Q: 2 Mac computers, same Cloud/Apple ID account, but where is my music? How do I get it?
Just got a new Mac. In the past I've used my mums Mac for iTunes and Apple ID account; on my iPhone I've signed into her account on my mac so i could have all music automatically there. But there is only iTunes purchased music and none of my other music from CD's etc. I don't know how to get my music on to my Mac?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
Posted on Sep 2, 2016 1:40 AM
Music from other sources won't show for redownloading on it (nor will purchased music no longer in the store, bought from a different country's store, or which you've hidden from the cloud), unless you had subscribed to iTunes Match and uploaded that music to it.
To copy your iTunes library over from a different computer : How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support
Or if that computer and the old one are connected to the same wifi network, and you have home sharing enabled on both for the same account (File > Home Sharing menu option) you could use that to copy content over : iTunes 12 for Mac: Use Home Sharing to import items from another iTunes library
Or you could copy it into its library from your backup of your downloads/library via File > Add To Library
Posted on Sep 2, 2016 1:45 AM