I have a new computer. How do I import my music library to my new computer from my iPhone?

You do not.. the iPhone is not a backup device.
Copy the entire iTunes directory from the old computer or the backup of the old computer to the new computer.

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How do you import your music library to a new computer?

I have an iPod Nano (2nd gen). I have a mixture of purchased songs from iTunes, but also many personal tunes from my CD's. I have just bought a new computer. I was shocked to learn there is no easy way to move my existing library and playlists. How do I import my entire music library to the new computer. I have a large capacity flash drive.

If you network your two computers together, you can transfer the song files directly, without having to use a flash drive in between. You may also want to consider getting a backup drive. You can get lots of space for not so much money these days, and with an automatic backup system, it can really save your bacon if your computer goes down, which is an additional benefit to just transferring files from one computer to another.

HT1349 If I have changed my computer how can I recover my music library into the new one?

How can I do this? any help will be much appreciated
Thanks

If you have made backups of your desktop before it crashed it's a simple matter to restore the backup to your repaired computer. I hope you did this, because it's likely you lost much more than your purchases.
Restoring purchases is easy; you just download them again.

I have just got a new laptop how do i transfer my music library off my iphone onto the new laptop including all my itunes purchased songs

I have just got a new laptop how do i transfer my music library off my iphone onto the new laptop including all my itunes purchased songs

See Here
Transfer from Old to New
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html
Cheers,

How can I import m itunes library to a new computer

How can I import m itunes library to a new computer

Use Migration Assstant to move all content from an old computer to a new.
For iTunes alone:
iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music [library] to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527 - a somewhat bewildering and not always easily understandable set of options.
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), then guide it to the iTunes Library.itl file in the moved iTunes folder.
For the record there's this reference for iTunes 11 but it really doesn't strike me as having the specifics you need. iTunes 11 for Mac: Move your library to another computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12168
Windows users see tip at: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18879381
If you put it 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.)

How do I download my music library to my new iphone5

I lost my first iPhone 5 and just bought a new one today. How do I download my music library to my new phone?

Same way you did with the old.
open itunes,connect iphone, select what you want, sync

HT201210 How do I get my music library on my new computer? It keeps telling me that my ipod is synced with another library...help!

How do I get my music library from my ipod on my new computer? It keeps telling me that I am synced with another music library...HELP

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities

How can I get my Music Library on my new laptop?

The old computer I had iTunes on crashed, and I can't use it anymore. I have purchased a new laptop, and I would like all of my music back. How can I transfer my iTunes music library to my new laptop? I tried to sync my iPhone to my new laptop, but it says that it would have to erase and sync, because it can only be synced with one iTunes library at one time. Have I just lost all the music I had?

iTunes purchases can be redownloaded.
Computer: Open iTunes Store and click on Purchased in the Quick Links section on the right.
iOS: Open the iTunes Store app > More > Purchased
Non-iTunes purchases will be lost.
If you didn't have your music backed up then you would need third party software such as TouchCopy to transfer your music back to your computer so you can add it to iTunes and sync.

How do I find my music library on my new ipad?

How do I find my old music library on my new Ipad

You need to connect the iPad to your computer with the iTunes library and perform a sync.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386

I have a large music library 500 GB from an old computer on an external drive and I just got an I ac desk top 21.5 inch intel computer how do I put my music library on new computers iTunes e

I have a very large music library 500 GB on an external drive how do I get it on my brand new iMac intel

This article should help. You didn't mention what format the files are in and what format the external hard drive is, however this article povides the basics. You're probably most interested in the last section titled 'Adding content on your computer to iTunes'.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1473

How do I retrieve my music library after a complete computer crash. I have a backup on a flash drive and I can access my Itunes account but my play lists and music are gone.

How do you retrieve downloaded music and playlists after a complete computer crash. I can log into my Itunes account and make purchases but my music library is gone. I have an external backup on a flash drive but for some reason the music does not show up there either. It's like I have a brand new account and have to start all over. Itunes must have an archive I can access to get my music back, right?
Maya

Playlists should be part of your backup copy.
You can redownload some purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

New Pc: how can I transfer my Itune library into a new pc?

