Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Want to transfer iTunes to new laptop

Options
  • 25-08-2011 8:45pm
    #1
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭


    Currently have iTunes on a laptop and all the files (music/movies/videos) are stored on an external hard drive.

    I now am moving to a new laptop and would like to be able to have iTunes on the new laptop set up as the existing laptop.

    I would also if possible like to keep all my Playlists.

    Can anyone help me or show me how to do this? Is it straightforward enough?


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    See here

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751


  • Options
    #3
    Doylers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭Doylers


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    See here

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751

    That wont carry over the backups of the iphone, ipod or whatever and the sync history. They will stay in appdata on the old pc


  • Options
    #4
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    thanks


  • Options
    #5
    gebbel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    Doylers wrote: »
    That wont carry over the backups of the iphone, ipod or whatever and the sync history. They will stay in appdata on the old pc

    I have the same question as the OP. How can the above issue be resolved?

    Thanks


  • Options
    #6
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,668 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    There's no need to copy over the iPhone backups. iTunes will create a new backup when you sync with the new computer (with the transferred iTunes account). But if you really want them copy them over manually.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    scheister
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭scheister


    slight change on the above all my songs are stored on my iphone rather then the computer as i wiped the computer a few months ago forgetting to create a back up. It appears that if i update to IOS5 i will wipe all the songs off my phone hence losing them. If there any way to back up the songs on the phone so i dont lose them.


  • Options
    #8
    jaytobe
    Registered Users Posts: 382 ✭✭jaytobe


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    See here

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751[/QUOTE]

    Great link, thanks.

    Another tip:

    I had 79GB in the folder but only 64GB got created in the Library.

    Turns out that the remaining were in *.wma format and the itunes does not automatically convert.

    Do a search for *.wma (or other formats you might have) and drag search results into iTunes window.

    Q: Any way of removing mass amounts of dublicates apart from the painful way?


Advertisement