Only part of my library will transfer to my new computer

I bought a new computer and when i attempted to transfer my iTunes libary to the new computer, it said there were too many users on the account. I have purchased various ipods and iPads for my wife and children, but they all have a separate iTunes account--yet ALL of their past products have been linked to my account. I contacted tech support a few months agao and the nive young man said he didn't know how to help. For a while I just used my old computer but now that computers system can't support the upgrades in iTunes/ Anyone have any ideas how I can go about cleaning up the account and transfering the files?

diesel vdub, thanks for responding, but no--it didnt give me the usual 5 authorizations message. The message given also didn't offer any link to a solution. You may have missed the point where I mentioned that I had contacted tech support and even they were unable to help me. The issue is not about how many computers were/are authorized (there are currently only three). If it had, it wouldn't have only loaded some of my libary, including songs I purchased. These would not transfer (only files loaded from my personal cd collection would have transfered) if this were the case. I realize there are a lot of dumb questions posted here, and this may turn out to be one of them. But please, read the full question before throwing out an answer that is useless because it ignored the facts.

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JustMeAndYou,
For what it's worth ...
Apple's policy is clear: iTS purchases can be downloaded only once. It is your responsibility to make back-ups . (For most people, this will involve either CD's/DVD's or an external drive .)
That being said, at their discretion they have made one-time exceptions to this policy. You can ask for an exception by submitting the form on this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/
Good Luck! But whatever the response from Apple, remember:
Your music is valuable - please back it up!

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ilmh4life wrote:
How can I get my itunes library off my old laptop?
From your OLD computer...
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Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
An Added Bonus is that you will have a Backup of iTunes
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HT4527 I am trying to move my library and playlists to a new computer by burning to CD's. However, I followed the directions by going to File and then Library - then they said to go to burn CD(s) - I DO NOT have that option for some reason. How do I do th

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To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
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Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
and select the Library that you moved. That's it.
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Your first option didn't work because you imported one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
Your second option didn't work because you simply referenced her library on the old machine.
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