Migrating from windows itunes to mac itunes

covinced my mom to get a new imac.
she had itunes on her windows machine so i copied the itunes folder to an external drive and have hooked it up to the mac. when i try to drag the music files to mac itunes- it won't work.
when i look at file, it shows a lock in the upper left corner - but when i click open apple - I for info, it doesn't show the file to get locked, so i'm not sure how to bring all of her files over.
suggestions?

Have you looked at the Apple Support article "How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer" at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

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I am currently a new user of Lightroom 2.1 In the next month or two I will be moving from a Windows XP machine to a new MacBook Pro.
I wonder how that will be accomplished.
1) Are there anything recommended to do in preparation for the migration as I start importing pictures into Lightroom 2.1?
2) Can I use the same CD to install it in the MAC OS environment. Note I will only use the MAC version once I am migrated.
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[email protected]

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When I unplugged the external drive, I couldn't get to the individual photos underlying the thumbs. When I double-click on a photo, it says it can't find it and asks me if I want to map it. Unless you have a meticulous folder naming convention, this is tough. The only thing I've been able to do is search on the file name in my hard drive and map there. It does have an option to map all other photos in that same folder, but it will take a long time to get my 21k photos remapped. The only thing I have going for me is that I set my camera to number photos continuously so I they are unique and searchable.
I've resigned myself to mapping photos as I need them. It's a pain, but I spoke to Ram in Lightroom tech support and he said that's the only workaround he knows of and no feature in the application to facilitate.
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What are the best steps to take to transfer his ipod to the Mac? I was thinking backup the info from his ipod and then reformat it to a Mac version, then transfer the backup back onto the ipod??
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I have a family member who is thinking about switching from Windows to a Mac. She is currenlty using Adobe stuff on Windows (PE 4) where she edits and organizes her photo's.
I've set her up for trial with one of my Macs with PE 4 installed. Now the question is, will she be using iPhoto or Adobe Bridge on the Mac and what is more important, how can she migrate in either situation?
Personally, I think iPhoto/PE is the best solution, but how should she migrate her Windows photo database to het Mac and might migrating to Adobe bridge not be easier?

Gerben:
If Photo Bridge can write the metadata, primarily the keywords, to the files then importing the folders that the file are located in will create rolls in iPhoto with the same title as those folder. Also the keywords should be read by iPhoto and included in its database.
As you know iPhoto is a image management application but one with the additional features of slideshows, books,etc. It can group photos by whatever criteria the user want. Bridge is primarily a browser type application.
To migrate her Windows photos to iPhoto she should first copy the folders of image files to the Mac. Then download and run BatChmod on each folder with the settings shown here, putting your administartive name in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folders into that field. This will assure that the permissions/ownership are properly set before importing into iPhoto.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
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I downloaded their CRLF v1.2 utility and installed it on my Mac, except either it's not working, or I don't know how to use it, and the readme instructions that came with it are confusing and unclear. Executing CRLF v1.2 generates a "...not supported in this system" error.
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I recently got a Mac and I'm looking into migrating from Windows Photoshop Elements 6.0 to iPhoto 7 ('08).
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Can't answer all your questions, but I'll have a go at a couple.
1. Photoshop Elements has a tagging feature, which is similar to iPhoto's keyword feature. Not sure how iPhoto will process the keywords. Do I just import the pictures into iPhoto and iPhoto will recognize the keywords? Should I create the keywords in iPhoto ahead of time prior to import (using names that exactly match Photoshop tag names) ?
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2. In PE, I've assigned captions to pictures. Can iPhoto read the captions and treat them as titles or descriptions?
Can Elements write these to the IPTC data? If so, iPhoto should read them. A little trial will confirm.
3. In PE, I've assigned ratings to pictures. Can iPhoto read them, or do I need to manually redo the ratings in iPhoto?
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4. One PE feature that I will really miss is hierarchical tags (e.g. Family->Kid's name). (Aside: everyone, please put in a request to Apple to support this feature!!) While I would prefer a native iPhoto feature to support hierarchical tags, I saw that there are 3rd party plugins available. What's the best one in terms of features and long term support/viability? Is it Keyword Manager?
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5. Any easy way to translate my PE Album definitions when migrating to iPhoto? I assume I would need to recreate them from scratch based on keywords and optionally ratings?
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Don't get hung up on a word. They could have as easily called them 'trousers' and it would make almost as much sense
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For my money, Events are a very limited way of organising photos. They are strictly date and time based. As time goes by I consolidate them - Spring 06, Summer 07, America 08 (I do this as we have three cameras feeding the Library).
I organise using Albums, Smart Albums and Keywords.
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