What is the best way to transfer my iTunes library to my new mac book pro?

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TRANSFER MY ITUNES LIBRARY TO MY NEW MAC BOOK PRO?  I AM A NOVICE COMPUTER WIZARD!

From your Old Computer... Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Backup iTunes to an External Drive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
Moving iTunes Media Folder (Mac)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
If your Old Computer is a PC... See Here...
Move iTunes Library from PC to MAC
http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

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  • What's the best way to transfer my itunes library?

    I just upgraded from a PPC G5 to a Mac Pro and I want to transfer my iTunes library from PPC.
    Thank you.

    Use Migration Assistant (Applications >Utilities folder) to copy all your user data from old computer to new computer.

  • What's the best way to transfer my iTunes music from windows to mac?

    I ordered my first Macbook which will get here on Monday, August 13, 2012. This is my first Macbook so I need a little help transferring my music over to my new laptop from my current Windows laptop. Is my best option just using home sharing? I did a Google search which turned up home sharing but I wanted to come on here to see if it is in fact my best route. I'd like to transfer all my music (2500 songs) with the album artwork and info I've entered. I'm a little picky about my music so I'd like everything to transfer over. Thanks in advance.

    DLuer wrote:
    Reading that article I have just one concern. In the notes section it says,
    "This process will create a new user account on your Mac to contain the Windows PC information that is migrated over.  It will not merge the information with an existing user account on your Mac."
    I don't want to have two accounts that I have to switch back and forth between.
    You don't have to switch between accounts. Just use the new account.
    If you start up and then add a new, 2nd account with the imported info, you can just use this new account. Either keep the first account as an admin user or delete it.
    If I do this the first time I start the computer will I be able to have just one account?
    Yes.
    I have two accounts.
    One only for admin stuff and another for my regualr, day-to-day use.

  • What is the best way to transfer my iphoto library from old imac to new imac. both have iphoto 9.2.1

    What is the best way to transfer my iphoto library from current imac to my new imac.  Both imacs have iphoto 9.2.1
    os on old imac is 10.6.8.   os on new imac is 10.7.2.   I want the albums  and events to stay intact.  I have 4500 photos and 79 videos. 14.9 gb. looking for some advice here. Thanks so much.

    Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
    LN

  • Got new macbook pro. What is the best way to transfer my itunes from my old pc to my new mac? I want to be able to plug my iphones and ipad in to new mac and have redo anything

    Got new macbook pro. What is the best way to transfer my itunes from my old pc to my new mac? I want to be able to plug my iphones and ipad in to new mac and have redo anything

    See Here... This should transfer everything...
    Move iTunes Library from PC to MAC
    http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

  • What is the best way to share a iTunes library between 5 users on the same computer?

    What is the best way to share a iTunes library between 5 users on the same computer?
    Currently I have a common itunes library in a shared folder that each user is linked to.  The problem is that when one user adds music to the shared file, it does not automaticaly appear to other users when they open their iTunes.  They have to go to the shared library and select the new music in order to make it visable in their iTunes.
    Would iTunes file shareing fix this problem?
    Thanks

    aapl.up wrote:
    Rick, are you saying that if you try to share a folder outside of home and use sharepoints, then the other mac wont prompt you to log in? Have you tried that? It is hard to believe that is the case
    I am sort of saying that. Have you tried it? I know it's hard to believe, but you really need to help us out by trying some steps that you don't believe.
    We can't see what your exact situation is. We sort of know what's worked for us out here. Just trying to help you get this going in less than 24 hours!
    Sharepoints manages the samba configuration file. It's free software that puts a pretty face on an otherwise cumbersome config file.
    Give it a shot.
    windows will not prompt for passwords, I have tried this with multiple computer at home for both vista and xp
    As I stated. You will not get prompted on windows, if you have set up sharing in an insecure fashion. You are not using a secured sharing situation.
    No argument with your statement.

  • What's the best way to import my itune library from iMac to macbook air?

    what's the best way to import my itunes library from my imac to my macbook air?

    Use Migration Assistant to copy your entire user folder from old computer to new computer.
    -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889

  • What is the best way to transfer my music library from my windows pc to my new macbook air?

    what is the best way to transfer my large iTunes library from my windows pc to my new macbook air?  Not all purchased, many from CDs I owned

    Moving a library: Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings:  Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its sub-folders and files) intact to the other drive.  Hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) and open iTunes.  At the prompt to create or choose a library choose the copied iTunes folder.
    If this is to a new computer and you put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music  then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there.  (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)
    Windows users see tip at: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18879381#18879381
    Consider moving everything from your Windows PC to your Mac in a single move, including your iTunes library: About Windows Migration Assistant - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4796 - Learn about how to use Windows Migration Assistant to migrate your files from a Windows PC to a Mac.

