Resetting macbook pro without deleting apps, photos, and music

Is there a way to reset a macbook pro without deleting downloaded apps, photos, and music?
I have dropbox and i have a lot of college notes store on my laptop so I want to make sure that is preserved. I also do not want to delete any photos and music. I have a 13" and I bought my macbook in 2012.

What do you mean by "reset" Normally when you reset your Mac, your erasing everything and resetting it back to factory new.

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Follow the steps listed here under the section titled "External Drive". Once you find the location of the iTunes Media folder you can transfer it over a netork connection, rather than using an external drive.
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A device can only sync with one library at a time. Ideally you transfer the library from the PC to the Mac so it is still syncing with the same library.
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If you put it in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)
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