Trying to get my iTunes content from new iMac to my Powerbook, best method?

Want to have all my content on the go, how can I get my desktop content into my Powerbook, firewire through migration? Use iPod? Network them with ethernet? PLlease help!

Connect both computers with a FireWire cable, start up the iMac with the T key held down, and move the iTunes Music folder from the iMac to the PowerBook; by default, this folder is Music/iTunes/ in your account's home folder, which is in /Users/ unless you've manually changed it. Quit iTunes before beginning the process.
The Migration Assistant should not be used in this situation; it cannot migrate data to an existing Mac OS X user account.
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- Try contacting iTunes for the password problem:
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David,
I think that you can simply connect the two computers and then make the PowerBook appear like an external HDD and then it is a simple drag and drop. My freind did this and I am pretty sure that there is to it.
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What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
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What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
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If you do it gets stuck for HOURS and HOURS in "Preparing To Update" and the little activity circle never completes, ever!!
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Please tell me I am not the only one!!
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Hello,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364
-Griff W.

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i have a broken desktop which had my itunes account on it.
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iTunes as you see it in the application window uses a series of files and folders contained in the iTunes folder. Some people make the mistake of only backing up their media in which case all you have is a bunch of media files without the iTunes structure. In that case you have to build a new library yourself.
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I am trying to get the music content on my Mac onto my iPhone. When I connect the devices, the computer does not seem to recognize the iPhone, i.e., on the open itunes window, the iPhone is not seen as a connected "device".

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See Here
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