Is it OK to copy and paste Aperture and iTunes libraries to new computer?

Is it OK to copy and paste Aperture and iTunes libraries to new a computer in OS X Mavericks?

Well, yes, you can copy them over.  It's probably easier to use Migration Assistant though, as a lot depends on how the machines are connected, etc.

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  • Syncing and streaming from different itunes libraries on same computer

    First, I came across a thread saying that it is possible to sync and stream from the same itunes library, but Apple technical support says this is not possible and the thread didn't explain how this is done. I know you can still stream music from a library that is synced with the ATV by using Airtunes, but you can't stream movies through Airtunes. If there's a way to sync and stream movies through the ATV from the same itunes library, can someone please let me know how to do it?
    If this is not possible, does anyone know if it's possible to sync to one library and stream from another on the same computer? I tried this last night and for a second I thought it worked because my itunes was listed on the ATV twice (once as syncing and the other as streaming) but then when I switched back to the library that the ATV was supposed to be synced with, that library disappeared from the ATV and I lost all of the media on the ATV. (As a side note, when I started syncing again, the ATV showed that it still had all of the media on there, but itunes showed that there was nothing and started copying everything again - very annoying).
    This is an issue for me because I only have one computer and all of my media on an external harddrive. I like having my music synced with the ATV but my movies will not fit on the ATV so I would prefer to just stream those rather than have to delete and add movies everytime I want to watch something different. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    missed a very important step necessary to achieve this, in the summary tab in iTunes there is a check box... "show only synced items".. if you uncheck that box then unsynced items will will appear on the appleTV menus and when you click on them they will be streamed... this gives you the sync and stream from the same library part of what the OP wants.
    the other part of the puzzle is to let items inside and outside of the iTunes Folder exist in the iTunes library... the library is file that contains all the files that you see in itunes... files don't need to be in the iTunes folder to be in the itunes library though..
    the trick here is that when you drag the files from your external (the ones you don't want on your computer) and into iTunes... press option as you drag and the files will be added to the iTunes library (a reference/path to them really) but the files will not be copied to the iTunes folder... when iTunes looks for that file (to play it directly or to stream or sync to appleTV) it looks at the reference and says.. hey i can get this file here (on your external) and goes and fetches it.
    on a PC you press SHIFT as you drag into iTunes so the item(s) don't get copied to the iTunes folder.. no OPTION key on PCs.
    Message was edited by: tmartine

  • I purchased a new computer and after setting up iTunes with the new computer, the majority of my previously bought songs appeared, except for one album. How do I recover this album without having to repurchase it?

    Can anyone help me in trying to recover this album? I don't want to have to repurchase it because I already paid for it once.

    One way is to restore from backup. The other way is to use iTunes on your old computer to burn a hard copy of the album (ie, make a audio CD.) Then import the songs to your new computer.

  • The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?

    I have recently switched from a PC to a MacBook Pro.
    I have a large number of documents and photographs on a multiterrabite external drive, backed up on a second multiterrabite external drive.
    Both external drives are formatted for MacIntosh. This has been verified by agents at an Apple store and also at Best Buy in two different cities.
    This is the problem:
    The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
    Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
    I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
    Thanks!
    Roderick Guerry
    [email protected]

