You can't copy "iTunes" because it has the same name as another item

I did not have enough space on my old MacBook to hold my iTunes library, so purchased a passport HD to hold my music. I now have an imac and am trying to copy my itunes library from the drive onto my iMac. But when i try to copy i get this message:
"You can’t copy “Tyler iTunes” because it has the same name as another item on the destination volume, and that volume doesn’t distinguish between upper- and lowercase letters in filenames."
I tried deleting all files on the computer with the word iTunes, but it keeps happening. I saw on some other threads something about the drives' formatting, so just for reference my passport is formatted "Case-sensitive, journaled" and my iMac is "journaled"
I'm pretty good with computers and this just has me stumped. Its doing this on my fathers macbook pro purchased at the same time, so two new computers with the same problem, two different hard drives for each library. Same message. I'm baffled.

I now have an imac and am trying to copy my iTunes library
What exactly are you trying to copy?
There is no folder named "iTunes library".
I tried deleting all files on the computer with the word iTunes
Search for "Tyler iTunes", the same as the folder you are trying to copy.
post over here -> Forum : Using Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard since it is not an iTunes issue.

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