Operating system on the eMac is OS X 10.2.8.
If the hard drive would have to be formatted differently for the 2 machines, is there a better way to get the music off the eMac? It's about 5,000 songs.
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
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You can try formatting the external drive on your eMac using Disk Utility and choosing a well-known format > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html. It's quite possible that your new iMac would be able to read it, but first, tell us which formats Disk Utility lists.
If you have those songs in iTunes, simply go to Music folder and copy the iTunes folder to the external drive. Then, connect it to the iMac and copy the iTunes folder to Music folder.
If they are not in iTunes, copy your songs to the external drive. Then, connect it to your new iMac, open iTunes and drag the songs into it
I have an eMac (1 GHz G4) with a lot of music on it. I just bought a new iMac, and staff told me they could not transfer content between the machines because the eMac's operating system was too old. If I buy an external hard drive, will it work for both?
