I created a holiday music library

I created a new library just for holiday music but cannot figure out how to get the music from my original library to the new one made just for the holiday music. The purpose was to have a seperate place for the holiday music and not have it in my regular itunes, can anyone tell me how to do this?
Thanks.

Have you got the music tagged as "Holiday" in some way? For example, genre or comment has "holiday"?
If so, create a smart playlist, export the playlist (rightclick on the playlist, export), then change libraries and try importing the playlist into the new library. It should work, but I've never tried doing it this way (I get hands on, drag-and-dropping files individually).

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Had to buy new laptop which of course has Vista. The old unit was acting up(I think Windows XP was corrupt), so I saved my Library Files but it looks like the old machine only saved portions not the whole Library. I had approx. 13,000 tunes (35GB) in the LIbrary and all that was saved seems to be 319 tunes. I have all the music on an external HD and only the Library was on the laptop. My question is, how can I create a new Library from the external HD music? Is there a way or am I SOL? Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated.

You need the entire libary on the external, not just media.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/message/13025536 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/17457605
Once you get a complete iTunes folder on the external drive, start iTunes with the option/alt key held down and select the iTunes Library.itl file on the external drive. You will also need to do this with your main computer or the libraries will become unsynchronized.
Alternatively you can make a separate library using the same media on the second computer. Start as you have been doing, let iTunes create a new, blank library file which will be on hte internal drive, set the media folder location in preferences to be the one on the external drive, then add the files to the new iTunes library. Unless you are a super-organized individual, or you don't care if your libraries do not have the same content, you are better off using a single library file that is on the external, not setting up separate library files.

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Hi,
My music has already been ripped into iTunes using AAC 256kbps which is fine for mobile music. I'm planning on picking up an Apple TV for a music only server to my home music system and I want to re-rip my music into iTunes using Apple Lossless. I created a new folder under playlists for the lossless music but duplicate copies remain in the music library! Is there a way for me to re-rip my music and have it in one folder and not have the duplicates in the music library? Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Brent

I think I understand what you want to do.
I have about 200 CD's and a dozen albums bought from the iTunes Store. I thought about ripping all my CD's in Lossless format and then creating AAC versions from these. Music streamed to my Airport Express should be Lossless whenever possible, while music on my iPhone should only be AAC versions.
In iTunes, the "Music" category will contain both versions, as "Music" is your music library. You can create smart playlists to select only Lossless or AAC versions, but you can't have "Music" show only one of these versions.
At the moment, iTunes isn't able to handle the same song in different formats (the way I want it to). Ideally, there would be an option like "Prefer Lossless version" or "Use AAC versions when syncing iPhone/iPod" or something like that. You could also use two separate iTunes libraries (start iTunes while holding the Option key).
Kind regards,
Michael

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I have tried what iTunes v9 tells me to do by holding the shift key while starting iTunes from the start menu...
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Has anyone found a fix yet?
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You need to press AND HOLD the shift key. Keep holding it down until the prompt comes up.
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I repeated the exercise several times to see if I made a mistake. Once, after navigating to the "location where you would like your new Music folder to be created, " I bypassed the New Folder button and just clicked the existing empty folder. That didn't work. Then I created a folder and named it "iTunes Music folder new." The song files went into that folder okay, but the data didn't.
I tried moving the folder from the Hard Drive location (where it landed by default after I created it) into the User file's Music folder where the old iTunes Music folder was located. Still didn't work.
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I launched iTunes in the Power Book and followed the transfer instructions, as described above.
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Yesterday I was uploading a cd into my iTunes library when my computer suddenly froze. I restarted the computer and opened iTunes again, only to find that my entire library was gone except for the cd I had recently uploaded. I loaded my "iTunes music" folder back into the library, but I was missing around 400 songs. Today when i went back into iTunes, I recieved this error warning:
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My question is where is the best place to make these changes so that I can have one integrated and master music library incorporating the changes? Should the edits be done in the original folders or should the edits be done in iTunes and then saved as a new exported library? Or is there a better or recommended way?
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Use the (free) software Mp3tag. It can do 'Actions' to update, e.g. all "The Beatles" by "Beatles" etc. I just cleaned my ~4,000 songs library using that. iTunes is doable, but nowhere near as flexible. You may want to clean everything first and then reimport everything into iTunes for cleanest results.

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I've lost a substhantial amount of album art and I'm looking for the easiest way to replace it.
I know there is an iTunes backup for apps but are backups automatically created for the music library, and if so, how do I restore it?
I also have a recent backup of the music library on my external hard drive. If I restore the backup and I had, say 400 songs at the time, but now have 450, would the restore backup the orginals and leave the newer additions, or would it wipe out eveything leaving me with only the original 400?
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hi Kevin!
b don't plug in just yet.
have a read through this resource before deciding on a course of action:
Buegie, "Get music back from my ipod?" #2, 04:09pm Oct 29, 2005 CDT
love, b

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what's the best way to move content to a new library I created ie a holiday music only library?

Sophie:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. You're only hope to recover the library as it once was is to: 1 - if you have a backup copy of your iPhoto Library or 2 - you can put everything back exactly the way it was in the Finder.
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What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/message/13025536 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/17457605
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