Itunes not recognising my library even though I transferred my library from another mac

Hello.  Transferring over to an MBA from a MBP.  I followed the instructions and copied the itunes folder from my MBP (itunes 11.1.1) to an external hard drive after consolidating it.
On my MBA I removed the itunes folder it came with and replaced it with the folder from my external hard drive (itunes 11.0.3). However, iTunes is not recognising any of the music!  I really want to import all my ratings and playlists so am keen for this to work.
I've done it before and it worked just fine.  What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.

Oh, yeah, it is confusing. The Purchased option on the Sidebar only shows purchases actually made on the computer you are using at the time you click on the Purchased option. The Purchased option under Quick Links shows you all purchases made under the Apple ID that is signed on.
I wish they would change the name of one or the other so they would be distinctive from one another - even Purchased vs. Purchases would be better than using the exact same word!
Cheers,
GB

Similar Messages

  • Itunes not installed correctly error even though install is successful

    I installed Itunes 9 and was working fine. All of a sudden i started getting errors saying "Itunes not installed correctly. Please reinstall Itunes" Error 7 keeps coming.
    I reinstalled and installed several times. Finally i removed all apple software in the order of itunes, quicktime player, and other apple software. I reinstall and still keeps saying "Not installed corectly". I have windows xp professional.
    I'm pulling my hair

    Have you give the complete error message?
    Some people have had error 7 when there is a problem with Apple Application support.
    Did you remove that when you did your uninstalls?
    see:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10438509#10438509

  • Wireless keyboard is not recognised on startup even though batteries are not flat?

    I have two imacs and yesterday one of the keyboards would not connect to the imac when it started in the morning so I assumed it was the batteries and changed them but the same thing happened to my other imac this morning and so I used an old wired keyboard to log in and then the wireless keyboard started to work and told me it 100% battery.
    Does anyone have an idea why this is happening and what I can do to stop it?
    Cheers
    David

    hi,
    remove the keybords on both mac and reinstal (pairing) the keybord on each machine.take care one keyboard one machine to avoid confusion.
    regards

  • How to open imovie library from another mac

    I have my iMovie library on an extral, USB drive.
    I would like to temporarily take that drive to the livingroom, plug it in to a laptop (macbook pro), so I can view the videos on my larget TV screen.
    After this I would like to return the drive to the office and plug it back to the iMac - which is the main machine I use for iMovie.
    Is this possible to do without much hassle?  Do I just plug the drive to the laptop and my iMovie files will be automatically viewed on iMovie on my other machine?
    Will I be able to easily reverse the process?
    Is it necessary to have both versions of iMovie be the same? or not?
    Thank you.

    Thanks GeeD!   I have iMovie 11 on both the permanent iMac and the temporary MacBook Pro.  Both running OS X 10.8.
    Actually, I don't want to or need to do any work on the temporary laptop.  All the work is done on the iMac.  I just need to be able to play videos on the laptop (which I can connect more easily to my large screen TV).  I want to play the raw "events" - without having to create a project, edit, export, etc. which is time consuming.
    You mentioned "copying" the library to the new laptop.  This is not an option for me and I hope it is not necessary.  I have several terabytes of video in my event library.    The current library is in en external USB drive.  I'm hoping that I can just unplug the drive from the iMac and plug it to the temporary laptop without having to copy the videos.    If I do that, will I immediately "see" all the events on the external drive?   and more importantly, will I be able to reverse the process by simply unpluging the drive and replugging it to the iMac?   or will it required configuration to point to a new library each time I move the external drive?
    Thank you.

  • Why do some photos turn out smaller in size after transferring the photo library from another Mac?

    Photo size in iPhoto smaller after transferring from a previous Macbook.

