New computer, how to keep my Itunes library

I am getting a new computer, but don't want to have to go through the process of organising a whole new Itunes library. How can I save my library as it it, then transfer it across?

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See this migrate iTunes library post or Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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HT1386 I have a new computer. I have copied Itunes library from an external hard drive. Itunes now tells me I cannot sync with my Ipod as it thinks the 20gb on the computer are different to the 20gb on my Ipod touch! What have I done wrong? How can I fix

I have a new computer. I have copied Itunes library from an external hard drive. Itunes now tells me I cannot sync with my Ipod as it thinks the 20gb on the computer are different to the 20gb on my Ipod touch! What have I done wrong? How can I fix it? Alan

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data - How-To Geek

I have a new computer. how do i get my library off my old computer to my new one

i have a new computer. how do i get my library off my old computer to my new one.

OK...
See Here for one way
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
Or...
From your Old Computer... Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
An Added Bonus is that you will then have a Backup of iTunes...
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751

I got a new computer and backed up my iTunes library to an external hard drive. The external hard drive is not allowing me to access the drive. Is there a way to transfer the songs from my iPod touch to my new computer?

I got a new computer and backed up my iTunes library to an external hard drive. The external hard drive is not allowing me to access the drive. I no longer have access to the old computer. Is there a way to transfer the songs from my iPod touch to my new computer?

That's a bummer, didn't realize the exHD files were corrupt, esp if you have tried from another PC and not just this new computer.
You can get purchases from the itunes store transferred from an iPod using these directions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848?viewlocale=en_US
If you want everything (meaning non-itunes songs, app data, photos, etc) you need to buy a 3rd-party ipod manager that support iTouch. Here is an iLounge article to start your research:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/P2/

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Here is one way to make sure that iTunes is complete on your New Computer...
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
An Added Bonus is that you will then have a Backup of iTunes...

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Can someone please explain how to move itunes libary to new PC.

Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your second computer is to network it with the first one and copy your iTunes folder across. Start by consolidating your library. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them: Copying all your iTunes files to one location - Windows
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the default location on the new computer. On a PC this is \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\ (or C:\Username\Music\ in Vista). You should also use the same version of iTunes on both computers.
You can also use this method with an external hard drive, you drag the folder from the first computer to the external drive and then from the drive to the second computer.
If you have and iPod, some iPods can be used as an external drive and you can use them to move your iTunes (this option isn't available with the iPod Touch): How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
If you have any iTunes purchases in your library don't forget that you'll need to authorise your new computer to play them. Also if you are disposing of the old one remember to deauthorise it so you don't use up one of your allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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Go to the iTunes Store and select "Purchased" from the Quick Links side bar on the right. Go through all the tabs to download again for free

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Copy everything from your old computer or your backup copy of your old computer to your new one.

I recentlyhad a computer crash so I have a new computer and cant find my itunes library- it keeps showing me my husbands library.

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Did you put your library on the new computer?
Your library will only be where you put it.

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You don't have to transfer from your iphone5 to itunes on your computer.
Log into itunes store on your computer using the same appleId you used to purchase those music, go to music library, and you should see all your previously purchased music with a cloud and down arrow symbol next to them.
Click on the cloud, and that song will be downloaded to your computer. Try to look around to see if there's any way to do all downloads at one command.
You should also go back to your old computer and deauthorize that computer from your itunes account, then authorize your new computer as one of the 5 allowed to playback itunes content.
The behavior of itunes may have changed with recent updates. In the past, when I plugged in my iphone to a new computer, I do remember being asked by itunes if I wanted to transfer purchases over. Give it a try and see what happens.
But whatever you do, if your current itunes library is still empty, DO NOT say yes to sync with iphone. It would wipe out your itunes library on your iphone because you would be syncing a blank libary over to the iphone. Sync iphone with your computer itunes library only after the computer's library has more content than your iphone's library. That's just to play it safe.
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New Computer - How do I move my library from Old to New Computer?

Hi,
I bought a new computer and want to transfer all my music from the old one to the new one.
This is what I did so far:
Copied the entire iTunes directory from my old computer into an external hard drive.
Then loaded the entire iTunes folder from the hard Drive to the existing iTunes directory in the new Laptop.
Now, none of the songs showed up in my iTunes Library screen.
So I had to basically drag them from windows explorer into the iTunes Library screen. However, none of the album artwork, or ratings, etc, are there (i copied all those files from old to new computer as they were in the original directories in my old computer, I think)... It looks like i'll have to do all that work again!
Is there a way to do this one shot??
Thanks!
RJ.

Launch iTunes with the Shift key held down, select Choose Library, and navigate to the folder you copied.
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HT4527 new computer can't get my itunes library on to this computer

new computer. can't get itunes library on to it

Follow the instructions in the article from which the thread was created.

Bought a new computer, how do I move my library full of referenced files?

I have my Aperture library on my laptop with all masters referenced and stored in a folder called "raw" in my home directory.
I'm trying to move everything over to my new Mac Pro, but I'm having trouble. I copied the folder of referenced masters into the home directory of my new computer, copied the library, preferences, etc. Of course when I start Aperture on the Mac Pro, it can't find the masters because the volume name is different. So I thought I could relocate the masters, but when I do this for an image, the thumbnail turns grey and in the viewer I get an "Unsupported Image Format" error. This happens for both JPG and NEF files.
Any suggestions? I have a rather complex folder structure with many projects, so I don't want to export individual projects.
Thanks,
steve

Hi,
I haen't done this myself from a computer to another
When You mention you used "relocate masters"... how did you connect both computers? was one in Target disk mode. via ethernet?.
did you try this:
- in the "sharing"' pref panel, give your mac pro the name of your old computer.
- start your old mac in firewire target disk mode (no name conflict as your old computer is not being used: only its HD)
- copy the library to the new drive in the Mac Pro
- launch AP on the mac pro and select the copied library. relaunch. because the computer name is identical and the disk from your old computer is mounted, you should see AP finding its referenced masters.
- initiate the relocation of masters now
(be aware that I haven't tried this, this is just an educated guess)
(also, if you have a complex folder strcuture, try relocating just one or twwo pix and observe the new structure. Aperture cannot reproduce several custom-named folders in a new structure, unfortunately...
PS : while we'(re here, I advise you to format several drives as a RAID 0 array inside the mac pro in order to get a good responsivity from Aperture... this makes an amazing difference... most photographers disregard the value of fast storage. by fat I mean faster than a single device... hoping I'm legible...
yours
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