Music transfer old computer new computer

how to transfer music from itunes on old computer to new lap top w/ installed itunes

On a Mac there is an application in the Utilities folder called Migration Assistant. Running this application on both Macs and connecting your old and new macs together will allow you to transfer all files you might want from the old Mac to the new one. It's pretty easy to do and the application is pretty easy to understand and follow the instructions.
Not sure hw you might do this on a PC.

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  • Help on music transfer, old to new.

    How can i transfer music that's on my old clicker wheel ipod and set up on an old pc to my new laptop which already has my iphone and itunes set up on it? I ain't got a clue what to do coz it says i can't have both.

    All of the music from your ipod dhould be on your cmputer as that is where it came from in the first place.
    Just sync it from your computer to your iphone.
    "it says i can't have both."
    What says that you cannot have both what?

  • New computer,  want keep ipod music from old computer to new?

    new computer,  want keep ipod music from old computer to new?

    Hi mtscott41,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
    I understand that you have music on an iPod from your old computer. You now have a new computer but do not want to have the music from the iPod erased when you sync to the new computer. If the music on your iPod was purchased from iTunes you can either transfer those purchases from the iPod to your new computer’s iTunes Library or you can download the previously purchased content directly to your iTunes Library from iTunes. Please use the following article as reference for transferring purchases.
    iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
    The following article will show you how to download all of your previous purchases directly to iTunes if you would like to proceed this way.
    Download past purchases
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
    If the music on your iPod was not purchased from iTunes and you still have the old computer, you may want to use a process called Home Sharing to transfer that content to your new computer. The following article explains Home Sharing.
    iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4620
    I hope this helps,  
    -Joe

  • How do i recover music from old computer. its broken and i did not have the music backed up on any other hard drive.

    how do i recover music from old computer. its broken and i did not have the music backed up on any other hard drive.

    OK, well, seems like you need to lose the attitude if you really want help.
    There are several ways to get music from iTunes on your computer to your device.
    The easiest is to sync directly with iTunes by connecting your device to your computer, selecting the device, setting up your Profile pages, and then clicking the Sync button to sync.
    First you want to open iTunes and under Preferences>Devices, make sure that you are not syncing automatically:
    Make sure that box is checked.
    Then follow the instructions in the article below for either your computer or your Mac to set up your Profile pages and to sync your music via iTunes:
    WINDOWS IOS SYNC ITUNES 11
    iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
    You can also directly download music from iTunes to your device by going to the iTunes icon, going to "Purchased", and selecting the items that are not on your device that show a little cloud next to them. Click on the cloud and the music will download.
    You might also want to familiarize yourself with your iPhone 5 manual. It has all the answers you cannot find on Google or by trying to just do it by brute force. If you would take a little time to read about your device and how to use it, you might not be so frustruated and unnecessarily snarky to people who are trying to help:
    http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
    Best of luck,
    GB

  • Will my music transfer to a new iPod?

    Having a bit of trouble with my 5th generation nano and would like to upgrade.  Will all of my music transfer to a newer model?

    Yes.
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  • How to transfer itunes music from old computer to new computer

    I am sure someone has asked this question before but darned if I can find it anywhere...I have a new computer and want to transfer my music (which was loaded from CDs) from my old computer to my new one. I also want to keep my playlists that I spent time setting up. But when I plug my ipod touch into my new computer it simply asks me if I want to wipe all the music on it and replace it with what is in itunes on the new computer ie. nothing.
    Help!

    Quit iTunes and click over to your My Documents folder. Inside this folder, go to My Music. Inside My Music is your iTunes music folder. Now, copy this to a flash drive (if its big enough), an external hard drive, online using backup services like Mozy, or burned onto a CD-R or a DVD. You can even enable Disk Use on your iPod and move it there.
    After you copy the iTunes library, disconnect whatever you used and take it to your new computer.
    *More reviews:* [iPhone Transfer|http://www.softwarebbs.com/wiki/IPhone_Transfer]

  • How to transfer my music from old computer to new computer

    I would liketo use home sharing to transfer all my music from itunes on my old computer to itunes on my new one. I have followed the steps for home sharing but my old itunes library will not show up in the side menu on my new computer. Both are windows computers

    Does the old hard drive still work? You can buy an external hard drive case and transfer data to your new Macbook Pro and recover your itunes libary. As far as i'm aware, Apple have not created software or allow you to move music from ipod to Mac.