    Hi, LakeLadyWes -
    This may not be it, but just thinking, your old Mac and new MacBook - your new MacBook is most likely retina, and your old Mac was not... Because of the higher pixel density of the retina, photos that were larger on your less pixel density older Mac would have appeared larger than they do on the new retina MacBook.
    It is something I had to get used to myself... I have my 15" MacBook, and a second external 27" monitor that I use for photo editing ... On my MacBook retina, the screen is 2800 x 1800 px, for a 220+ dpi resolution, whilst my 2nd monitor is like an older iMac before they went retina also - 2560 x 1440 px @ just under 109 dpi, in other words, half the pixel density and resolution of my MacBook, so images take up more space, and are larger on my 2nd monitor, while they are more compressed and smaller on my MacBook.
    So, your photos still may be the same size, but because of the retina screen, they just appear smaller.  Again, this may not be it, but just something you may think about too.

  • Can I keep photos on my iTouch even after they've been deleted from my Mac?

    I sync photos onto my iTouch, but due to limited space on my MacBook I periodically backup then delete all the photos on my Mac. What then happens is that next time I sync my iTouch all the photos that were on my iTouch disappear.
    If I uncheck the "sync photos" checkbox, it then deletes all the photos on the iTouch.
    I want to be able to put photos on the iTouch and leave them there, and later add new ones. Is this possible?
    Is there anyway to keep the old photos on the iTouch even though they've been deleted from my Mac?

    No.  The only way to retain them on the iPod after they have been deleted from the computer is to not sync.  YOu also can;t add new one .

  • My Ipod shuffle appears in itunes on mac but not on windows 7 even though we have the latest update of itunes. We have also tried the other solutions on the apple support site.

    My Ipod shuffle appears in itunes on mac but not on windows 7 even though we have the latest update of itunes. We have also tried the other solutions on the apple support site.

    Hi reinkristine86!
    I know you’ve said that you have tried other suggestions for troubleshooting this issue, so pardon me if you have already seen this article, but have you tried all of the troubleshooting steps listed in the article below?
    iPod not recognized in My Computer and in iTunes for Windows
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1369
    Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
    Cheers,
    Braden

  • HT1386 I have an app called ipieta which was originally downloaded onto an ipod. I gave the ipod to someone else, but now that I've had the iphone I can not get the audio even though it is downloaded into itunes music like it said to do.  It won't work.

    I have an app called ipieta which was originally downloaded onto an ipod. I gave the ipod to someone else, but now that I've had the iphone I can not get the audio even though it is downloaded into itunes music like it said to do.  It won't work.  I've tried more than several times to get help but nothing helps. Do I need to deauthorize the ipod or perhaps erase all the downloaded ipieta stuff and start over?
    Thanks for any suggestions

    Sorry. There's nothing anyone can do. The current version of the facebook app will not run on 4.2.1. The iPhone 3G won't run anything higher than 4.2.1. You're stuck.
    Maybe it's time to buy yourself a new iPod Touch.

  • Itunes does not recognise my library

    I have my itunes library on a NAS. This morning I have tried to open Itunes and it does not recognise the library - it is asking me either to create a new library or to choose another library. When I try to link it to my existing library, I cannot select the library as it is greyed out.
    This very same thing happened a few weeks ago and at that point i decided to rebuild the library. I wondered if anyone knows if they have had a similar experience, or why it is happening?
    thanks

    I also am having this problem. It seems Apple has decided what's best for us, and your system will automatically switch the library location back to your hard drive on the MAC if it is unable to find the NAS library or if the NAS is turned off. This causes EXTREME frustration, because when you have TONS of music on your NAS, you then have to re-direct the library location back to the NAS manually, and it takes a LONG time for the MAC to reorganize the library. Plus if you inadvertantly loaded new music into your library after the location was moved back to your hard drive, you'll now have music in two different locations and consolitdating them is another huge time suck.

  • ITune not recognising iPod touch, on and off.

    Okay, this is not the usual iTunes not recognising the iPod.
    I had this problem when I first set up my iPod. After a full uninstall and reinstall of iTunes, as described in the support article, my iPod was recognised. Now I have added more music to my collection, and a couple of the apps need updating I wanted to update my iPod. I connected my iPod and nothing, it does not show in iTunes. It is showing in my computer as a camers which I really wish it would stop doing. Also when my iPod was connected the first time I set up to allow it to wirelessly update and it won't do that either.
    I am stuck on what else to do. I just hope I am not going to have to do a full uninstall and reinstall every time I want to update my iPod, because it rather defeats the purpose.
    I have read and followed the instructions here:
    http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/assistant/itunes/
    I have even de-authorised and re-authorised my account as suggested at the Apple store. It is the latest model of touch, not sure what gen that is but it is only two weeks old. What else can I do to try and get this sorted?

