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I am selling my imac and getting a retina mbp, but the imac will be gone before I can get the new one. So, I need to move all my music from the imac onto an external hard drive to import later. How can I go about doing this? If possible I could just copy all mp3s into a folder on the external and then import it into itunes on new computer. Can I do this? What other ways are there/are they easier? Thanks.
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
alright and then put itunes folder back into the music section or it doesnt matter? And what about different paths like if I have a different username? And lastly will this way look exactly like it does now? Thanks.
If you follow ALL the steps in the above Link you should have no issues.
If I follow this method, my ipad synced with the old computer will sync with the new mac or I have to erase and sync iPad and iPhone?
81Steven wrote:
If I follow this method, my ipad synced with the old computer will sync with the new mac ...
Correct.
81Steven wrote:
.... I have to erase and sync iPad and iPhone?
No.
See Here...
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
Or...
From your OLD computer...
Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Full Details Here > Copy iTunes Library to Hard Drive to Back Up Data
Connect the external to your iMac and turn on time machine.
This will back up the noire drive.
Then you can plug it it into your retina when you first start it up and restore everything, not just iTunes.
FYI: You responded to a year old post.
How to move iTunes Library to new computer
