Transfering my songs from one comp. to another

i just recently purchased a mac notebook and i am trying to transfer all of my music from itunes for windows to my notebook itunes for mac. and it will not let me with out deleting the songs i have on it from my dell computer. Is there any way i can transfer all my songs to my notebook?

i just hope i figure this out soon cause with all the stuff my lil bros and sisters r down loading i'm afriad that the dell might crash and i might loose all my music and i tried burning some of my music to cds and copy it to the mac. but it doesnt show all the titles and art work and stuff like that.

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Hey all,
I tried to look for a answer on this, and i can't seem to find one, so forgive me if the answer if obvious.
I purchased and downloaded some music from the itms on my home computer and would like to play it on my computer at work. Is there anyway i can access those purchased songs without burning a cd, copying them to a external, using a idisk or whatever (as outlines here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93063). it seems like quite a tedious process to go though in order to play the bought songs on another computer.
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Dave Sawyer:
i If you have an iPod, look here:
That's pretty much using an external hard drive. I think what he was hoping for was that all his songs could be downloaded again on another computer using a shared iTMS account, so he wouldn't have to transport a storage device or recordable media. There's a cost to providing bandwidth, and you're paying for exactly one download.
Now I make sure I keep backup copies of my purchased music files. Right now I have them on libraries on two machines, but I'm going to back them up on CD-RW and/or an external HD. I bought a couple of songs yesterday on iTMS, and transferred them via a SanDisk Cruzer Mini.

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Be very careful when connecting an iPod full of music to an empty iTunes library.There is very real risk of permanently losing all the music.
To prevent auto sync, connect the iPod whilst holding down the 'control+shift' keys and do not let them go until your iPod appears in iTunes.
If you see a message that your iPod is associated with a different library and asks if you want to link to a new one, make sure you press "Cancel".
If you should click on "Erase and Sync" will erase all the content currently on your iPod and it will be replaced with the content of the iTunes library you just connected to.
When you've pressed cancel your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list under "devices" and allow you to change the update setting to manage the iPod content manually, and that will let you use your iPod for the time being without the risk of accidentally erasing the contents.
Then do any of the following to transfer your music from iPod back to the computer/iTunes.
For iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
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How to copy iTunes purchases from an iPod or iPhone to a computer.
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Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola and iDump and iPodRobot.
If you want to recover just the structure of playlists from the iPod (and not the actual song files themselves), there's iRepo for Windows. which I understand has this feature along with all the standard features for these programs.
iPodRip also has the feature enabling you to reconstruct playlists.
There is also CopyTrans. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.
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Copying content from your iPod to your computer - The Definitive Guide.

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iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing in your computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4620
Troubleshooting Home Sharing: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
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iTunes for Mac - How to copy purchases between computers: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1373
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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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