iTunes Library on External Drive

My old iMac died, but I had my data backed up to an external drive. Is there an easy way to copy my library over to my new iMac?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jun 23, 2018 9:39 AM

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Old Toad

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Jun 23, 2018 11:19 AM in response to jippy

Connect the EHD to your new Mac, select the library or music folder on the EHD and drag it to the Music folder on your new Mac.

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