Transferring Specific Playlists From One Mac to Another

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Transferring Specific Playlists From One Mac to Another

I just bought a MacBook Air and would like to transfer certain files/folders/applications from my MacBook to my MacBook Air using Migration Assistant. I know that it is possible to transfer iTunes playlists using Migration Assistant, but I don't know if it is possible to transfer only a few specific playlists. You see, I have an extensive music library with many songs that I don't regularly listen to anymore; I still want to keep the songs, but don't want to transfer them over to my new Air. So: IS it possible to transfer only a few select playlists, or must I transfer the whole library?

[Side Note: I know that I could potentially transfer only a few folders of music instead of my library. However, the folders are sorted by artist, and I want to transfer playlists -- as some of my playlists have songs by many different artists, it would take me a long time to choose all the right folders.)

A1181 (MacBook 4,1), Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Nov 9, 2010 7:12 PM

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GHGaby Author

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Nov 10, 2010 4:52 AM in response to GHGaby

Adding on to my question: Are there folders for playlists?

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GHGaby Author

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Nov 10, 2010 12:32 PM in response to GHGaby

hello??

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ed2345

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Nov 10, 2010 5:50 PM in response to GHGaby

GHGaby wrote:
IS it possible to transfer only a few select playlists, or must I transfer the whole library?

[Side Note: I know that I could potentially transfer only a few folders of music instead of my library. However, the folders are sorted by artist, and I want to transfer playlists -- as some of my playlists have songs by many different artists, it would take me a long time to choose all the right folders.)

On the older Mac, create a new folder and name it for the playlist. Go to the iTunes playlist, Select All, and drag into the new folder. This will put a copy of each song into the folder without changing your library in any way. Then, just copy that folder to the new Mac.

Make a playlist with just 3 songs to try it out, so you can see how it works. Once you are happy with the procedure, you can go ahead and move the real ones.

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GHGaby Author

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Nov 11, 2010 3:18 PM in response to ed2345

Thanks so much! I'll try that out and see what happens...

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Dec 26, 2010 10:14 AM in response to ed2345

HI there - I need a step by step process of transferring my itunes music from a macbook to a new imac using an external hard drive to do so. However, my library is shared between two accounts on the macbook, so the library is not in the usual place. I'm doing this to free up lots of space on my macbook. Any help would be much appreciated!! Happy Holiday!!

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conejo61

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Jan 6, 2011 1:49 PM in response to ed2345

I'm trying to move a specific playlist from one Mac to another. I've created a new folder in iTunes and copied the playlist into it, but how do I move that folder to another computer? it seems to be stuck in iTunes and I can't find it via Finder.

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Compukid

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Aug 20, 2011 5:50 PM in response to conejo61

If they are registered under the same iTunes account, try Home Sharing. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes.

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