Hi. I have an original PowerPC G4 all-in-one (MAC OS X, version 10.5.8 - further updates not available) and have tried everything to sync/transfer my iTunes music to either another apple device or a Windows computer. Logging into my iTunes account on a different device and turning on the computer share hasn't worked (advice I keep getting). I don't want to buy all my music all over again - PLEASE HELP. Thank you.
Apple's 6 pages of exhaustively meticulous step-by-step instructions: How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - https://support.apple.com/HT204318 Use this if you suspect any of your media are not in the standard location (iTunes Media folder).
My one-sentence summary if you always use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its sub-folders and files) intact to another drive, hold down the option/alt key (shift on Windows) while starting iTunes, and when requested to select a library select the iTunes Library.itl file in the copied folder (Open a different iTunes Library file or create a new one - https://support.apple.com/HT201596).
Most other things such as Home Sharing probably won't work on a computer that old.
If your iTunes purchases are the same vintage as the computer you may have a lot of DRM protected files and will need to authorize the other computer too.
Edit: It is nice for those helping here (we are all volunteers) not to do duplicate posts. I see somebody else already answered this elsewhere.
Apple's 6 pages of exhaustively meticulous step-by-step instructions: How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - https://support.apple.com/HT204318 Use this if you suspect any of your media are not in the standard location (iTunes Media folder).
My one-sentence summary if you always use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its sub-folders and files) intact to another drive, hold down the option/alt key (shift on Windows) while starting iTunes, and when requested to select a library select the iTunes Library.itl file in the copied folder (Open a different iTunes Library file or create a new one - https://support.apple.com/HT201596).
Most other things such as Home Sharing probably won't work on a computer that old.
If your iTunes purchases are the same vintage as the computer you may have a lot of DRM protected files and will need to authorize the other computer too.
Edit: It is nice for those helping here (we are all volunteers) not to do duplicate posts. I see somebody else already answered this elsewhere.
I appreciate the information. I'll try this, thank you.
I apologize for the duplicate post - sometimes different people provide more detailed information as you did. I'll keep it in mind for next time. Thanks again.
Hi. I tried your instructions and unfortunately, it didn't work. My external drive is a Toshiba Canvio Connect. I tried to move the entire iTunes folder into the external drive but I get an error message that the Toshiba external drive can not be modified. Any thoughts?
You're welcome. 🙂
Sync/transfer music to different device?
