I have ipad 1 how do i move my library from my very old computer to my new laptop i dont know what the difference is in mac or pc either and i havent backed up my library on the old one because its so slow

i have an ipad 1 how do i move my library (for old ipod nano)( this a brand new ipad i hvaent synced yet) thats on a 2001 computer to my new laptop i got last christmas. i havent backed up anything cause the old computer is too slow. i tried home sharing but it just wont work. the help gave me an option of moving everything on my ipad and then moving it to the laptop. im just afraid that it will delete everyhting cause it doesnt mention ipad

I found this article some time ago when I was trying to help someone else in this same situation. This is a copy and paste from the website. The website is provided below for you to read before you try this.
Plug your phone into iTunes
Click setup as a new device
Immediately unplug your phone from the computer
Give it about 30 seconds and iTunes will give a message (I don’t remember the specific, but regarding you unplugging the device and it not completing)
Plug your phone back in
Viola! no restore occurred and you can access everything again
This computer has previously synced with an iPhone or another iOS device.

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HT1451 I need to move my library from my old computer to my new laptop. What's the best way to do this?

I need to move my library from my old computer to my new laptop (Windows 8). What's the best way to do this?

These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
If you have an iOS device that syncs with contact & calendar data on your computer you should migrate this information too. If that isn't possible create a dummy entry of each type in your new profile and iTunes should offer to merge the existing data from the device into the computer, otherwise the danger is that it will wipe the information from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data. If you don't have any Apple devices then see HT2519 - Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store.
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Just bought a new laptop but dont know how to transfer my itunes libary from one to the other i have signed into my account but still no music help please

just bought a new laptop but dont know how to transfer my itunes libary from one to the other i have signed in my my new laptop but still no music help please !!!!!!

Signing into the iTunes account has never made content magically appear... it still amazes me that people think this will actually work.
Type "move itunes library" into the search bar or your favorite search engine. You'll find multiple results for how to move the iTunes library.

Why can I not move songs/playlist from my iPhone5 to my iTunes on new laptop?

why can't I move songs/playlist from my iPhone5 to my iTunes on new laptop?

The sync is one way - computer to iphone. The exception is itunes purchases: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
Copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.

I just got a new laptop and i want to put the musisc i had on my ipod from my old computer to my new laptop how do i do that

[lease help

You should copy the music from your old computer and put it on an external hard drive or flash drive. Then plug in that drive to your new computer and drop all the music into itunes from the drive on your new computer.
If you don't have access to your old computer, you will have to buy a recovery program that can copy the music from your iPod. I highly recommend iRip from "the little app factory". http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/
The program is about $20 and it will save you from losing all your music. I have used it to save my massive music collective on my iPod classic when my old windows machine crashed. iRip also will let you grab 100 tracks for free off your iPod so you can see for yourself that the program actually works!
iTunes stores music in these directories:
Windows: C:// ... /user/My Documents/My Music/iTunes
Mac OS: /User/Music/iTunes
Hope this helps!

Have a old macbook 2006 with newer 500 GB seagate Momentus hard drive. I took mac to apple store and they said logic board is bad. Can I purcase another used macbook and install my old seagate hard drive and have saved my information? Thanks for any imput

Have a old macbook 2006 with newer 500 GB seagate Momentus hard drive. I did not backup any docs or pictures. The macbook crashed my fault. I took mac to apple store and they said logic board is bad. Can I purcase another used macbook and install my old seagate hard drive and have saved all my information? Thanks for any imput.

mgott55 wrote:
Can I install my used existing hard drive in a compatible macbook to save everything?
If you need to extract the drive's content you can remove it and install it in a $10 USB enclosure. It will be readable by any recent Mac.

Unable to xfer library from external hd to itunes 9 on new laptop

I am unable to access my externally stored library through iTunes 9. I was able to access the library on my previous computer with an older version of iTunes.
But on my new laptop with a new installation of iTunes 9 when I go to File->Library->Organize Library->Consolidate Files nothing happens. When I return to that dialogue box, the check mark is gone although the "Upgrade to iTunes media organization" has since been grayed out.
I've tried holding the shift key while opening iTunes but when I am directed to select my library, iTunes insists on opening up a .itl file, rather than simply letting me point to my folder which is full of media.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.

I wonder if it has anything to do with itunes 9 onwards storing the files in a differently-called folder than older versions.
The same thing happened to me while I was changing computers. However I managed to avoid your problem. I didn't follow your steps.
What is it that you want to do actually? Transfer the library to the computer? Or just use it externally like you've done until now?

