Transfer iTunes content on another laptop.

I have just brought a new laptop and I would like to know if I can transfer iTunes and it's content from the old laptop onto the new one? As I wish to keep everything the same including my apple ID

If you bought all of your music, all you have to do is transfer the iTunes folder into the appropriate location on your new computer
If you have some music that you got elsewhere (Ex. CD's):
     1. Locate where you placed all of your music files.
     2. Create a folder on your desktop called Temp (Or any other name you can remember)
     3. From one of the locations (There may be only one, in your case), select all the files and drag them into your
     desktop folder (Temp)
     4. Keep doing step 3 if you have more then one location.
     5. Then, put the Temp folder on a flash drive and plug the drive into the new computer.
     6. Put the Temp folder in any place you'd like (On new computer)
     7. In iTunes: File > Import > (Select the file from the place you chose on step 6)

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Hi, I'm trying to transfer my iTunes library from my old laptop to a new one. I followed the instruction available here: iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
After opening iTunes however, all of my music doesn't show up, and my old playlists didn't show up either. I checked the Media folder for the missing songs, and they are there but it doesn't show up in my Library.
I ended up adding some of the steps from a separate tutorial, where I exported my old library (File > Library > Export Library), and imported the playlist to my on the new laptop.
This made the missing songs and playlists show up, but it made duplicates of many songs and playlists, and it just makes everything messy and takes up a lot of unnecessary space. And yes, I did delete the duplicate songs and playlists, but then it just removes certain songs from playlists that are synced to my iPhone, and it would be too tedious to go through my libraries to find out which songs are missing!
Both my laptops are updated to the latest versions of OSX and iTunes (as of Oct 8, 2014). The new laptop is Mid 2014 and the old one is Mid 2010.
Also, I prefer not to use Migration Assistant because I don't want to transfer everything over.
I'd really appreciate any help I could get with my situation! Thanks!

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My daughter has been purchasing iTunes content using my Apple ID (account) for many years. I now have 5 macs for myself and she has a new laptop. This puts us over the 5 authorized computer limit. I have set up a new, separate apple ID (Account) for her to purchase new music. I would like to transfer the music that she has purchased under my account to her new account so I can de-authorize her computer from my account.
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Dave,
maybe my English isn't good enough, but I just scanned the iTunes legal agreement, and this is what I found:
(ii) You shall be authorized to use iTunes Products on five iTunes-authorized devices at any time, except for Content Rentals (see below).
(iii) You shall be able to store iTunes Products from up to five different Accounts at a time on compatible devices, provided that each iPhone may sync ringtone iTunes Products with only a single iTunes-authorized device at a time, and syncing an iPhone with a different iTunes-authorized device will cause ringtone iTunes Products stored on that iPhone to be erased.
(iv) You shall be authorized to burn an audio playlist up to seven times.
(v) You shall not be entitled to burn video iTunes Products or ringtone iTunes Products.
(vi) iTunes Plus Products do not contain security technology that limits your usage of such products, and Usage Rules (ii) – (v) do not apply to iTunes Plus Products. You may copy, store, and burn iTunes Plus Products as reasonably necessary for personal, noncommercial use.
From my understanding this tells me that there are limitations to iTunes products, i. e. songs that you purchased, if they are not iTunes Plus songs. But as I said, I am not 100% certain, this Legalese stuff is really kinda hard to understand. But I still think that if you bought a DRM protected song on iTunes (meaning a non-Plus title), removing the protection is illegal!
And, sorry to say that, Dave, but in my opinion you are wrong by saying "when Apple dropped DRM from...". They did not do that. They introduced iTunes Plus, which is not DRM protected, but the old, non-Plus stuff, still is DRM protected, imo...

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See this migrate iTunes library post.
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How can I copy/transfer iTunes content from my old computer to the new one, considering that for some reason Target Mode and Migration Assistant doesn't work for me ?
I don't need the application itself (it comes with the new computer) but just the content.
I want to transfer my collection of CD in iTunes. they are all CD that I physically have in my living room, listen to them on my stereo and have copy them in my computer (which is in the Den) so I can listen while working on my computer.
The iTunes is version 9.0.2
Can I drag it to the external drive or perhaps just the songs, then copy/drag them to my new computer ?

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Can I drag it to the external drive or perhaps just the songs, then copy/drag them to my new computer ?
Pretty much, Yes.
If you wish to keep the formatting, notes, ratings, etc. that are with the library, you should allow the iTunes software to "discover" the library.
If the iTunes Library from one machine is placed on an external drive, the iTunes software on the other machine can be directed to the library of the external drive when connected.
Allowing "Copy to Home folder/music" will provide for copying of the library to the new machine.
Alternatively, if the library is loaded onto an iPod, the iPod can be used to transfer the music.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329

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You need to install iTunes on your laptop.
Then drag the iTunes folder:
My Documents\My Music\iTunes
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Then copy the iTunes folder from My Music on the desktop computer to the My Music folder on the laptop.
This could be done via an external drive, your iPod or network.
This Apple article gives the procedure using your iPod:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
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Transfering all the iTunes content from my laptop to my new PC

Hello!
I write this post in hope to get some hints and help how i can transfer all my itunes content to my new purchased PC.
On my laptop i have about some thousands of music files and realy alot of playlists created. Hence i have bought a new PC i would like to transfer everything from my itunes on my laptop to my new PC.
Is this possible, is it hard to do?
Its realy important for me since i do not want to loose all my playlists, so is there a tool for this?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751 - this explains how to backup your content (including playlists and ratings) to an external drive, which can then be used to populate your new computer
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-iTunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive - a bit old now but should provide some help

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ITunes purchased on another laptop

Hello All ,
I recently purchased a new laptop and installed iTunes and successfully synced my iPod. However, I purchased songs from iTunes using my old laptop and when I installed these songs onto iTunes and tried to sync them to my iPod I get an error that tells me that I am not allowed to sync these songs from the new laptop. Does anyone know how I would get these songs on my iPod?

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2. I had setup the iTunes on my (old) laptop to save all the contents of sync, into my External Harddrive.
3. My (old) laptop is now dead.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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