Moving Music DB to new user

Yes, it is possible to move your music files to another login user! Most will need help.

Thanks to Snowdog212 excellent solution to moving music DB. Would have worked except Apple changed the music file defining the DB yet again, from .XML to .ITL to now .musiclibrary. Can't match snowdog, only have a mere 3000 mostly .mp3 "songs". Worked my butt off on this problem. It was not helpful that Apple support guy seemed to be insulted that I didn't have any iTune music and no it was not possible to move music DB from one login user to another. Most all Apple support staff try to solve problems.

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Snowdog212

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Jan 8, 2020 10:53 AM in response to Orestes Chouchoulas

Had the same problem, but finally resolved with Apple Tech Support. The key was in how you open the MUSIC app. Hold down the OPTION key while opening the MUSIC app. You will see a dialog box. Pick the option "Choose Library". Now, navigate to your ITL file (not XML) for the old iTunes database you want to import and double click it. The MUSIC app will then ask you to Save this as a new Music Library. Give it a different name than your other library (s). Pick a location etc. Once that is done, you still have one final step - to change the default directory of your actual music files. Go to MUSIC preferences, select Files directory, and change it to where your actual audio files are. MUSIC app will then ask you to organize, click YES.

This took 2 hours to do on my iTunes database (153,263 songs, library size 8.4 TB). I was originally on Sierra 10.12.6 using

¡Tunes 12.8.2.3.

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Had to move Music because of bug, I think in Groogle Chrome, letting Web program clobbering OS system preferences causing ALL browser to crash.