PC to Mac iTunes

I just switched from PC to Mac, and the iTunes in Mac cannot read my library. What can I do???

You need to move your iTunes folder and your music from the PC to the Mac. Downloading iTunes will not automatically add anything to the Mac, in any case the Mac will come with iTunes pre-installed. There is a good general guide to switching from Windows to Mac at the following link that touches on moving music as well How to Move to a Mac - Get your stuff from your PC to your new Mac
There are also these guides:
How to move music between authorised computers
Networking with a Windows PC
Don't forget by the way if you have purchased any tracks from the iTunes Music Store to deauthorise your old PC if you are disposing of it so you don't use up your 5 allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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I got my voice memo from iPhone into mac iTunes music list. Now it won't sync back updating iPhone iTunes with it even though i have checked include voice memos. Same with iPad. Help???

Hi Go to settings itunes bottom of Page, sign out then Sign, back in. Go to itunes & Apps store, make sure Auto download, is on. Cheers Brian

I have itunes set up on a PC with all my music, apps, etc. I want to stop using PC and move my iTunes and files to a Mac I bought and synch my iPhone with the Mac. Can I just synch iPhone with Mac iTunes and will it copy all my stuff onto Mac, or will I h

I have itunes set up on a PC with all my music, apps, etc. I want to stop using PC and move my iTunes and files to a Mac I bought and synch my iPhone with the Mac. Can I just synch iPhone with Mac iTunes and will it copy all my stuff onto Mac, or will I have to copy files from PC onto Mac?

Here are some of the links to get you started.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727530?start=0&tstart=0
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
http://www.macworld.com/article/1146958/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

Lost all Playlists in MAC iTunes AFTER Upgrading Windows iTunes to v.10.7 (via Parallels) - HELP!

I HAVE iTUNES v 10.6x installed on my Macbook Pro - been using for quite awhile without issues. All Updates to iTunes have gone just fine. I also use Parallels Desktop with Windows XP Pro installed on it and within that Windows installation on this Mac, I have installed many software programs -- all okay for over 3 years - no real issues. I also have installed iTunes in the Windows, but never really used the Preferences of iTunes to use its Advanced settings to change the location of the Library to the same location of the Mac's iTunes -- the Library is on an external HD. The use of iTunes in Windows was never really used because I never had the right location of the Library set in Preferences.
About 5 days ago, while in Windows XP, I got an Apple Software Upgrade Notice that a new version of iTunes was available for download -- Version 10.7. Not thinking about it then, I told myself that when I finished upgrading inside Windows that I would exit Windows and while in Macbook Pro's OS X 10.5.8, i just knew there would be an Apple Software Update Notice to also update my Mac's iTunes to version 10.7 also. That's what I planned to do while still in Windows. While installing the update to version 10.7 within Windows, I thought I'd try to set the proper location for the Library file using iTunes' Preferences and Advance Tab. I finished the upgrade to 10.7, went into Preferences and Advanced Tab and did just that and set the correct location on the external harddisk then tried to play songs using my Windows XP's upgraded iTunes. IT WORKED JUST FINE.
I now exited from Windows and went back to straight Macbook Pro OS X 10.5.8 and tried to check for this upgrade for iTunes from 10.6x to 10.7 by going to the Apple Website and downloaded this from there. When I then attempted to install the downloaded 10.7 (to replace/update my 10.6x) it would not install because my OS X 10.5.8 is not useable for the new 10.7. Okay, I'd just use my tried and true version 10.6x. WRONG!!!!!
When I attempted to open my iTunes on the Mac, it would open, but all my normal screen views were gone -- NO PLAYLISTS WHATSOEVER. The Music folder (the Library?) was fine but all songs had the infamous "!" MARK next to each and every song -- not playable. So, remembering the Library location setting in Preferences was the way to "reset" iTunes so the Library would be recognized and useable, I went into Preferences and reset the Library to the proper and same location as it always had been (and, where I had just previously set the Windows' iTunes to). Now the "!" marks were gone and each song in the Music Folder played just fine. BUT, NO PLAYLISTS WHATSOEVER. ALL MY ORGANIZATION EFFORTS FOR YEARS WAS GONE!!!
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Because, in further researching this problem, I found that the "iTUNES LIBRARY.itl" file located on the Mac's hard drive had, in fact, been changed by the Windows iTunes upgrade to 10.7!!!!!! THOSE CHANGES "CORRUPTED" THIS FILE TO USE IN THE MAC iTUNES PROGRAM AND THE PLAYLISTS ARE GONE. I also use this software in this effort: PARALLELS DESKTOP VER 7.X, FULLY UPDATED WINDOWS XP PRO, FULLY UPDATE AS MUCH AS APPLE HAS PROVIDED TO MY OS X 10.5.8 (I CAN'T UPGRADE TO LION), AND OF COURSE iTUNES 10.6x.
THEREFORE, WHAT EXACTLY SHOULD/COULD I DO TO GET THE PLAYLISTS BACK INTO MY MAC OS X 10.5.8 iTUNES? I DON'T CARE TO USE THE WINDOWS iTUNES ANYMORE -- I'LL JUST STAY WITH MY MAC'S. PLEASE HELP!!! THANK YOU.
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Ok, now main problem is with Apps only.. problem is with msg. Iphone is sync with other library, do you want replace apps on this Iphone ??
I already took all my apps to the computer...
So... I need just sync Iphone with this new library and do not remove any app from Iphone...
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Hi recently i changed my apple id for itunes and icloud for my mac ipad and iphone   for the ipad and iphone all is working well but on my Mac itunes is ok bit icloud is blocked into my old Apple id and i am not able to change it    Please help

