im getting a iMac intel core duo 17" very soon. I currently have my 1,750 song iTunes library on my PC. to move my library, should I connect the computers with a cable? then do the same thing as moving the library with an iPod? (except for the ipod part)
Just burn the itunes music folder where your music is to dvd. It should be big enough to hold that amount of songs (or as many dvd's as needed). insert into the imac and drag the file to itunes. Imac recognizes the files just like pc. You're done. (everything works better on a mac).
Ben, you will have to move three things. First, go under "Start" -> "My Music." In there you will see a folder named "iTunes" and inside of that are two files - "iTunes Music Library" and "iTunes Library" - and one folder - "iTunes Music." That folder contains your songs and the two files contain your playlists, ratings, playcounts and other info about your music that is not essential, but may be nice to have.
If you have a router and they are networked, you can drag and drop those into your iMac, replacing the ones that are already there. If they are not networked, break out some CDs and DVDs. One one, put the two files and how ever many songs you can fit. Just drag the data over and hit "burn" when the disk is about full.
The easiest way would be to just use your iPod as a hard drive and copy all the music from one computer to the other. For instructions on how to do that just go here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
Hey all,
I haven't been on this section of the apple site for a while. I sadly took a job at a school where they use pcs.
Anyway I thought I could help.
I've transfer full music folders from two computers many times but never a library from a pc to a mac. Let me explain the difference.
The folder that holds all your music only holds your music. IE on mac (osx) its ~/Music/iTunes Library/Music
and on a pc (windows 2000 and newer) its in
/Documents and Settings/user name/My Music/iTunes/Music
The "Library" is the thing that keeps tracksof your albums. I belive this file is in XML format and should work the same on both a pc and mac.
Anyway, this is how you transfer the whole thing from one machien to the other over a network.
It is best if you wire them together. Proccess goes much faster.
On the mac we must first turn it into a server that the pc can talk to
When you are logged in as an administrator on the mac go to the apple menu > system prefernces
click on sharing
enable windows sharing. You may also need to enable an account to connect with. I recomend that you enable the user who gets the music. ( i can clerify this if requested nazario.a@gmail.com)
Ok then on the PC
go to the start menu > run
type in your macs ip address or name
it should look something like this \\192.168.1.2
then clock ok, wait a bit and eventualy it will ask for a username and a password. Use them name and pass for the user you enabled in the sharing control panel step
then you will see a window with your users folder in it.open it and navigate to the Music folder.
I hope that you havent loaded anymsuic on that user gets trickeier if you did and you may not be able to keep your albums. I can expalin this too in greater detail later.
So you have one window that shows the content of your mac and ist user.
Now we need to go get the documents out of the pc.
Open the "My Documenst" fodlder on the desktop and open my msuic. within it you will find an iTunes folder just like the one on the mac. replace the one on the windows machine with the one on the mac and let it copy. Dont let either machine sleep or you might have to do it again.
Anyway. I hope this helps. I see they now have added browny points to peoples posts. And I was just happy helping people switch.
Anyway now to find a solution to my problem cheers
pax
