Transfering Itunes to another PC?

I just purchased a new PC. Is there a way I can transfer my itunes account to the new PC? Like all my music, movies, artwork and such? If so could someone please explain how.

If you want to move your library and music probably the most straightforward way to is to network the two computers together and copy your iTunes folder across. Start by consolidating your library. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them: Consolidating your library - Windows
Copying the whole folder brings with it the iTunes Music folder and also the iTunes Library (iTunes Library.itl in Windows) database file which holds all the information about your songs (Playlists, Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played, Date Added, etc). You'll get more information including the Folder/File structure in this article: What are the iTunes library files?
When you copy the iTunes folder make sure you put it into the default location on the new computer. On a PC this is \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\ (or C:\Username\Music\ in Vista). You should also use the same version of iTunes on both computers.
You can also use this method with an external hard drive, you drag the folder from the first computer to the external drive and then from the drive to the second computer.
If you have and iPod, some iPods can be used as an external drive and you can use them to move your iTunes (this option isn't available with the iPod Touch): How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
Once you have copied everything over hold down the Shift key in Windows when opening iTunes. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to an existing one. Navigate to where you placed the copy of the library file and open it up: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file
If you have any iTunes purchases in your library don't forget that you'll need to authorise your new computer to play them. Also if you are disposing of the old one remember to deauthorise it so you don't use up one of your allowances: About iTunes Music Store Authorisation and Deauthorisation

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Whilst transferring itunes onto another laptop i have deleted everything!

Hi there,
Firstly i'm not very computer savvy so hope i can explain this properly!
I had my itunes on my work laptop but have now left that company and have been trying to set up my itunes on another laptop at home. For a start we had problems finding a version of itunes that worked on this laptop but when we finally did, we plugged in my laptop which seemed to bring up all my songs properly into the library list but there was a message asking something about my itunes was registered elsewhere and did i now want that itunes to carry over to the current laptop (well that was what i thought it was asking anyway as it wasn't very clear!).
I clicked yes and suddenly the new blank library overwrote all the old library and so now my itunes is blank and there are no records of the songs in the hardrive.
I am presuming there is nothing i can do about this??

Se:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
Note that you can only sync with one iTunes library/computer but you can "sync" music and videos from more than one iTunes library/computer.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad

How do I get my uploaded material to show up in library after transferring itunes to another drive?

I've recently had to transfer my itunes over to drive D in my laptop, since drive C was just about at its limit. Anyway, I transferred my itunes over to drive D, but all that shows up in my library is the material I purchased frrom itunes - none of my uploaded cd's are showing up at all. The uploaded material shows up in my itunes file folder, and but it won't show up in my library until I play the song through the file folder. I'd rather not sit there playing all of this material just to get it to show in my library (since there is a LOT), so is there any quickie way I can get this stuff to show up in my itunes library again?

Have you tired to adding the music to the iTunes library by choosing:
File>Add Folder to Library
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1473 explains in detail how to add content to your iTunes library.

Transferring itunes to another computer with another account already on it

Hi all,
So I know this has probably been asked hundreds of times but I thought that I wanted to get a personal response to my situation.
Basically, the current setup for my wife and I is that we both have separate windows laptops, with itunes and separate itunes accounts on. However, we are getting rid of my wifes laptop and she is getting an iPad for what little 'work' she uses the laptop for, and then we have always got the one laptop anyway. However, we waqnt to keep separate Itunes accounts as her taste in music is not like mine, and I don't want namby pamby pop music on my account at the risk of accidently loading it on my iPod!
Therefore, what I want to know is:
1) How can I remove all of the music from the wifes laptop and transfer it on to my laptop, but wanting to keep it in a separate iTunes Music folder,
and
2) Is it possible to have one iTunes on the computer but have different accounts on it?
I am hoping that it is possible for this so that if I open up itunes and access my account it ony shows my music, and visa versa.
Many thanks in advance for any responses and help that you can give,
Regards,
Richard

Hello Richard,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The following article will tell you how to set up multiple accounts on one computer.
How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495
And this Support Communities discussion will provide some additional tips:
How to manage multiple...: Apple Support Communities
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5534797
Regards,
Jeff D.

I successfully transferred my itunes to another PC, when I click on most (not all) songs, it tells me to authorize the computer, I authorize it, it says this computer is already authorized, but when i click on a song, it tells me to authorize again. help

I successfully transferred my itunes to another PC, when I click on most (not all) songs, it tells me to authorize the computer, I authorize it, it says this computer is already authorized, but when i click on a song, it tells me to authorize again. help

Are the songs authorised to the same account?
Often people change their e-mail address over time, and also decide to set up new iTunes account names using that e-mail. You can (and should) continue to use an old e-mail address as your account name. Then you don't run into the issue of having different songs authorised to different accounts.
To check the authorised account for the song, click "Get info" on the song name in iTunes. It will show the account name in the Summary panel.
If you have set up multiple accounts, log into each one, and burn the songs to CD as audio tracks (i.e. like a normal CD, not a data CD). You can then re-import the files into iTunes without the authorisation embedded into the song.