Hi i recently changed mi apple id for my Mac, ipad and iphone    With great difficulty i managed to change my Ipad\Iphone id    for itunes and icloud
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Obviously not    Can somebody pleas help   Thanks

You need to go to System Preferences (this may be called Settings in Mountain LIon)>iCloud and sign out. Then sign in with the new ID.

How can I move my PC (Windows 7) iTunes library (with my cps ripped) to my Mac iTunes library?

Just for my curiosity and knowledge,
I have a PC (Windows 7) and a Mac (OS X 10.10).
Both of them with the latest version of iTunes.
Both of them with the exact music library (genre, artist, album, etc).
All my music is coming from iTunes Store, so very easy to re download at any time I want with my Apple ID
My PC (Windows 7) computer has a CD/DVD drive. I would like to RIP some music from my CDs and add them to my PC (Windows 7) iTunes library.
Once I finished, how can I move my PC (Windows 7) iTunes library (with my cps ripped) to my Mac iTunes library?
Thank you so much

If you've downloaded the media idependently to each library so far then thet won't be exactly the same as there are different naming rules for the files and folders in OS X and Windows. See Make a split library portable for some general advice. You can move a portable library between Mac and Windows, but there is a delay opening the library after each change of OS.
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Sharing Mac iTunes library with Windows PC (I want to be able to read/write)

Greetings from a new Mac user. I recently purchased a 27" iMAC running OS X 10.7.3. This iMac is now connected to my home network/workgroup.
- I want to build a new iTunes Library on my 1TB internal Mac HD.
- I want my 3 non Mac Machines (1 XP Prof and 2 Windows 7 Home) to be able to view the contents of my new (not yet built) iTunes Library resident on my iMac and of course be able to
- play that content.
- have play counts from my Windows-based be saved back to my iTunes Library.
- be able to rate a song from any computer (Mac or Windows) within this iTunes Library and have that rating saved back to this iTunes Library.
I don't want to have to rely on iTunes "Shared Library" function. In other words I want all PCs to be able to read/write to the same iTunes Library file.
Before I purchased my iMac, my iTunes Library existed on one of my Windows-file system external drives. The pre-requisites for allowing multiple Windows PCs to access/share/write to the same iTunes Library was to:
- share the Windows folder on the external drive in which the iTunes Library file was stored (allowing network users to be able to change the files), and
- make sure all Windows-based PCs ran the same iTunes software version.
Assume: I don't want to change the version of Windows iTunes software from the currently installed 10.5.0 version.
Question 1: Can my Windows PCs access and utilize the same iTunes library file that I plan to build on my iMac hard drive?
Question 2: What older version of Mac iTunes software should I install on my iMac in order to allow the Windows PCs to access and use the iMacs iTunes library file?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hmmm... thanks for the reply. This of course, yields another question. When you say 'you could format to FAT32 which both can use'; do you mean format the iTunes Hard drive on which my iTunes music now resides? If so, this would mean I would need to copy the music off the internal iMac hard drive, then format the drive to FAT32, then copy the music back.
Is this what you meant?

How do i get my iPhone to sync with my new macs iTunes which has my iPods music?

Hi i just got a mac book pro and i used my iPod(which has the same music as my iPhone) to transfer my music to my macs iTunes but now i am trying to figure out how to get my iPhone to sync with the iTunes on my mac so that when i download new music on my mac i can plug my iphone in and it with upadte that new music with my iphone. Right now if i press sync it syncs my iphone but it does not change anything. What can i do?

