Q: Trying to move my iTunes Library from one iMac to a new one. I copied the iTunes Library folder to a portable HD and dragged that to the Music folder on my new iMac. Songs and artwork copy over, but Playlists do not. Any ideas how to get the Playlists?

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BrianW109

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Q: Trying to move my iTunes Library from one iMac to a new one. I copied the iTunes Library folder to a portable HD and dragged that to the Music folder on my new iMac. Songs and artwork copy over, but Playlists do not. Any ideas how to get the Playlists?

Trying to move my iTunes Library from one iMac to a new one. I copied the iTunes Library folder to a portable HD and dragged that to the Music folder on my new iMac. Songs and artwork copy over, but Playlists do not. Any ideas how to get the Playlists?

Old iMac is 10.7.5. New one is 10.8.2.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), Aperture 3.4

Posted on Nov 14, 2012 5:44 PM

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Limnos Nov 14, 2012 8:44 PM in response to BrianW109
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Nov 14, 2012 8:44 PM in response to BrianW109

If it is displaying all your items that you saw on the old computer then the playlists are there too. Your list of media and your playlists are all in the same file. If you have one you have the other.

Make sure you really are copying everything. Compare with a full library structure.

What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660

More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management

What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html

iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847
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