    Illass thank you for the reply, but as I said I have done everything on the support page. I even printed off the uninstall instructions as it gave you a rather precise order to do it in and I did check for the folders to see if they had been left, I learnt that when I updated my graphics drivers and still a game said my card wasn't up to scratch, even though my card supported shading 4.0 it only needed 2.0 for the game.
    I also printed off the software conflict information otherwise I would have gotten totally lost.
    However thank you for the disabling info, as it was getting a tad annoying when I was connecting it to charge up.
    I decided to uninstall and reinstall again and low and behold it is recognised again. That makes it the second time I have had to do this to get my touch recognised. However doing this everytime I want to update is going to be rather annoying.
    Ah the days of the Nano 2nd gen, and the innoence of those times. Shame some clumsy so-an-so knocked it out of my hand and stepped on it as it was just so simple to use.

  • Itunes doesn't recognize Ipod even though Itunes appears!!!!

    Itunes doesn't recognize Ipod even though Itunes pops up! I dropped it like 1 foot in the air once and landed on concrete. Now everything's fine until I play a song and it will just skip, freeze or just play a little bit and then skip. I don't think this is the problem but this is getting more wierd. I've tried almost every solution in this site but none of them worked so please, anyone, help me if you have a solution to this problem!!!

    When your iPod does not appear in iTunes:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61771
    You might want to reset your iPod to prevent any more skipping and freezing. Press and hold the MENU and CENTER buttons - at the same time - until the Apple logo shows. This should take about 6 seconds. Also, you want to do this while your iPod is connected to your computer.
    When your iPod skips while playing a song:
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61018

  • I have a 3GS and ITunes doesn't see it even though my computer does.

    I have an IPhone 3GS and Itunes no longer sees it even though my computer does. I have Itunes 10 can anyone help?

    Disable a/v software and turn off the Firewall.
    Disable antivirus software
    Turn Windows Firewall on or off
    iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows

  • About an hour ago, I purchased Real Racing 2 from the Mac App Store for $12.99, but since then it has not downloaded one bit, even though I have a stable wifi connection. The money has already been taken from my account as well. What should I do?

    About an hour ago, I purchased Real Racing 2 from the Mac App Store for $12.99, but since then it has not downloaded one bit, even though I have a stable wifi connection. The money has already been taken from my account as well. What should I do?

    Just to make sure, open Mac App Store and click Purchases. Can you pause the download and restart it?

  • HT3819 How do I share just one movie (not my entire library) from my itunes library with an authorized computer using home sharing?

    How do I share just one movie (not my entire library) from my itunes library with an authorized computer using home sharing?

    many thanks.
    That should be possible.
    From his library connect to your library via Home Sharing.
    Select the name of the shared library in the source pane of your itunes, and click on the wee disclosure triangle to the left of the name of the library. Does "Films" appear beneath the name of the library?
    Here's a screenshot of what I mean.
    Select "Films". In the right-hand pane you should see the item you want to transfer. Just select that item, and click "Import".
    Use the same basic technique to get one or a few songs from your library transferred to his library. (The only difference is that you would have "Music" selected instead of "Films".
    If you don't want him to have access to other items in your library, you could just switch Home Sharing off on his library after you've done the transfers.

  • I downloaded the Adobe free trial to convert a PDF to Word and it will not open.  Further, even though I have signed in, it reverts back to the sign in page over and over and over again.  How do I to convert?

    I downloaded the Adobe free trial to convert a PDF to Word and it will not open.  Further, even though I have signed in, it reverts back to the sign in page over and over and over again.  How do I convert?

    Moving this discussion to the Adobe CreatePDF forum.

Maybe you are looking for