Hi,I will shortly be replacing my pc with a new one and I have a little dilemma:
1 = what do I need to do once I have a new PC up & running? If i just download Itunes will all my exsisting Libriray still be there?
2 = Also I have purchased some videos, How can I save them on external drive or cds?
anyone can advice would be highly appreciated.
many thanks
hERMES

*1 = what do I need to do once I have a new PC up & running? If i just download Itunes will all my exsisting Libriray still be there?*
You'll have to move your music and library from the old computer. The iTunes library is a database that links to the songs on your hard drive, neither the library files or the songs will get to your new computer just by installing iTunes.
*2 = Also I have purchased some videos, How can I save them on external drive or cds?*
Have a look at this article: iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your new computer is to network it with the old one and copy your iTunes folder across. This works fine if you have been using iTunes to completely manage your music and all your songs are in iTunes Music not in different folders. You can also use this method with an external hard drive, you drag the folder from the old computer to the external drive and then from the drive to the new computer. If the songs in your library are not all in the iTunes Music folder you can consolidate them. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them: Copying all your iTunes files to one location - Windows
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the same location on the new computer. This has to be the exact same place, on a PC this is \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\. Everything has to be exactly the same on the new computer including the Windows user account name. When you open iTunes on the new computer it will be the same as on the original one Songs, Playlists, Play Counts, Ratings etc. You should also use the same version of iTunes on both computers.
If you have an iPod it can be used as an external drive and you can move the iTunes folder onto it: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
Don't forget that you'll need to authorise your new computer to play your iTunes purchases. Also if you are disposing of the old one remember to deauthorise it so you don't use up one of your allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

How do I transfer my Music Library to my new laptop?

Hey there everybody! I have an Imac G4 swivel-screen and a new white MacBook 1.83. I would like to transfer my music library from my IMac to the laptop. I do have an touchscreen Gen2 Ipod that I was thinking of using, but taking the songs, copying them to my Ipod then connecting the Ipod to the laptop and copying all the songs one at a time to the laptop takes forever as i have 1000+ songs to transfer. Any faster methods of transfering songs?
Also, I did said method with some songs I purchased at the iTunes store, an it said I have to Authorize my laptop to play them, Do i have to do it for every song I purchased from the iTunes store?
F.Y.I. I have upgraded to iTunes 7 and Mac OS 10.4.7. Thanks for Reading!

Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your new computer is to network it and the original one and copy over your entire iTunes folder. This works fine if you have been using iTunes to completely manage your music and all your songs are in iTunes Music not in different folders: Connecting two Mac computers using Ethernet
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the same location on the new computer. This has to be the exact same place, on a Mac this would be in Username/Music/. When you open iTunes on the new computer it will be the same as on the original one Songs, Playlists, Play Counts, Ratings etc. When I moved iTunes recently for my daughter I was also using the same version of iTunes, not sure how important that is but it's probably worth keeping them the same. When you are authorising your computer you only need to do it once not for every song.
Another way would be to use an external hard drive, the guide for using the iPod as a hard drive is a good starting point. Apart from the sections on initially setting up the iPod, the instructions are the same for copying the iTunes folder to an actual external drive. If you substitute "external hard drive" for "iPod" the process is the same: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

HT1296 How do I transfer my music library to my newer laptop?

My old laptop is shot. I can open my itunes library (after many attempts) but don't know exactly how to transfer myy music library to new laptop! HELP!

technotrixie wrote:
My old laptop is shot. I can open my itunes library (after many attempts) but don't know exactly how to transfer myy music library to new laptop! HELP!
You don't need to open iTunes on the old computer.
Simply copy the entire /My Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer to /Music/ on new computer.

Do I need my old computer in order to get my music library onto the new one

Sorry if this has been asked a bunch of times before, I could not find a search function. I bought a new computer and have been given an iPod for Christmas, so now I want my music library back. After all I have paid for these songs. The computer that I started my iTunes account on originally is sitting in the corner gutted of it's drives. Is there a way I can retrieve my music library without getting the old computer operational again? Thanks.

After my hard drive failed I had a similar problem. I bought a couple of cables, one that plugs from a wall 110 power outlet to the power port on an internal hard drive, the other that plugs into the data port on the internal drive into a USB2 port. After powering up the loose internal hard drive and connecting the communication cable I powered up my new computer. I was able to read the loose hard drive by opening up "My Computer". From that point you can move files from the old PC to the new one. It worked fine for me and saved my collection.
I got the cables as a set at a MicroCenter store in Dallas, TX, after asking advise from the store's repair department.

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