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Phillip Andrus

Q: How do I transfer movies to a new mac?

Hi.

 

I just bought a new macbook.  I have a bunch of ripped dvds and home movies on a 2007 imac.  how do I get them over to the macbook pro?

 

any help appreciated.  thanks, phil

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 18, 2015 2:19 PM

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos May 18, 2015 4:06 PM in response to Phillip Andrus
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    May 18, 2015 4:06 PM in response to Phillip Andrus

    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.

     

    When this is to a new computer 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.)