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IN MAC BOOKS MD212B/A AND ME865B/A

can you explain the difference between the 2 macbokk pro model numebrs MD212B/A and ME865B/A

OVERVIEW
Introduced     October 2013
Discontinued     --
Model Identifier     MacBookPro11,1
Model Number     A1502
EMC     2678
Order Number     ME864LL/A (2.4 GHz with 128 GB storage) ME865LL/A (2.4 GHz with 256 GB storage) ME866LL/A (2.6 GHz with 512 GB storage)
OVERVIEW
Introduced     October 2012
Discontinued     October 2013
Model Identifier     MacBookPro10,2
Model Number     A1425
EMC     2557
Order Number     MD212LL/A (2.5 GHz with 128 GB storage) MD213LL/A (2.5 GHz with 256 GB storage)

I purchased an audio book back in march or april. The store does not show it as purchased and I have been unable to transfer it from my old computer to my new laptop. I have followed all of the instructions for transferring for three different methods:

easy transfer
wireless transfer
via external hard drive
I still cannot transfer these books to my laptop. I paid a lot when the book first came out and do not want to pay again. how can we fix this??? I also have an ipod nano that I still use.

Therefore, t there any way to just completely delete all the old backup data out of my Time Capsule from my prior Mac Laptop?
Here is how to do this:
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Click the Disks icon at the top of the AirPort Utility window
Click the Disks tab below the icons
Click Erase
The "Quick Erase" option will only take a moment or two
Now you can backup your MacBook Pro. If you connect an Ethernet cable from the MBP to one of the LAN <-> ports on the TC, the first backup will go 3-5 times faster than wireless.
Once you have the first backup done, you can use wireless for subsequent backups since they will only take a few minutes

How can I move my system from my current hard drive to a new SSD drive?

I just installed a 240GB SSD in place of my optical drive and would like to ,make this drive my startup drive. I have everything backed up on Time Machine. How can I get the OSX 10.8.2 system onto the SSD and make the SSD the startup drive please?

It depends on how you have things organized.
You certainly need to copy all of the folders that have music in them (perhaps this is in your "My Music" folder, or an "iTunes music" folder.
You also need to copy your iTunes library files (.xml, .itl) - these will be in a folder called "iTunes." If your music is in that iTunes folder as well (but it will be in a sub-folder called "iTunes library" - then just copy the whole iTunes folder across.

HT1449 How can I move my music from my iPod series 6 to my new iPod series 7

I have purchased a new iPod nano series 7. How can I transfer the music from my old nano series 6 to the new one?

You don't.
You sync both of them to your computer.
Sync the music from your computer to your enw ipod, just as you did with your old one.

How do I move my tunes from an external hard drive to my new pc

Move tunes from external hard drive to new pc

If the entire library (database & media) is already on the external drive (in the right layout) then you should be able to connect to it by holding down shift as you start iTunes and then choosing the library. If you only have the media folder on the drive then you need to do some preparation for the move first. See this migrate iTunes library post for details.
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How do I move my photos from Iphone4 to my computer?

When I plug the phone into my computer it takes me immediately to the Itunes Shop, I keep expecting to be taken to my own account, but this hasn't happened since I first synced the phone.
I want to transfer my photos from my phone to my computer (or at least copy them) so that I can use them elsewhere and I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to do? Can someone explain exactly how I do this? I've tried looking at the Tutorial, but the menus they refer to I've never seen?
I'm getting more and more frustrated that its not as straightforward as I need it to be.

Your not syncing photos, your importing them to your computer.
When your phone is plug into your computer, right click on start - explore - then you should see your phone as a device - then you can open the device and then transfer your pics to your computer.

How do I move existing notes from iphone to my computer?

So, I have 2000+++ notes on my iphone's notes app and I wanted to transfer them to my computer...
Unfortunately, looking at what I've been able to find so far, there exists only software that needs cash to work (mobileSyncBrowser) or software that does not interact with existing notes (Evernote). ****, even google sync has its own separate account disjointed from the notes already in my iphone. If I wanted to sync them via google I'd have to copy and paste them one by one.
Is there really no way to export all my notes en masse to my computer as text files (for free)? Or somehow be able to extract the notes files from my backup?

With a Mac, notes can be synced with the Mail app notes feature. I believe the same is supported with the Outlook notes feature with Windoze.
Here is one utility that supports extracting select data from the backup on your computer.
http://msb.macsupport-pr.com/

How do I transfer my Itunes library from my previous Windows computer to my new Mac computer?

I do not want to have to re-download all of my CDs, so I was wondering if it were possible to transfer them?

Or look at this article: Move iTunes from PC to MAC, http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

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