I have purchased itunes tv series, movies and music and have transferred them onto an external hard drive and tried to play them on my tv on a media hub. The file will not load. Is there some form of blocking by itunes or another p[roblem and how d

I have purchased itunes tv series, movies and music and have transferred them onto an external hard drive and tried to play them on my tv on a media hub. The file will not load. Is there some form of blocking by itunes or another p[roblem and how do I fix it?

You can't fix it. iTunes bought content is DRM protected. so it can only be played on authorized devices. i.e devices associated with the apple Id used to purchase the content. Its copyright protection that the rights owners demand.
Circumventing it, is illegal in most countries, and as such cannot be discussed here. If you want to play the content you'll need to connect your computer directly to your TV, or use some other device you can authorize for iTunes content such as an iPad, iPhone , iPod touch or Apple Tv.

Transferring iTunes Metadata from one internal drive to another

I recently added a new hard drive to my G4 and loaded it with Leopard. My old drive (with Tiger) is still resident in the system. When I used the Migration Assistant to transfer over my data, my iTunes Library transferred just fine, but none of the metadata (playlists, ratings, play counts, bpm) came with it. Everyone keeps telling me just to copy over the whole iTunes folder from one drive to the other, but there are at last count three different iTunes folders on both systems. Could someone please be more specific? Is there not one or two files somewhere that holds this metadata that can be copied from one drive to the other? I had over 50 playlists and had spent HOURS adding bpm info to my library... I'd hate to lose all of that time and effort.
Thanks!

Firstly are you intending to keep your Windows installation on the current drive? Is your iTunes data on the same drive?
If so you don't want to reinstall the iTunes program.
There are basically two ways of moving iTunes to another drive, method one just moves the iTunes Music folder:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305451
Method 2 involves moving your iTunes folder so that everything, music and library files is on the other drive:
Close iTunes.
Copy the iTunes folder from My Muisc to your chosen location on the other drive.
Hold down the shift key and start iTunes, when asked to choose a libary, navigate to the iTunes folder in the new location and choose iTunes Library.itl. This assumes all your music is in the iTunes Music folder, there is another step if it isn't.
Without knowing exactly how you have things set up at the moment and how you want things to be after the move it's hard to choose between the two.
If you intend to reinstall Windows, of course it is completely different.
OOps I posted a link to a Mac method, link changed
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Transferring iTunes Library to another system, from a Time Machine backup

Transferring iTunes Library to another system, from a Time Machine backup
I have a large iTunes library that is backed up via Time Machine on an external drive. I would like to hook up that drive to another mac and just transfer the music that is saved in the backup. I don't want to restore anything else, simply transfer the whole iTunes library. Is this possible? If not, what is the best way to do something like this?
Thanks!

You should be able to restore iTunes and iPhoto files if the Lion system was running the same version of those applications that you'll have on the Snow Leopard system. However, you won't be able to restore files for applications like Mail, Address Book, or Safari, as the versions of those won't match.

How do you dowload songs from iPod nano 7th generation to iTunes on another computer?

I have iTunes on two computers. I bought a movie on one computer, but through a series of events had to erase my iPod on that computer and sync it to a different computer. Now, it will not sync the movie unless it is on the computer I bought the movie from. Because I erased my iPod on the computer I bought the movie, I have to download my iPod to the computer I bought the movie on in order to sync the movie to my iPod. How do you download everything on the Ipod nano 7th generation to iTunes on another computer?

Hello I.lmoss,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
Have a nice day,
Mario

Transferring iTunes music library from a mac to a PC

Hi
Does anyone know how i can transfer all the songs on my mac iTunes to my new windows iTunes? I followed the instructions on the msn support website but these instructions must only be for transferring the iTunes library from a mac to a mac, or from a pc to another pc, and not from a mac to pc or vice versa.
I`ve just bought a laptop to take to university and i want to bring my music library with me.
When i loaded up my itunes from mac onto the pc it just keeps saying windows does not recognise the type of file. Is there a way of changing the settings so that windows will recognise and run a mac file?
If anyone knows that'd be of great help

The music files will transfer and play without a problem.
You will need to download a Windows version of iTunes and the iPod Updater in order to use the PC. The Mac versions will not work.
iPod Updater
iTunes Download Page
There may be some problem with the Windows version of iTunes reading the Mac's iTunes Library file. This may prevent you from completely moving over some of the music meta-data from the Mac to the PC.
There have been some posts on this, but I'll need to search for them.
Also see this for the transfer process: Buegie, "transfering music to another pc." #4, 11:22pm Oct 14, 2005 CDT
EDIT: Based on an old post I had copied into my "iPod Hints" file, here is how one contributer gave a high-level process:
i 1) copy the iTunes Music folder to your Windows machine, replacing the existing folder (back up the existing one first)
i 2) copy the iTunes Music Library.xml file to your Windows machine, and change the name to e.g. iTunesMac.xml so iTunes won't write over it.
i 3) delete any "iTunes Library.itl" file (back up the existing one)
i 4) run iTunes, and do File > Import... and pick iTunesMac.xml
Hope this helps.

