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Q: I am trying to copy my itunes library from my Vaio to my new iMac. Migration Assistant finished copying the music, but I can't find any of it and it isn't in iTunes. Help?

I just purchased my new iMac yesterday. I finally got Migration Assistant to transfer all of my music (around 65 GB), but ow it is nowhere to be found on the Mac and they have not been added to iTunes. Help?

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Posted on Jul 20, 2013 11:10 AM

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  • by Steve Carlyle,

    Steve Carlyle Steve Carlyle Jul 20, 2013 11:11 AM in response to runnerchicka
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    Jul 20, 2013 11:11 AM in response to runnerchicka

    Its probably in the other user account

  • by mende1,Solvedanswer

    mende1 mende1 Jul 20, 2013 11:13 AM in response to runnerchicka
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    Jul 20, 2013 11:13 AM in response to runnerchicka

    In your case, it would be better to have transferred the library to an external drive from the PC. Then, connect it to the iMac and put the library onto the Music folder.

     

    You used Migration Assistant, and it creates a new user with the transferred data.

     

    Open  > Log Out, and log in the new user. Then, open a Finder window, choose Music in the sidebar and you will see the iTunes library. Now, you have to move the iTunes library to /Users/Shared (select Go menu -in the menu bar- > Go to Folder, type that and copy the iTunes library to it). Finally, log in the other user, go to the same folder and move the library to the Music folder.

     

    After doing that, open System Preferences > Users and Groups, choose the user created by Migration Assistant and press the - button to remove it. This is easier if you have an external drive

  • by Steve Carlyle,

    Steve Carlyle Steve Carlyle Jul 20, 2013 11:23 AM in response to mende1
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    Jul 20, 2013 11:23 AM in response to mende1

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  • by mende1,

    mende1 mende1 Jul 20, 2013 11:19 AM in response to Steve Carlyle
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    Jul 20, 2013 11:19 AM in response to Steve Carlyle

    1. I was writing my answer when you sent yours.

     

    2. You didn't give any step in order to do what you said. You should explain as much as you can if you don't want pages of replies giving the steps to do that

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 20, 2013 12:19 PM in response to runnerchicka
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    Jul 20, 2013 12:19 PM in response to runnerchicka

    While you are in the new user account, you might want to see if anything else you may have transferred is there and move it per mende1's instructions.