How to transfer ripped music CDs from an old iMac to a new MacBook

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How to transfer ripped music CDs from an old iMac to a new MacBook

I have a lot of ripped music cd’s on a rather old iMac. I copy the music to my iPhone & that all works really well.

I just went to buy a new MacBook. Sadly I was told by the Apple assistant in the store that my ripped music won’t work when transferred to the new MacBook. Apparently it’s something to do with licensing but I bought and paid for all that music!

Is there a solution please?

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MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 2, 2024 4:04 PM

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ed2345

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Mar 2, 2024 7:21 PM in response to BadCompany156

... I was told by the Apple assistant in the store that my ripped music won’t work when transferred to the new MacBook.

That information is not correct. You just need to copy your library across from the old machine to your new MacBook. See info in here:

Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community

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Mar 3, 2024 7:02 AM in response to ed2345

Thanks Ed2345. The Apple employee told me that was out of date & recently changed. I can’t find anything about that online though so it looks like you’re right.

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How to transfer ripped music CDs from an old iMac to a new MacBook

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