Setting up iTunes Library

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Setting up iTunes Library

I've been a PC user for my whole life and just got a Macbook Air. I have about 120GBs of music I want to transfer over from my backup hard drive, but I have a few questions first.

1. What is the easiest way to set up my iTunes library on the new Mac? Should I just copy it all into the iTunes media folder? or "automatically add to iTunes folder?"

2. Is there a way to automatically backup new music you download? So it doesn't get lost in my large library of music.

Thanks

Macbook Air 13 inch (late 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 11, 2010 12:52 AM

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Answer 1

Tony T1

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Dec 11, 2010 8:22 AM in response to clivo360

See: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
and http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/9.2/en/15475.html

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Dec 11, 2010 10:30 AM in response to clivo360

For backup I would use Time Machine to backup to an external hard drive or a network drive like the Time Capsule.

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Tony T1

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Dec 11, 2010 11:21 AM in response to Brian Caslis

Brian Caslis wrote:
For backup I would use Time Machine to backup to an external hard drive or a network drive like the Time Capsule.

Alternatives to Time Machine are: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751 and and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1382

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Dec 11, 2010 11:45 AM in response to Tony T1

Tony T1 wrote:

Brian Caslis wrote:
For backup I would use Time Machine to backup to an external hard drive or a network drive like the Time Capsule.

Alternatives to Time Machine are: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751 and and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1382

Certainly you can do this. But for a new Mac user Time Machine is very easy way to backup data.

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Tony T1

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Dec 11, 2010 12:16 PM in response to Brian Caslis

Brian Caslis wrote:
Certainly you can do this. But for a new Mac user Time Machine is very easy way to backup data.

I agree, but it's also good to keep a copy on DVD's off-site (i.e. in the trunk of your car).

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