    Roderick Guerry wrote:
    The MacBook Pro will not allow me to cut-and-paste to and from or to click-and-drag to the external drive. I can copy-and-paste, but then I must send the original to the trash, which doubles the time and effort. Is there any way to cut-and-paste?
    No, this is a philosophical difference between Apple and Microsoft. Apple believes that it's dangerous to cut a file in case the user never pastes it; in that case the file is lost. Microsoft seems to not have this problem (if I remember Windows correctly) because they don't delete the originating file if it's cut but never pasted.
    Even though Macs have a lot of keyboard shortcuts, philosophically Macs have traditionally been mouse-first. This applies to file copy operations. In your case, what a Mac user would do is open the source window, open the destination window (on your second drive), and then Command-drag the selected files from the source to destination window. This is because a normal drag would leave the originals behind, while adding the Command modifier key tells OS X that this is a Move, not a Copy, so don't leave the originals behind.
    (In addition there are different rules for drag-copying within the same volume or between different volumes. If you drag between two folders on the same volume, the files are moved. If you drag between different volumes, the files are copied unless you hold down Command to delete the copies on the source volume.)
    Roderick Guerry wrote:
    Also, the MacBook Pro will not allow me to rename multiple documents or photographs. I can click-and-rename a single one, but this is impossibly time consuming. I can batch-rename in iPhoto, but when I transfer the photographs to the external drive, the rename does not transfer.
    Two problems in this case. First, batch file renaming is not built into OS X unless you build something with Automator. However, there are many utilities that can do batch file renaming which you can find at macupdate.com or on the App Store. Since I work with media I often batch rename using one of the media managers I have lying around like Media Pro or Adobe Bridge (comes with Photoshop).
    iPhoto is a database front end designed to shield the file system from the consumer and let them concentrate on creativity and sharing. As such it is often a poor choice for managing files directly. When you "transferred the photographs" chances are you moved the originals, not the ones iPhoto edited which are stored in a hidden folder.
    Roderick Guerry wrote:
    I’m reduced to using my wife’s Toshiba to cut-and-past, rename, and transfer documents. It works perfectly. Is there any way to do this on the MacBook Pro?
    There will not be a way to do it exactly like Windows. As described above, there are ways to do it "the Mac way." If it is possible to remove judgment on which way is "better" you might find the Mac way to be acceptable, but of course sometimes we simply prefer what we're used to.

  • Cannot copy and paste artwork in iTunes

    Cannot copy and paste artwork in itunes.  Does anyone have suggestions?

    First you need to open song info copy from or paste to the artwork box. It won't work with right click, you need to use the short cuts "cmd C" for copy and "cmd V' for paste.

  • Copy and paste text and graphics between Flash and Illustrator

    When copying text in Illustrator and pasting them to Flash, some text would become drawing objects and some remain text. A drawing object is not editable. If I import the AI file, then text remains text but the placement of graphics can be a little bit off sometimes.
    It's just not possible to copy-and-paste text and graphics from Flash to Illustrator.
    Is it just me? If not, when will Adobe have better integration between the 2?
    Thanks,

    Even though you can change your InDesign preferences for Clipboard Handling to allow formatted information to be pasted into InDesign from other programs, unfortunately Illustrator still won't allow you paste in text with formatting. This is due to how Illustrator and InDesign handle text differently. Even if you copy the text from Illustrator and paste it into a program like Word, which has a lot of different ways to handle formatted text, Illustrator just treats text differently than other Adobe applications.

  • Tcode for copying and pasting cofiles and data.

    Hi,
         i doing transport manually means going in se09 in qa and released and copied  and pasted the cofiles and data request numbers from qa to prod then i imported the request number. but is it possible for doing copying and pasting  cofiles and data through tcode rather than doing maually.help me plz.

    Hi Raj
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  • How to place two different indesign documents side by side on my desktop in order to copy and paste images and text from one to the other?

    How to place two different indesign documents side by side on my desktop in order to copy and paste images and text from one to the other?

    Or choose Window > Arrange > Tile
    And, you of course can copy/paste without tiling.

  • How can I copy and paste an entire page on the new Pages?

    How can I copy and paste an entire page on the new Pages?

    Open one document in Pages v5.5.3, Open a second document in Pages v5.5.3. Select, copy, and paste one page between source and destination documents. Document objects such as Text boxes, shapes, images, tables, etc must be individually selected, copied, and pasted.

