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Q: Two iTunes libraries

I just bought a Mac and I want to move my old iTunes library over.  How do I do that?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jun 7, 2015 7:22 PM

by Niel,Apple recommended
Niel Niel
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A:

Click here and pick the option which best fits your situation.


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Posted on Jun 7, 2015 7:26 PM

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  • by Niel,Apple recommended

    Niel Niel Jun 7, 2015 7:26 PM in response to two4steelers
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    Jun 7, 2015 7:26 PM in response to two4steelers

    Click here and pick the option which best fits your situation.


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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Jun 7, 2015 9:36 PM in response to two4steelers
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    Jun 7, 2015 9:36 PM in response to two4steelers

    Moving a library: Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings:  Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its sub-folders and files) intact to the other drive.  Hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) and open iTunes.  At the prompt to create or choose a library choose the copied iTunes folder.

     

    When this is to a new computer put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music  then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there.  (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)

     

    Consider using Migration Assistant for either Mac or Windows to move everything .

     

    About Windows Migration Assistant - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4796 - Learn about how to use Windows Migration Assistant to migrate your files from a Windows PC to a Mac.  Additional tip by ChrisCA 05/2014 - https://discussions.apple.com/message/28178940#28178940