It appears that you can move your library from one pc to another which only moves your library. Basically it is like moving your records \ CD’s to another room. The play counts, date added to library, ratings or any other personalised information about the song are not included in the .itl file. Is there a 3rd party software which can perform this task as itunes cannot?
Windows, Windows 10
OMG…It was to do with the .itl file and locations. On my old pc the library was located in a program directory rather than user / etc and the .itl file here was corrupt and there was another located in the user / itunes media folder. Once I copied this together with the music folder onto the new pc under user / itunes/itunes media everything worked as it should. I now hav all playlists, all counts, date added is correct etc.. etc.
Thank you Apple Community.
OMG…It was to do with the .itl file and locations. On my old pc the library was located in a program directory rather than user / etc and the .itl file here was corrupt and there was another located in the user / itunes media folder. Once I copied this together with the music folder onto the new pc under user / itunes/itunes media everything worked as it should. I now hav all playlists, all counts, date added is correct etc.. etc.
Thank you Apple Community.
That's odd. I haven't used iTunes on a PC but all those things are kept in the .itl on a Mac with iTunes.
Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community user doc by tt2 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10831
Read the document to which I posted a link. It explains in detail about moving libraries. You may also find this one useful: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 It's the .itl file that has the extra metadata such as play count. You must move the entire library correctly so it is starting up from the same library file you had on the old computer and the directory structure is the same. Right now it sounds to me like you are moving the media files but somehow not starting from the .itl.
It works on Windows version of iTunes too.
Hi Lemnos,
I backed up to hard drive and then loaded everything onto a new PC and when the data was added it was like a fresh new library. A Mac may be ok but a windows PC isn’t?
You're welcome.
Move itunes library to new pc and retain play counts etc
