laptop and it worked fine with my ipod touch ( 2.2.1). Now I have a new laptop, have installed itunes and every time i connect my ipod touch i get the message saying "itune has stopped working - windows is searching for a solution". The solution never comes. Do I have to uninstall itunes from the old laptop or deactivate that account or something in order to use my itunes account ( and all that is contained within it) on this new laptop? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

It all depends on exactly how you moved the library from your old computer.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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I synced firefox information to the servers and exchanged my laptop. How can I get the new laptop to sync with my firefox data?

I want to get my firefox sync data on my laptop. However, I haven't paired this device, I just have my information on the firefox servers under my account. How can I get the sync info on this new laptop?

If you don't have a 2nd device available which is already setup with your Sync account, pairing can't be done.
In order to set up a '''new device''' when you can't "pair", you need three things; the user account name ''(email address used)'', the password for the account, and the '''Sync Key'''.
If you didn't make a copy of the Sync Key as prompted at the end of the Sync set up process, you can't successfully setup a new device and won't be able to recover your data.

New laptop itunes query!

I have just bought a new laptop and would like to know if there is a way i can get my existing itunes library on my old laptop to appear? Also when I plug in my iphone4 it says it is already registered on another device ~ How do I unregister & re-register? Thanks!

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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HT2729 New laptop- iTunes Sync

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