Mac to Mac Library transfer?

Alright, when I switched from PC to Mac, I was able to transfer the iTunes Library.itl file to my old G3 iBook (10.3.9), and was able to retain all of my play counts. The actual music files are on an external drive. I just got a new MacBook. I attempted to transfer the .itl file again, but it gives an error message sayign that the .itl file does not appear to be a valid exported file. I transferred the library.xml file from the ibook, and all but 240 of my songs appeared along with my playlists, but all of my play counts and ratings were gone.
I guess the condensed version of the above is what is the easiest way to transfer my library and retain the play counts given that all of my music files are on an external drive?

Do you have enough room on the boot drive to consolidate everything onto that from the 2nd drive?
Oh wait, is the second drive also an internal drive or an external drive?
Anyway, if you can consolidate to the boot drive. Then you can copy the entire iTunes folder to the external then plug into the new mac, copy it again onto the new Mac then open it directly from iTunes...
How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304447
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Having just upgraded my iMac, and carried out the Mac to Mac transfer (such a breeze), my only casualty is my scanner. Epson brand.
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iTunes Store: Authorize or deauthorize your Mac or PC - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420 - and another helpful post: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17828050
iTunes application window (not Finder or a browser) > menus at top > Store menu > drag down to Authorize This Computer. (In earlier versions of iTunes access this option from the Advanced menu).
Image of where this is in iTunes 11: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20585561
Typically you use Migration Assistant to move items from an old computer to a new one.
OS X: How to migrate data from another Mac using Mavericks - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5872
If the new computer has too little space you may beed to do selective moving. I have never use MA so I don't know if there is a selective mode. Alternatively, hrere's how to move an iTunes library. However, since an iTunes library is often what takes up a lot of space you may have to be even more selective.
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.)

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One suggestion is to reformat your iPod as Windows format. You will have to plug it into a Windows machine running iTunes there and restore it on that computer. This will erase the entire iPod and reformat as windows format.
Then put it back on your Mac. Macs can read and write to Windows formatted iPods (but Windows can not read Mac formatted iPods). Resync your library to the now Windows formatted iPod. Now you are back to where you were when you started except the iPod is Windows formatted.
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When you get home, you can switch the iPod back to Auto update mode to sync back play counts, ratings, etc. and to apply any updates you made to your library. Just switch it back to manual mode before you go to work.
I do this all the time. My windows formatted iPod is synced to my eMac library but I often play it at work where I have installed iTunes on my computer and just have an empty library. I can play directly off my iPod and music files don't clog up my work computer.
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Guys, I found another user and what he said to do worked!!! I have copied the information below:
This was 1 of the things that happend to me too, the other one was that at the bottom of the itunes page were it says all the memory info, it marked that I had over 3gb of other memory wich I didn't.
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You shoudl have come here first for help before doing that.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201
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