Help-Trying to transfer library from PC to Ipod then to new Ibook G4

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Help-Trying to transfer library from PC to Ipod then to new Ibook G4

I hope someone can offer a suggestion. I downloaded from "somewhere??" an outline of how to use the Nano as a hard drive - to copy the itunes folder over to it and also gave instructions for hen attaching to the new computer and moving the itunes folder over with all my music.

Made a couple of attempts till I seemed to get that part right but on my new mac when I open itunes none of the songs are in the library. When I check where the library supposedly retrieves its info from everything looks okay. I can open the itunes folder in My Music and the songs all appear to be there but for some unknown reason aren't showing up in itunes.

I was lucky I did not turn automatic updating back on so I still also have the songs in my ipod - as well they still also seem to be appearing in itunes on my PC.

Could this problem have anything to do with trying to transfer from a PC to a MAC??

Please help!

ibook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Apr 12, 2006 9:13 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 12, 2006 11:03 AM in response to lynlog

If it was a Windows PC you were talking about I would say to drag the contents of your music folder to the Library in iTunes. But I don't know on a Mac.

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Jeff Bryan

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Apr 12, 2006 11:28 AM in response to Gary Suzuki1

"If it was a Windows PC you were talking about I would say to drag the contents of your music folder to the Library in iTunes"

Same on a Mac. Or use the file/add to library option in iTunes.

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lynlog Author

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Apr 12, 2006 1:41 PM in response to lynlog

Nearing the end of my day at work and still hoping for any suggestions.......

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Jeff Bryan

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Apr 12, 2006 3:11 PM in response to lynlog

"I can open the itunes folder in My Music and the songs all appear to be there but for some unknown reason aren't showing up in itunes."

You've been told how to get them there in 2 previous posts.

So can we assume that you're ignoring those suggestions for a reason?

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Apr 13, 2006 1:23 AM in response to Jeff Bryan

I've read that the iPod will work for PCs -OR- for Macs, but you have to reset it to switch back and forth. So if I understand what you're asking, I think you'd be off with a thumbdrive, or whatever you want to call those USB pocketable memory drives/sticks.
Best of luck to you.
Ralph

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Jeff Bryan

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Apr 13, 2006 1:53 AM in response to Ralph Smith

"I've read that the iPod will work for PCs -OR- for Macs, but you have to reset it to switch back and forth"

Not strictly true. Any Windows formatted drive can be read and written to by a Mac without the need to reformat, but not vice versa. And anyway, the OP doesn't want to use the iPod between Windows and Mac, he has transferred his music onto the iBook and now wants to populate the library with it.

Two people have posted ways to do this already.

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