  • How to transfer iTunes music from old computer to new laptop

    I just got a new laptop and I want to know if its possible to transfer my music from my old computer to my new laptop. I have already bought so much music, and I don't think I should be required to buy it again. How do I transfer the music to my new laptop from my old computer?

    Same answer as you other post with the same question.

  • Transfer music from old computer to new.

    Seems I cannot figure out how to transfer my songs from my old computer to new. I am on ITunes 7 on the old and new machine. I have tried export but it fails when the 2nd CD is asked for during Export. I have tried back-up but the new machine will not accept the CD. Any suggestions to an ITunes user who is suffering enough with switching computers?
    yo-dt

    Hi yo-dt,
    You can also use a portable Hard Drive, or an iPod to move your library successfully. Read the articles bellow:
    [How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329?viewlocale=en_US]
    [iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Music folder|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364?viewlocale=en_US].
    Hope this helps!
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  • TS1424 Can you help Plz? What is the simplest way to transfer my music from old computer to new.

    what is the simplest way to transfer my music in iTune from my old computer to the new plz.

    Move or copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder from the old computer to the new computer.

  • I am having problems with my music collection, after burning all of my music to the computer I organized it into folders and placed it in the iTunes Folder. Starting on a new computer now. I can get my music from old computer?

    I am having problems with my music collection, after burning all of my music to the computer I organized it into folders and placed it in the iTunes Folder. As of now i realize this was a mistake. Starting on a new computer now. I cant get my music to transfer from the itunes folder on the old computer? I keep getting error "Can't Read from the source file or disk." Whenever I got to folder properties its always checked read only. But when i play the song it works just fine. Im sure this is just because I added music into itunes folder but is there anyway to fix it?

    WMA files are 'window media audio' files, which is a Microsoft format. If you want to add them to your iTunes library on your Mac then you will need to convert them into a compatible format first. If you still have your windows machine then iTunes for Windows can convert them from WMA to MP3 format : https://discussions.apple.com/message/24158701#24158701
    Or try a search for, for example, 'convert wma to mp3' to find programs to convert them.

  • Moving music from old computer to new computer

    I recently purchased my MacBook Pro and I am trying to move all of my music from my old computer to this one. You might think that simply copying the songs to an iPod (as files, not music that can be listened to) and trasferring them to the desired computer would solve my problem. However, this has proved unsucessful so far. I am trying to avoid importing all of my backup CDs because the album artwork would be lost. Is there a way to hook my two computers up via FireWire or something else? The computer I want to transfer music from is an iMac - one of the new flat panels but without the built in iSight so it has FireWire ports. Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated.

    If your iPod is large enough, you can transfer the library without loosing anything (ratings, play counts etc.) using these instructions:
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  • When I first opened my ITunes acct, I had a different computer. How do I get the music from old computer to sync w/ music on new computer?

    Any help is greatly appreciated

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    If you want to copy the music back from your iPod then File > Devices > Transfer Purchases should copy your iTunes purchased music back from it. For music from other sources (e.g. copied from CDs) you will need a third-party program on your computer to copy it back from the iPod - there are some programs listed half-way down this page : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

  • Move music from old computer to new-help

    I am having problems. I went through all the steps to transfer my itunes from old computer to new. I can see my music on my ipod when i go through my computer, but when i open itunes they arent there. Please help someone!!!!

    sounds like you skipped a step. do you have a "iTunes" folder on the ipod with your music and the itunes library.xml file?

  • Transferring music from old computer to new computer

    How do I transfer my itunes music library from my old to new computer?  I will not have both computers hooked together so plan to do this using an external hard drive.  Is there a code to input in my new computer/itunes so the previously downloaded music can play on the new computer.  I'm going from XP Home to Windows 7.

    dwb
    Yes I think it is better to use the same account name. The thing that's puzzled me is Apple make no mention of the issue of account name in their transfer instructions.
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    If you move the music folder, the existing tracks are not moved. But if you move a folder from the old to the new location using Windows, iTunes seems to notice that you did it and doesn't mind. Also if you move the music folder back to it's original location, iTunes is quite happy with that too.
    I think the effect of this is that although the path name for tracks is wrong when you copy the library file to the new PC, iTunes finds the tracks as long as they are in the new iTunes Music Folder
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