I want to transfrer my itunes to a new computer with out losing my playlists and play count

I have my i-tunes on an external hard drive. I want to buy a new computer and download i-tunes, but I do not want to lose my playlists, play count , album covers and notes. How do I do that.
Thanks
Jim

See also this migrate iTunes library post.
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Type "move itunes library" into the google search bar.

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There are various methods described on this page for copying your content between computers : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

How do i switch my itunes from my old computer to my new computer with out losing my info like playlists and apps?

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I'd suggest following this apple doc to a T: ^.^
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer to /Music/ on new computer.
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I want to move the location of my iTunes library music files. At present they are all on my time machine . I want to move them all to my imac. Can I do that and keep all my playlists and play counts? Thanks in advance

I want to move the location of my iTunes library music files. At present they are all on my time machine . I want to move them all to my imac. Can I do that and keep all my playlists and play counts? Thanks in advance
its 1000s of songs . Originally I used the time machine as a networked drive but it can cause the songs to pause so I'm thinking it would be better to have the songs on the internal imac drive
how can I move the songs so I can re-open iTunes and the playlists (with plays in the 100s) find the song in the new place?

Do you mean on your Time Machine backup drive? Or are you actually accessing the backup? In either case you shouldn't be doing that. If you haven't space on your HDD to store the iTunes Library, then at least put it on another external drive.
Since you did not provide any information about what's actually "on my time machine," here's what you would do. The entire iTunes folder should be stored in the /Home/Music/ folder. Within that folder you would have three folders: imm Media, iTunes, and iTunes Playlists.

I want to transfer my itunes to a new computer, can i do it from my ipod

i want to transfer my itunes to a new computer, can i do it from my ipod ?

Hey poppy808,
Thanks for the question. The following resource outlines how to transfer your iTunes Library to a new computer. It also mentions how you can use most iPods as an external drive (in the External drive section):
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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Repair iTunes Security Permissions
Right-click on your main iTunes folder and click Properties, then go to the Securitytab and click Advanced. Use the Change Permissions... button grant to your account (or the Users group) and SYSTEM full control of this folder, subfolders and files, then tick the option to Replace permissions entries... which will repair permissions throughout the library. When complete switch to the General tab, click in the Read-only check box to clear it, then click Apply.
If you don't have the option to change the permissions then use the Owner tab and Edit... button to take ownership from an account with administrator privileges. Tick the option to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects.
Repeat with the media folder if it isn't stored inside the main iTunes folder.
If you've brought over the library from another computer you may also want to remove any "mystery" identities (S<string of dashes & digts>) that have come over from the old computer...
The images above are from Windows 7. Hopefully the system isn't too different in Windows 8.
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My old laptop is not working. How do I get my itunes account and library on my new computer with out wiping out my ibrary?

my old laptop is not working. How do I get my itunes account and library on my new computer with out wiping out my ibrary?

Hi 1Donald,
To answer your question, ''"How can my new desktop have a KEY when it is not even part of the sync yet?"''
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I've had to open itunes on a new computer as my last one died and i didn't have backup. but i've noticed many of my purchased songs have not come back to my itunes to download, which means i have to buy them again. Can anyone help me? Most of my purchased music was there ready to load, but about ten weren't. thanks.

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I moved itunes to a new computer. had music but no playlists,

I have a new computer and moved my music to a external drive then onto my new computer, now all my playlists are gone, soooo I started rebuilding my playlists, I didnt do it all in one day, but now all the music has the exclmation mark and wont play at all.
I am not very good with the computer so I am lost when it is seaching for my songs, because it cant find them. when it searches it goes to my desktop, looking fo a file name.
I dont know how to fix this. How do I get backto what was on the old computer?
As I am not a computer person this is a frustration becaue I dont know one file from another.
I purchased a lot of songs from itunes and would like to have thm back rather than start all over and repurchase the song that i paid for.
Can anyone help ? I also want to be able to sync my ipod, like before, I'm concerned about losing what is on the ipod .
Thank you

Eching the comment above I suspect you only copied the media folder, instead of copying the main iTunes folder. Playlists, ratings, play counts etc. are all stored in the iTunes Library.itl file that is the core of your library. Migrate the whole library properly and everything ends up on the new system. This is my suggested process.
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
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I am switching computers and want to move my itunes to a new computer

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Choose Consolidate Library from the Advanced menu or the Library section of the File menu in iTunes, find the iTunes library location from the iTunes preferences, and move the song files inside to the new computer.
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