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sweatylee

Q: Itunes sync

my old computer is unavailable to deauthorize how can i ensure my new iMac is what my iPod recognizes as the desktop to sync with

Posted on Oct 11, 2015 6:10 PM

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Oct 11, 2015 6:52 PM in response to sweatylee
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    Oct 11, 2015 6:52 PM in response to sweatylee

    It is more a matter of it having to sync with the same library it used before.

     

    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 select prompt choose the iTunes Library.itl file in the copied iTunes folder.

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Oct 11, 2015 10:32 PM in response to sweatylee
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    Oct 11, 2015 10:32 PM in response to sweatylee

    A small extension to Limnos' answer:

     

    Your old computer's content should have been migrated to your new iMac.  That migration may have occurred from the old computer itself or from a backup.  Anyway, once that was completed, the iPod will think it's communicating to its customary iTunes library.