Macroplant
- I was dreading transfer of my library from PC to new laptop. I am not a natural with the details of windows and external hard disks. To cut to the chase, I purchased macroplant. I was dubious and downloaded it against my gut feel. However it was tremendous, it is loaded without fuss and 2000 songs downloaded in 5 to 10 minutes. A great product.
- —IHarrison1960
Transfer iTunes Library to other comp
- The best solution I found online on How to Transfer iTunes Library to Another Computer is this tutorial http://www.from-iphone-to-computer.com
- —ant1x
pretty easy
- I had a ton of issues and looking spent many hours trying to transfer itunes to my new computer. Then it hit me - I took out my 1GB flash drive, plugged it in and made a new folder in the flash drive called I-tunes, then literally copied all the songs from I-tunes into this folder, then took the flash drive out and put it in my new computer and literally copied and pasted into Itunes and it recognized everything. Now I had to do this a few times since my library was big but it was a much easier time than trying the other million ways that are out there! Get flash drive...plug it in, copy past, transfer to new computer...copy paste into new Itunes...now getting my old Ipod to sync up to this is going to be tricky...I'll save that until someone way smarter than me comes along!
- —Guest Zach
ipod to ipod transfer
- does anyone know how I can transfer my music library from my old ipod to my new ipod. driving me nuts not to be able to find this out easily!!!
- —Guest peggy
easiest
- copy the entire itunes folder form the old pc to a new folder on your ipod....move the ipod to your new pc...move that folder to your new pc desktop....locate the itune folder on the new pc delete it and replace it with the coppied folder from your old pc...poof everything from the old pc is now on the new pc...just remember to go back onto the ipod and delete the folder you created
- —Guest chris
RE:Home Sharing in iTunes 9 will do this
- This worked for me. After activating Advanced->HomeSharing on both computers the new computer listed a new "SHARED" dropdown with a list of all the songs in my library. I sorted by Album and selected,dragged and dropped the files onto "LIBRARY". Home Sharing lets you do this on up to 5 computers.
- —Guest Dan King
ps for shared library
- ...forgot to mention you need to set the music folder in iTunes to the same one you have transferred your library to so it finds it automatically....
- —Guest jeff
use shared library!
- was having a pain doing this myself and after a few attempts and having itunes duplicate all my My Music just dragged from my home shared library. i hard drive copied all my music and vids from my pc to my mac and then with home sharing, simply dragged everything that is in my shared library into the itunes on my mac and it is working perfectly and finding all the files where i have placed them on my mac! super cool... : )
- —Guest Jeff
Transferring to External Hard Drive
- I tried transferring them to my brand new but it wouldn't budge. :(
- —Guest Gary McHarris
Worked Flawlessly
- The external hard drive option worked flawlessly for me after some initial work on my part (Not a result of the instructions provided.) My library was on a 6-year old laptop that I kept primarily for my library, however, I'm moving and refused to move that brick one more time! Because I installed and uninstalled incorrectly itunes on my new laptop, I had to follow the instructions provided by Apple to uninstall the components and subsequently reinstall it correctly, this may be why some users are having problems with the presented options. Once I reinstalled the application correctly the transfer worked well. I'm definitely glad I came across these instructions as when I encountered a broken link, I knew how to fix it, in many instances it was a matter of checking the recycle bin and restoring the item... Thanks a lot, no more single tortorous use hardware!
- —Guest Kimberly
Syncing computer and ipod
- My computer recognizes my music library and my ipod but I can't get them to sync. I used an external hard drive--- my new computer sees and recognizes my library, no problem. itunes sees and recognizes my ipod, no problem. so why can't I SYNC? it says it's syncing but doesn't. any ideas?
- —Guest kerry
This worked for me - Windows 7
- I created a folder on the destop called ipod. Then I plugged in the ipod and checked "Enable disk use," then "Apply." Then my ipod appeared as Drive E in my directory. Then I opened the drive and drilled down to "Music" on the ipod. Then I copied the music folder to the new folder on my desktop. Then I downloaded Itunes to my new computer. I deauthorized my old computer and authorized the new one. Then I dragged and dropped the itunes music folder into my Itunes playlist. The songs and podcasts appeared! I had to recreate the smart playlists though. Then I unchecked "Enable disk use" and clicked Apply. Then I clicked on Control in the Itunes menubar and ejected the ipod. Then I recreated the playlists and plugged in the ipod and synced. It worked! Good luck.
- —Guest Bman
help!
- I used an external hard drive--- my new computer sees and recognizes my library, no problem. itunes sees and recognizes my ipod, no problem. so why can't I SYNC? it says it's syncing but doesn't. any ideas? heatheramyprice@gmail.com
- —Guest Heather
mark
- itunes sucks - these b******* make it nearly impossibly to transfer music you've bought and paid for
- —Guest mark
ethernet method
- you can use an ethernet cable as well. using the ethernet would actually be the fastest way to transfer.
- —Guest Tiddlywinks