  • What is the best way to transfer photos from old laptop to new laptop?

    What is the best way to transfer photos from old Macbook Pro to new Macbook Pro?

    If you only need to transfer photos, connect the two Macs to the same network. Enable file sharing on both, and copy the iPhoto folder from your old Mac to the new one. Put it in your Pictures folder. This assumes you have no photos on your new MacBook Pro you wish to keep. If you do then let me know.
    The first time you launch the new version of iPhoto with a Library created by an older version, it will most likely want to "upgrade your iPhoto Library". This is normal.

  • What is the best way to import my iTunes music to my new iMac from XP PC.

    HI
    I am setting up my new iMac running Mavericks. What is the best way to import my iTUnes music from my XP PC? I have an external drive I could use.
    Chris

    Hi
    Thanks for that. But do I have to us the external disc, moving it from PC to Mac or is there a better way?. Can you directly connect the systems. I assume wifi is too slow as the size is about 10G
    Chris

  • HT1751 What is the best way to move my iTunes library from an external PC drive to a Mac external drive?

    I just make the move to Mac computers.  My iTunes library is currently on a PC formatted external drive.  I would like to move it to an external drive that i have formatted for Mac.  What is the best way to do this?

    Is the entire library on the external drive or just the media folder? If it is the latter, and you still have access to the PC then see make a split library portable.
    If the drive is in FAT32 format you can connect a portable library directly to the Mac, holding down Option as you start iTunes. Otherwise you either need to copy it to a local drive (Mac should be able to read NTFS) or install a full service NTFS driver so that the library can be read and updated.
    tt2

  • What is the best way to back up itunes library

    I have my imac time machine program set to back up my computer every day to an external hard drive. I recently updated itunes and I lost some of my songs. I tried to find them in time machine but I couldn't find them. itunes support was good and I was able to download them again but I'm wondering what is the best way to back up my songs so I don't have to ask to download them again. I have a lot of podcast that I don't want to keep hard copies of they aren't as important to me.
    As of now I have all the songs burned to a music cd but I just want to know if others think that time machine isn't the best back up for itunes and the cd's are the way to go.
    Thanks for the help.

    see _*The Complete Guide to Backing Up your iTunes Library*_.
    JGG

  • What is the best way to restore my itunes library, etc.?

    My imac started to meltdown last week to the point I couldn't get it to boot. After many tries, I finally was able to access my HD using diskwarrior. Even target mode wouldn't work!
    The good news is that I was able to copy my libraries, etc onto my external drive and I have all my music, podcasts, etc.
    Bad news is that I had to completely scrub my imac and do a complete reinstall. Now that I have a fresh install of itunes, how can I get it back to the way it was before the meltdown?
    When I attache my iphone, itunes wants to wipe out the iphone and sync with the info in itunes, which there is none! The data and setup on the iphone is current and itunes is not. So, in line with my rebuild of itunes, can I trick this new install of itunes into thinking it is my old itunes?
    Thanks!

    From your Old Computer... Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
    Backup iTunes to an External Drive
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
    Moving iTunes Media Folder (Mac)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
    If your Old Computer is a PC... See Here...
    Move iTunes Library from PC to MAC
    http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

  • What is the best way to save your itunes library?

    What happens if my computor completely crashes and I lose all my files including itunes and all the music I have put on there? Is it possible to save my library to anything so that in such event I am simply able to load my itunes library onto another computor. Any Suggestions??

    Hello Rebecca and welcome to discussions,
    The very best way is to back it all up onto an external hardrive, using a cloning or back up Application. Using this method - if your computer does crash or fail you can just transfer all the music back to another computer.
    You can also back up onto DVDs if you have a burner thats suitable.
    Back up back up back up - Always back up. Its always worth doing.
    Hope that helps some.
    Regards
    Ian

  • What's the best way to correct my iTunes library's track and artists names?

    I need to know how i can i correct the name of the files in my iTunes library.
    For example, a lot of people have REM in their library which is not correct, it's R.E.M.
    I am sure there's an application that will scan my library and correct the info.

    While at first glance iTunes does an adequete job of naming music it does have its issues. It will not change the name of the actual file to match the music.
    There are much better programmes out there to do this, I use mp3Tag (free). This will change your tag data and you can change your filename to match. It should be pointed out that this will not work with music downloaded from the iTunes store only the stuff you have ripped.
    I have not tried it by converting iTunes Plus music to mp3 and then changing the tag data. Does anyone know if this works?

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