  • Can no longer copy and past jpg and gifs into InDesign from c:\user\doc\pics

    Here is the error message we get when doing a copy and past from the hard drive to InDesign.
    Error Message from InDesign:
    Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing...
    First, do I need to add a plug-in to be able to copy and past jpgs and gifs?
    Second, we have always used clip organizer with no problem. Ability to copy and paste jpg & gif suddenly stopped. We get a box but no image ont the page. Have already tried dumping temp internet files through internet explorer. Have already un & re installed InDesign and repaired and fixed everything I could think of.
    Third, we can use the place command to place jpgs but can not place gifs.
    William (Helping Mrs. White)

    It sounds as if Mrs White needs to search visually for graphics and then place them. She can either set Windows Explorer
    to thumbnail view and drag a graphic on to an InDesign page - this will in effect be placing the graphic, not copying
    and pasting, and is the right way to go. Or she can use File > Place, and set the view in the Explorer window that she
    selects from in the Place command to a thumbnail view to see the graphics.
    GIFs can be placed. They are not a recommended format, but if you are placing clip art then you may have no option.
    So, in answer to your original question, no, you don't need a plug-in to place JPEGs and GIFs. But note that is place,
    not copy and paste.
    k

  • I have IMAC and use Aperture and I am looking for a good App to turn a photograph into a painting look

    I have an IMAC and use Aperture and I am looking for a App that will allow me to have one of my photos look like a painting - any suggestions?  It is a gift for my brother

    I like photoshop elements.
    http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/blog/from-photograph-to-painting/
    You can also do something like this:
    http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/new_page_9.shtml

  • If i create a new itunes on a new computer and then connect my iphone to it will it clear my phone or simply copy all apps and items to the new itunes?

    If i create a new itunes on a new computer and then connect my iphone to that computer will it clear my phone or simply copy all apps and items to the new Itunes?

    Do not create a new iTunes account... accounts cannot be merged.
    Install iTunes on the new computer.
    Syncing of iDevices does not import content to a computer, the sync is one way from computer to iDevice.
    Moving iTunes Library: Mac
    Moving iTunes Library: Windows
    Moving iTunes Library: External Hard drive

  • Cut and paste tables and charts from Acrobat Pro 8?

    With earlier versions of Acrobat Pro, I could cut and paste charts and tables from .pdf documents into Word. Now that doesn't seem to be working.  Help!

    Selecting all does not help - the issue is I need a table within an incoming email to be moved to excel, edited and then pasted back into a new email. "Select All" picks up the email headers, signatures, any messages around the table etc so that doesn't work. Also, as pointed out above Excel doesn't have a select all feature to get the tables back into the body of an email.
    I just tried again going from Excel into Outlook 2011. No luck. All one column down the left side of the email. All columns are removed and text crammed into one column. Just to check I cut from one Excel document and pasted into another and it retained all formating just fine. It is only in and out of Outlook that seems to be the issue.

  • HT1751 I want to copy the songs that are in my ipod in to an external hard drive and not from a itunes folder in my computer.

    I want to copy the songs that are in my ipod in to an external hard drive and not from the itunes folder in my computer (the reason being is that the songs in itunes folder are not to my taste. Please help?)
    I have the orignal ipod 120gb
    Many thanks.
    Afzal

    Bare in mind that Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device. Unless you have the same music on your PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
    You can only transfer Purchased music over to Itunes on your PC.
    iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
    As for you own music, you may have to use a third party software. A good Free one is called Sharepod which you can download from Download.com here:
    http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2

  • HT4527 I transeferred my itunes to a new computer via external hard drive, however over 4000 plus songs have a ! mark beside it and they cannt be played as itunes states that the location can not be found.  how do i fix this so all my music can be played.

    Hi
    I recently moved my itunes to a new computer by using a external hard drive.
    However my itunes music is not all playable.  over 4000 songs have a ! mark and when tried to be played or copied to ipod or iphone, it says that this song cannot be found and asks to locate it. 
    How do i fix this problem so that all my songs are available in itunes

    It is probably best to start over. 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.
    tt2

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