When I use Home share is it capable to transfer my playlists and play counts, etc?

Hi, i got a new laptop and Im trying to transfer about 60 Gb of music and videos to it from an old itunes account. I really want my playlists, the original dates i added the songs, and the play counts to be transferred as well. Can i do that with home sharing?
I also got an external harddrive and Itunes support said that I could transfer all the info I wanted but when I tried, it didnt work. Any advise?

Sofa_bed37 wrote:
Can i do that with home sharing?
home sharing will not transfer playcounts, ratings, and original "date added". you can transfer playlists but the actual music files will not be copied to the homeshared library, i.e. they must be already present in the other library.
to do what you want you need a 3rd party tool such as TuneRanger.
I also got an external harddrive and Itunes support said that I could transfer all the info I wanted but when I tried, it didnt work. Any advise?
you can use the external. assuming all your media files are in the default location, copy the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music or media folder) to the external, and from there to the exact same location on the other machine.
this will also provide an opportunity to create a backup of your library (generally a good idea in case something happens). you could use SyncToy to keep main library and backup in sync.

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