Old computer itunes to new mac itunes

I have a new Mac and had a Pc previously. I'm wondering why my songs from my itunes account are not apearing in my itunes on my mac. Many were bought in itunes. I understand that songs copied from cd's would be unavailable. But why am I not seeing my itunes bought songs? When I try to sync my device to my new mac it tells me that I will lose any songs that were dowloaded on another itunes library. I don't want to risk it and lose all my songs??

Copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.
You can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes ... - Support - Apple

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You don't.
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Moving data from old computer to my new mac air

How do I, physically, move data from my old macbook pro to the new mac air I just ordered?

Here's one way...
Get another External Hard Drive... Format it to Mac OS Extended (journaled)... Drag and Drop the items you want from the Old Computer to the New External...
Then when you get your New Mac... connect the External Drive to it and Drag and Drop the items to the New Mac...
Also, See this Excellent Link by Pondini...
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I just got a new Mac but I don't know how to transfer all the music, apps, videos, etc from my iPod and old computer to my new Mac.

I just got a new macbook air and I am trying to figure out how to get all of the music, videos, pictures, apps, etc. that I have on my ipod touch and on my old computer onto my mac. I don't want to lose anything. I just want to figure out how to sync my ipod to my new mac without losing any data.

copy the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder) from <MacintoshHD>/users/yourname/music on the source to <MacintoshHD>/users/yourname/music on the target (overwriting the iTunes folder in place there).
you can use an external HD or your network for this operation. everything will be as you were used to from the old machine.

Can only access extensive bookmarks list on old computer, not on new Mac or Dell netbook

I have a very old iMac that I have been using for 10 years. I recently got the most recent version of Apple's Mac Mini, which I of course use Firefox on, and I also use Firefox on my Dell Netbook. On the old iMac is a quite extensive list of bookmarks that I have no idea how to port to either the netbook or the new Mac Mini. The troubleshooting ideas I've seen don't really address my problem. Can anyone give me very simply-stated instructions on how to sync up all my bookmarks?

Does that old iMac have a Firefox 2.0.0.x version installed?
If that is the case then you need to copy the file bookmarks.html to the new computer and import that file in the Firefox Bookmarks Manager.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox
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How do i transfer, my itunes library from my old computer to my new mac pro

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Here is apple's guide to transferring an itunes library.
Hope this helps.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

Is it safe to upload my music and music video from my old computer to my new mac? These files are from lime ware, frostwire ext and I don't want to upload virus to my Mac. thx

what do you guys think about protecting my Mac

Presumably we're talking about illegal music and illegal videos? If so, anything is possible. Downloading any kind of illegal content onto your computer is a foolish thing to do, as it essentially puts your trust in the hands of untrustworthy people. That sort of thing has infected people plenty of times before. My advice would be to delete all of that illegal material immediately, and do not copy it over to the new machine.
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Thank you.

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From your Old Computer... Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
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Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

How do I get my movies from my iTunes library on my old laptop to my new mac pro?

How do I get my movies from my itune library on my old laptop to my new mac pro?

Look at my post in the thread linked to below. It explains how to turn on Home Sharing.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3461734
Also check my posts in the thread linked to below for more information on importing the music from one computer to the other.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16754395
Let me know if you still need help.

HT4527 i moved my iTunes from windows computer to my new mac, but my playlists did not move too ??

I managed to move my itunes library from my old Windows computer to my new Mac computer, but all my playlists did not move ? cant figure out why. Will i have to sit and re-do all my playlists again ?? does anyone know please ??

Hi, yes i did follow all the instructions on the apple site on how to move itunes by using an external hard drive. it all went well, apart from my playlists didnt move !!??? i dont understand why ?

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See here: iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
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HT4527 how do I transfer itunes from old computer to a new computer

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How do i get my itunes from my old computer to my new computer so that I can sync my iphone

1. I had my iphone 4 synced with my old computer.
     I have a new computer and want my iphone to sync with this computer.
     I am not interested in any music syncing
     I do not want to overwrite anything on my iphone
     I want the information eg apps that appear when I sync on my old computer to work exactly the same on the new computer.
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2. I have tried to backup my phone on my old computer and i receive the message."iTunes could not back up the iPhone "Bronwyn's iphone" because the backup could not be saved on the computer."
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3. At one time I received the following messge The information on the iPhone 'Bronwyn's iPhone is synced with another user account. Do you want to sync this iPhone with the information from this user account instead?
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3. I am absolutely fed up trying to find a solution.
This should not be this difficult.
I welcome any and all help
but I do ask please provide simply easy to follow steps.
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You should copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.

How do I move my iTunes library from my old computer to my new computer?

I currently have a Gateway 500S PC running Windows XP. I also have a 120GB portable WD Passport USB Drive. My iTunes library is on this computer.
I have just purchased a Dell XPS 410 PC running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
My question is how do I move my iTunes library from my old computer to my new one utilizing my portable USB Drive without losing my songs and playlists that originally took many days to set-up?
Gateway Windows XP 120GB portable USB hard drive

Answer received did not answer my question. How about some detail on how to do this?
I currently have a Gateway 500S PC running Windows
XP. I also have a 120GB portable WD Passport USB
Drive. My iTunes library is on this computer.
I have just purchased a Dell XPS 410 PC running
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
My question is how do I move my iTunes library from
my old computer to my new one utilizing my portable
USB Drive without losing my songs and playlists that
originally took many days to set-up?
Gateway Windows
XP 120GB portable USB hard drive

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First of all make sure that you've definitely backed up the movies to your external hard disc.
In iMovie click on any event you don't want, go to the file menu and select 'move event to trash'. Then do the same for any unwanted projects - 'move project to trash'. Quit out of iMovie and empty the trash.
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