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Jan 21, 2014 3:03 PM in response to Glenn Siegelby Limnos,Playlists are simply text listings of tracks. You need to copy the media files to which they point too.
Is it your intention to move just playlists, or do you wish to copy a whole library to a different computer?
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Jan 21, 2014 3:11 PM in response to Limnosby Glenn Siegel,Hi, thanks for the reply.
The library is living on an external hard drive, where I want to keep it.
I just want the songs to show up in the playlists.
I have the iTunes folder in the external designated in the new computer.
Thanks again.
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Jan 21, 2014 3:21 PM in response to Glenn Siegelby Limnos,I think this is going to be a long one...
What exactly are you trying to set up? Multiple computers using one drive?
What is on the drive? Just media or is the whole iTunes library there?
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
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
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Jan 21, 2014 3:29 PM in response to Limnosby Glenn Siegel,No, just one computer (my new one) taking the music from the external.
The computer has enough room for the music. I could park it there. I had it on the external, because the old computer was failing.
The whole iTunes library is on the external.
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Jan 21, 2014 4:02 PM in response to Glenn Siegelby Limnos,Start iTunes while holding down the option key and point it at the library folder on the external. All will appear as it did before.
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Jan 21, 2014 4:11 PM in response to Limnosby Glenn Siegel,Wow, thank you.
I'll give this a try when I get home later.
:-)
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Jan 22, 2014 7:47 AM in response to Limnosby Glenn Siegel,I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm wanting to do the same thing with iPhoto.
All of my pictures are on the old computer. Just want to transfer pics and have albums intact.
Thoughts?
Glenn
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Jan 22, 2014 7:49 AM in response to Glenn Siegelby Limnos,Well, not the right forum but here's all I know about iPhoto:
iPhoto: How to move the Library folder to a new location - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1229
How to redirect your iPhoto and iTunes files to an external harddrive -
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