New iMac on the way, how to save itunes LIB from XP HD w/o resync iPod

I have 2 iPods, my PC had massive brain ****, saved the hard drive, stuffed it in an external enclosure, waiting... for an iMac to land on my door step... using another pc to try and keep iPod's charged, and Itunes wants to erase and re-sync the device. Can I save my licenses as well as the audio cd's I have ripped (and own), and iTunes library from my old hard drive? It seems even the loner XP machine on the external drive won't let me access the admin's doc's and settings...

If you have an ipod, connecting it to the PC should load the ratings back

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I was in a similar situation, having purchased a 24" iMac after years of PC exclusivity. Let me tell you... you will carry an endless smile once you open up your new Mac and gaze upon its beauty. I never thought in a million years that I'd want an "all-in-one" computer - I built my last PC from the ground up. But once you open it up and set it up, you realize that it is not only a thing of beauty, but it also takes up a lot less space and just WORKS.
I admit that it took about a week to really get used to Mac OS, but most of that learning was accompanied by the thrills of realizing how much better it actually is. I was greatly impressed by the speed and usability of the OS right from the start. You will certainly not be disappointed.
If there's one negative thing, it's that I've had to purchase a number of software programs to get the machine to do all I want to do. For example, iPhoto is great at first - until I imported by entire photo library of 50,000+ photos and realize that it just slows to a crawl and is really not well-suited to very large libraries of photos. I broke down and bought the academic version of Lightroom 2(thanks to my son who is in school). Now THAT runs great on my Mac and is superb in every way (and has no problem with my large library).
I also purchased Parallels because I wanted to run Windows 7 alongside of OS X. Installation of Windows 7 with boot camp went well, and then I just pointed Parallels to my Boot Camp partition and was up in running. For those few programs that I need that have no Mac version, this is working great.
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Finally, I purchased a MobileMe account and that has been absolutely wonderful. I can now sync my mail, contacts, calendar, iDisk, etc with my Mac, my Windows 7 in Parallels, my wife's new Macbook, and my iPhone. I guess it had some initial problems last year when it came out, but it's been working great now.
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New iMac on the way

Hi everyone, I ordered a new iMac two days ago, my first Mac of any kind. The operating system and everything will be very new to me and my wife. I really didn't know which model or options but ended up choosing the 24" 2.93GHz with a GT 130 video card, and, wireless mouse and keyboard. I then started reading through these forums to gather information and noticed that maybe the wireless mouse and keyboard may not be a good choice right now. My wife will be using it mostly while I'm at work and worried if there are disconnect problems she will probably just go back to her PC. I want this to be a very possitive experience for her from the start. Can any of you recommend settings, hints, tips to get me going, especially with the wireless mouse and keyboard.
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HI Tom and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...
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Mac 101 - Get Started with the Mac
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If I wanted to upgrade my new iMac in the future, how would I go about it?

I have no desire to void the 3 year Applecare plan I paid for.
I just bought the new iMac 2011, I would like to upgrade the RAM, the HDD and add an SSD in the future, without doubt. Does this mean that, in order to do so, and remain within warranty, I am going to have to bring my iMac to an Apple Store, buy the parts directly from them, and pay for labour?
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Greetings,
Memory you can upgrade yourself. It is covered in the manual for your computer: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/imac_mid2011_ug.pdf
--This is the only customer installable part.
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Apple Retail stores do not in general offer after market upgrades. You could contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider to see if they do: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1434
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Once the 3 years are up (if you keep the computer that long) you can start cracking it open if you like. Though frankly there may something even better out by then. Having the AppleCare ups the re-sale value so you could sell the old system online and buy something new.
Hope that helps!

New MBP on the way...... from China?

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glenn

Yeah but China's quality assurance is sh*t
poor, if left to the local folks. Then again,
Apple's ain't too hot either!
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How to move iTunes lib from external HD (used to be internal HD)?

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misc podcasts (no need to recover)
playlists, etc.
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5) verify everything is ok
6) reformat external drive & recycle it
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hi dave and welcome to the discussion area !
click here and here for instructions/information.
however, in your situation, none of the above may work.
good luck in any case !
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PC is newly re-installed.
Back up of music on ext disk D:\My Music and exported .xml file from iTunes with all playlists and ratings
What is the best way to import the music, playlist and ratings on the newly installed pc?
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View Menu -> Sort Photos is a good way to start.
Some organising possibilities in iPhoto:
I use Events simply as big buckets of Photos: Spring 08, July - Nov 06 are typical Events in my Library. I use keywords and Smart Albums extensively. I title the pics broadly.
I keyword on a
Who
What
Where basis (The When is in the photos's Exif metadata). I also rate the pics on a 1 - 5 star basis.
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File -> New Smart Album
set it to 'All"
title contains Seattle
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keyword is snow
rating is 5 stars
Or, want a chronological album of John from birth to today?
New Smart Album
Keyword is John
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add Rating is greater than 4 stars
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Hi,
Not sure you can do anything about this. I get vaiable import speeds - a lot depends on the actual disc. The Read Write spec is 24X but I rarely see speeds close to this.
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HT4796 so how do I transfer my itune library from my back up to my new iMac as the old windows PC is dead ?

How do I transfer my iTunes backed up library to my new IMac when the old windows PC is now dead -hence why I purcahsed the Imac.

iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
do not confuse moving your whole folder and library with moving just media files as in
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Macworld - How to transfer iTunes libraries between PC and Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/46248/2005/08/shiftitunes.html

HT1420 i can't seem to get my iPad to synch with my new iMac. The iTunes prompt says that this computer isn't authorised although i have registered it on iTunes. Any other ideas for how to overcome this block?

i can't seem to get my iPad to synch with my new iMac. The iTunes prompt says that this computer isn't authorised although i have registered it on iTunes. Any other ideas for how to overcome this block?

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Can I transfer my itunes library from my ipod to my new imac? If so how is it done?

Can I transfer my itunes library from my ipod to my new imac? If so how is it done?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Of course. The best would be to transfer the iTunes library from your old Mac or PC to the new Mac, so you will keep everything and you won't have to use any third-party app.
Anyway, if you don't have access to the old PC or Mac, you can transfer songs from the iPod to your Mac. If you purchased all the songs on the iTunes Store, just open iTunes, connect the iPod and transfer the songs. If you are using an iPod touch, you will lose everything if you sync it with iTunes on the new iMac.
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