Newbie to mac and itunes

I finally broke away from IBM computers and bought a new IMAC.
My problem is that I had bought an Iphone earlier and had Itunes set up on my IBM. I am now trying to transfer all my music into the Itunes on my new Imac from my external hard drive. but it seems my hard drive and the new mac are not compatible? If that is the case how can I make the transfer?

You can easily burn them into artist folders onto the CD (which is not what you previously asked).
Create the playlist.
Sort on Album or Artist and then burn it.
The songs will be put into Albums or Artists.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60931

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Take it to the Apple Store for evaluation.
Try this.
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Contact your carrier & get a new sim...they should give you one for free.

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wolverine76 wrote:
Isn't icloud and match supposed to solve that problem?
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If you click on the Apple icon in the upper left, the Apple Menu appears. Select "about this Mac". The ensuing panel will show you the version of OS X:
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Tiger is not at .8, Panther .9 and Jaguar .8
Mac Maintenance: Have a look at this MacWorld article regarding system maintenance. OnyX facilitates some of these processes, including "repair permissions, maintenance scripts and system optimization". The first two are necessitated by the Unix structure (the underlying foundation of OS X). Permissions sets out who is authorized to access certain files in the computer. The maintenance scripts are best described here.
Which version of the iMac did you purchase? Flat panel G4? Flat panel G5? Intel machine? Have a look at the right panel on Apple History.com to help you in identifying your machine.
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Everyone nowdays collects (too) large number of informations at home – I am convinced that companies that give the users the tools to keep a easiest overview of their data will be the winner at the end.
I believe that it would be a great advantage for us customers and Apple if Sonos and Apple provided a solution, I know a number of people that have both systems at home. They both match so well because of their very easy and well done integration of their systems. I would wish for a solution with the iTunes Software and the Sonos Hardware System.
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macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) Hi - I just purchased a macbook pro and am in the process of designing a website - after encountering problem after problem, the hosting company figured out that I'm using a Mac, and said that their program doesn't support Safari and I need to do my design through an Explorer browser. Microsoft discontinued Explorer for Mac, so what do I do? I heard of a program called Parallels Desktop - has anyone used it, will it work, or am I opening up Pandora's box by installing it on my computer? Changing hosting companies is not an option, so I need to make this work. THANKS!!!!!
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New to Mac and iTunes and need help!

Hello all,
Just got my iMac over a month ago and have slowly been able to finally get a chance to use it.
One of the things I'm trying to do is figure out how to do this on a Mac what I used to do in Windows. Switching over has been tough, but I'm getting there slowly but surely.
I had a 3rd Party program for Windows called J River Media Center that pretty much did everything I wanted it to. One of the features I loved about it, was being able to take my music files and locate album art from the internet and add them to my files. I know iTunes does this but I haven't gotten a chance to use this feature yet.
I used to use dbPowerAmp to convert my FLAC files to HQ mp3 files (256-320) as well. Media Center would let me change the file name from the song info. I've been using XLD to convert my FLAC files to MP3 (if you guys have any suggestions on any better programs for Mac I'm always open). It's done its job so far. I haven't figured out how or if iTunes can change file names of my mp3 files from the song info [Artist - Song Name] format. This would be very useful for me.
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Are you talking about renaming file names, or are you asking about using file names to assign tags to mp3s? Either way, check out the Dougscripts web site for scripts that greatly increase the versatility of iTunes.
If you use iTunes with default settings it wants to copy files you add to iTunes to folder in the iTunes Media folder, and it insists upon organizing them as it wants to do it. If you try to do otherwise it will either fight you or end up with you messing things up and getting "can't find" links. If you really want to do things as you want to then you need to change iTunes preference settings so you can organize music on your own, but this will slightly alter the behavior of other things in iTunes. I do not let iTunes organize my music and have adjusted to other changes (not drastic).
On your question about attributes, read: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2706729
These might interest you:
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
iTunes 9: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

From PC to Mac and iTunes

So, I used to only have PCs in my life, so when I went to college with my first Mac laptop I knew that I was in for a learning curve. I had just authorized my Mac when I was trying to figure out how to get the songs on my 80GB iPod Classic into my music library. I messed around a bit and tried syncing; only to discover AFTERWARDS that I shouldn't have done that. My empty iPod was proof enough for that. I read around on the site a little and found that there had been a way to transfer had I not tried fooling around on my own. My point is, is there anyway for me to get the songs/movies/audio book that I had purchased from back home (4 hours away) to my laptop. For the iTunes store I'm still using the apple account that I had used on my PC. If I can have someone back home send me the files, then that would be fine too.
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Try the tips in this support article:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for MAC OS X, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

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My iTunes library is stored on a Buffalo NAS drive.
I have an older Mac desktop - running OS X 10.6.8; on this machine iTunes 11.4 is set up to use the library on the above noted NAS device. This is working fine; all my burned and purchased music is playing no problem.
I have a new (latest) version Macbook Pro Retina - running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2. I proceeded to set iTunes 12.1.0.50 on this machine to use the exact same shared location as is being used on the desktop noted above for the library location. On this machine, however, I am only able to view my purchased music (with the download cloud displayed).
Anyone know why two Macs pointed to the exact same iTunes library shared folder location would result in one working fine and the other only showing purchased music available for download?
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How exactly did you set it? You do not do it in preferences (a common mistake). You do it by starting up iTunes while holding down the option/alt key whereupon iTunes will irreversibly convert what it sees as the library, namely the iTunes Library.itl file, to a version which will only work with the newest version of iTunes you run (your 12). Clearly you can't use 12 on your old computer so there is no way to share the same library file. Each version of iTunes will have to run its own library file which will essentially maintain its own independent list of entries, though they can share media. This means changes you make to one library will mostly not appear in the other but if you do something such as delete media in one library the other library will fuss it can no longer find the file, etc.
If you are going to start doing advanced iTunes things you need to learn how iTunes works.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847 - plus supplemental information about organizing to new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 and making an iTunes library portable.
One other tip. Just about every mention I see of people using iTunes with a NAS is something with a problem that results from using iTunes with a NAS. iTunes is likely not written with NAS use in mind. It may work, or it may not. Keep regular backups.

HT1338 I have just bought an iphone 5 but I can't sync as my mac and itunes are not compatible: I have loaded on the new software available, any idea's???

I have a mac mini 10.5.8 It is a little old and will not support the new iphone 5 for syncing etc.
Do I need to purchase new software i.e. snow leopard or can I download something that will allow me to get the new itunes etc????

Hi, Notso Techie.
Syncing your iPhone 5 with iTunes will require Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later. You should be able to purchase Mac OS X 10.6 via the link below.
Snow Leopard Support
http://www.apple.com/support/snowleopard/
Cheers,
Jason H.

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