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I've tried exporting an xml file from my old computer then importing into iTunes on the new computer. Didn't work. Mostly I'm concerned about losing the playlists on my iPhone when i sync/backup using iTunes on the new PC. As I recall, typically the iTunes library on the PC replaces or copies over the playlists/library on my iPhone. TIA
If you followed the steps in:
Save a copy of your playlists in iTunes on PC - Apple Support
can you describe where and how it failed?
If you followed the steps in:
Save a copy of your playlists in iTunes on PC - Apple Support
can you describe where and how it failed?
Yes, I went to my old laptop, iTunes, exported my playlists into an xml file, tranferred the file to my new laptop and imported the xml file. Got a popup that said "some of the songs were not imported because they could not be found". Ultimately there was nothing imported (songs or playlists) into iTunes on the new laptop. I tried this method saving the exported file into both xml and txt. Same results both times. Thanks.
Another time see Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community. This will also preserve Date Added information.
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EDIT: instead of exporting playlists, I just tried exporting Library. Problem solved. Thanks.
Copying iTunes playlists from iPhone to new PC.