Hi,
See Here
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
From Here
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/
iPhone User Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

I started with my iPhone iTunes connected through my laptop ( windows vista ) now I brought an iMac I want to transfer my music on my iPhone and itunes to the Mac iTunes

When I connect my iPhone to the Mac iTunes it tells me my phone is already synced to another iTunes , I don't know how to add the music on my iPhone to the Mac iTunes .. My laptop windows vista iTunes will be deleted once I know how to transfer the music over the the Mac ,,, hope someone out there can help

use the instructions in this article here to transfer your library to the Mac.
your iDevices will simply continue syncing (now with the Mac's iTunes library) as if nothing happened.

HT201272 How can I recover a purchased app on one itouch (which has since died) and put it on my new itouch device if I haven't syncronised my old device with my mac/itunes account before it died?

How can I recover a purchased app on one itouch (which has since died) and put it on my new itouch device if I haven't syncronised my old device with my mac/itunes account before it died?

It is easy to download items you have purchased from iTunes again; this article will walk you through it: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
You want the "Apps on iOS" section.

My iPod which works on windows iTunes is not recognized by Mac iTunes

My original iPod was synced to iTunes via a Windows machine. That machine is gone and I now use a Mac, latest OS version. My Mac iTunes will not recognize the IPod. How do I restore so that I can use the iPod on my Mac ITunes?

Since your iPod is in windows format, you have to turn it into mac format, then your mac iTuens can recognize it.

HT1386 I have Mac itunes and a touch 2G. My wife has Win7 and touch 4G (both iOS 4.2.1). She got a new iphone, I now have her touch 4G, and am trying to sync it to my Mac itunes. The music and videos sync, but apps & podcast will not. All checked to syn

I have Mac itunes and a touch 2G. My wife has Win7 and touch 4G (both iOS 4.2.1). She got a new iphone, I now have her touch 4G, and am trying to sync it to my Mac itunes. The music and videos sync to the 4G, but apps & podcast will not. All are checked to sync. During sync, it gets to "determining apps to sync" then immediately goes to "finished syncing". No apps or podcasts from my Mac itunes are on the touch 4G.

You can only sync to one iTunes library but you can manage music and videos among different computer/libraries.
It appears that you are trying to sync with a different library.
- If you want to make the Mac you syncing computer:
--- Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by:
iOS: How to back up
--- Restore the iPod from that backup. Note that synced media like apps and music are not in included in the backup.

HT4623 After getting message on my iPhone 4S to update to IOS6, I proceeded, it states my phone is up to date. However, when attempting to sync with my mac, Itunes does not recognize my device any longer and gives message that I must update Itunes. Did

Received a prompt to update my IPhone 4S to IOS6. I did this from phone. Then when syncing with my Mac/Itunes, it states my software is not up to date and I need to install new version of Itunes. I did this and it still is not recognizing my iPhone when syncing to ITunes. Also no longer can access mail as it states my Mac software is not up to date??? Help.

Which OS X version is your Mac running and which iTunes version is currently installed?

Even with ipod rip, trouble transferring music from Win-IPOD to Mac-Itunes

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Thanks so much! Seems to have basically worked. But didn't import the playlists...I'm sort of assuming that given everything else peculiar to my situation, that there's nothing I can do about that?

I used to look my photos in my tv using apple tv, now i can't when i access through apple tv/ computer/ my library photo option is not available, i check home sharing and which photos i'm sharing from my mac/itunes but i still can share photos w/apple tv

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Morning JJFH,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If after setting up Home Sharing, you cannot access your shared iTunes library over your home network from your Apple TV, take a look at this article:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2972
Best of luck,
Mario

'Remote' Button not visible in Mac iTunes 12.1

My Remote app on iPhone 6 (iOS 8.2) suddenly stopped working with my Macbook Pro (mid 2012, Yosemite 10.10.2) and iTunes 12.1. The documentation points to a Remote button in iTunes 12.1 that isn't there.
In the Remote app, my Mac's iTunes library was greyed out for 2 days, so I deleted the connection, and tried to start over. The app creates a 4 digit code, and says "to add an iTunes library, open iTunes on your computer and choose Remote from the tab bar." But when I open iTunes and look at the tab bar (music, movie, TV and phone icons in upper left) I don't see a Remote button. When I select the phone icon, I get a drop down menu, but there is no Remote button visible (I presume I'm looking for the blue circle with the right arrow).
I can reach my 3 Airports from iTunes on my Mac, but have lost the ability to control anything from my iPhone. I want to know how to find the Remote button in iTunes 12.1, so I can add my Mac's iTunes library to my iPhone Remote app.
Cold re-boots on both devices didn't help, and I unfortunately don't know if this happened after iOS 8.2 update, or iTunes 12.1 update, as I hadn't used the app in a month or so. Sharing is turned on for both devices.

PS Reinstalled Remote app, with no luck. Also reset my router. I've done this setup (iOS Remote app->Mac iTunes) before; it's simply not working anymore.

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