New pc, Installed iTunes, found all music but playlists are missing
I recently purchased a new pc. After getting it up and running and copying over a huge number of files from the old machine, I downloaded iTunes v 9. iTunes searched my pc for songs/apps, and copied them to the library. I sometimes got 5-6 copies of the same song.
What's missing is my old playlists. I've tried Help, online help, etc. but no luck. I'd really like to get my music back in the old playlists. Also, my iTouch sync info is also missing.
Thanks in advance for your help. Ben
Never mind. I was able to find answers from Dave Sawyer & Katrina S to a similar issue and it worked wonderfully.
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iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph12313
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
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