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Q: How do you transfer I-Tunes Library to a new computer with windows

I want to transfer my existing I-Tunes library to a new computer.

Windows 7

Posted on Jul 27, 2015 9:55 PM

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Q: How do you transfer I-Tunes Library to a new computer with windows

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Jul 27, 2015 9:57 PM in response to 24law
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    Jul 27, 2015 9:57 PM in response to 24law

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


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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Jul 28, 2015 5:50 AM in response to 24law
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    Jul 28, 2015 5:50 AM in response to 24law

    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 iTunes Library.itl file in the copied iTunes folder.

     

    When this is to a new computer copy the moved iTunes folder over the one already on the new computer and you don't even need to start with the shift 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.)  Also remember to authorize the computer in iTunes to your Apple ID if you use this to sync to Apple mobile devices.