Transferring from PowerMac to Mac Pro
Hi All-
Couple of questions. My beautiful Power Mac has finally become out of date - for my business at least - though I plan to use it for personal use. Today I purchase a Mac Pro and I'm currently installing software, etc. I want to wipe clean and do a fresh install on the old machine. It has all of my personal junk - like pics and music, etc. I can back those up on one of my external HDs and also transfer it over to this new Mac Pro (I presume). If I transfer those music folders from computer to computer and authorize everything in iTunes, will all play well? Any tips/tricks/lessons learned to make this easier? Also, will my album artwork - much of which I had to manually add (like Beatles, for example) carry over as well? Will the settings on the info tab (like volume settings, etc.) all carryover also?
I just want to do this the best most efficient way before I do the clean install and lose all of that music...
Regards,
David
1. De-authorise your old machine if it's not to be used for iTunes
2. Then see this article for how to transfer via external HD and keep all your playlists, ratings etc :
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive
However, if you had a 'regular' setup on the PowerMac (iTunes folder in your Music folder, and iTunes Music folder organised etc) then you could transfer the iTunes folder directly to the new Mac IN THE SAME PLACE, keeping all the user account names, folder names, paths etc, the same - then the iTunes Library may not even notice it's on a different computer..
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