Trying to move itunes to another pc. now cant sync, files not found even though theyre showing in itunes

Ive tried to move my itunes to another pc. I copied all onto and external harddrive and transfered to the other laptop. It all shows up in the itunes libruary and i can play them but when i try and sync to my iphone it comes with an exclamation mark and says the original file cannot be found and nothing goes on my phone. Totally stuck and confused!!

Then something did not transfer correctly.
What exactly did you copy? Was it the ENTIRE iTunes folder? If not... start over and copy the ENTIRE iTunes folder.

Transferred itunes library from Windows XP PC to new Windows 7 PC. plugged in 3rd gen Ipod. Ipod icon appears along with playlists, music etc. Songs are grayed out and won't play. Please help!

I recently transferred itunes library from windows XP PC to new Windows 7 PC. The transfer was successful, however when I plug my 3rd gen Ipod Nano into the new PC, the Ipod icon appears along with the music, playlists, etc. The songs are shown but are 'grayed out' and wont play or sync.The 'Devices & Printers' window in new PC shows icon for Ipod driver & is OK. The icon for the Ipod appears but depicts a delta shaped warning icon that states that the Ipod is'not operating properly'. Tried troubleshooting. The troubleshooting message states the the Ipod is 'disconnecting'. Can you help me with this problem?

Then, I dropped the entire itunes file from the old PC (XP) into an empty external drive.
That "itunes file from the old PC"? Is that the iTunes folder, from the old PC, that was in the user home folder's Music folder?
All of the library, playlists, etc. from the ipod as they always have been are shown, by they are 'grayed out' and will not open or play.
That's on the iPod, correct? Are all of your old playlists in iTunes, from the old PC, still there in iTunes on the new PC? Are the songs in iTunes still playable?
This document provides the steps to transfer a complete iTunes library between two computers. See the section called External drive.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer - Apple Support
There are many steps, but this is a summary. (1) On the old PC, consolidate all of your iTunes data into the iTunes folder. (2) Copy this iTunes folder to the external drive. (3) On the new PC (that has iTunes installed but NOT running), replace its existing iTunes folder with the one from the old PC (on the external drive). When you run iTunes, it uses the iTunes folder from the old PC, and it should look like iTunes on the old PC (with all the playlists, ratings, play count, etc.), and your iPod will see the iTunes library as the same iTunes library (because it is the same library).
If you did something different, and the old PC is still accessible, you may want to try it using the method from the linked document.

Why have iTunes on another computer?

I have iTunes on my desktop computer (Windows 7 Professional 32-bit). I can connect my iPod 30G to it and drag/drop tunes/videos between the iPod and the computer.
I recently bought a laptop and installed iTunes on it also. I am now trying every which way I know how to get those songs/videos off the iPod and onto this computer. I've done searches in this (and other) forum panels and as near as I can tell, iTunes will let an iPod sync with just ONE computer.
My question s this: why bother putting iTunes on another computer if you cannot copy your music from the iPod to the computer? If this is not true, then could someone please enlighten me as to the procedure to copy/paste FROM the iPod to the computer?
Bill

These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
If you have an iOS device that syncs with contact & calendar data on your computer you should migrate this information too. If that isn't possible create a dummy entry of each type in your new profile and iTunes should offer to merge the existing data from the device into the computer, otherwise the danger is that it will wipe the information from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data. If you don't have any Apple devices then see HT2519 - Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store.
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Can i use a 2nd iphone if i install itunes on another user account.when i tried to create a second library i messed up both phones, the second one now has all my contacts and when it sends txts it either says its my other phone or email address

can i use a 2nd iphone if i install itunes on another user account.when i tried to create a second library i messed up both phones, the second one now has all my contacts and when it sends txts it either says its my other phone or email address. i can cope with the first phone and getting it back on itunes but dont want to syn the 2nd phone until i know it is independant of the other one. Does it matter that both phones use the same itunes store account?

Deleting the account on your phone only removes if from your phone. The account and it's data remain intact and doing so will not effect your daughter's phone.
To do this, first go to Settings>iCloud on your phone and turn any synced data (contacts, calendars, etc.) to Off, and when prompted, choose to keep the data on the phone. When finished, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. Then set up a new iCloud account with a different Apple ID and turn any data you want to sync with iCloud (contact, calendars, etc.) back to On. This will upload your data to your new iCloud account.

I purchased a new computer and transferred itunes, but can't get the podcasts I downloaded after the transfer to sync to my nano

I purchased a new computer and transferred itunes to it but now can't get podcasts downloaded after the transfer to sync with device.

So you have these podcasts downloaded and stored in your iTunes library is that correct? However, they will not sync with the device? Are these video or audio podcasts?
How is your Nano currently configured to sync podcasts? You can check this by viewing the iPod's Podcasts configuration tab in iTunes. To view this tab, plug your iPod in and select it from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes to bring yourself to the Summary tab that now shows to the right. Look for the Podcasts tab along the top and select it. Here you can configure how and what Podcasts are synced.
If you do happen to make any changes from under this tab, be sure to hit the Apply button to sync the updated changes to the Nano.
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