iTunes help!?

Duff

Not too sure if this is the right place to post this but anyways,

I got a new laptop last week, i've loads of songs on iTunes on my desktop p.c and i was wondering if i can transfer or copy the songs to iTunes on my laptop or will i have to download them all again?

Time Magazine

You don't need to download them all again. The easiest thing to do, if both computers have network cards, is to buy an ethernet cable (about €5) and set up a quick network to transfer the files that way. Alternatively you can burn the songs onto a blank CD or DVD and put them on the laptop.

iTunes will demand that you sign-in before you can play them on your new laptop using your iTunes username and password. You can do this with up to five machines (to prevent filesharing) so don't then go and pass the CD or DVD to yer mates - it's only going to cause you harm.

Hope this helps.

Duff

Thanks ibid, how will i kno if my computers have network cards? thanks!

Anti

well if your laptop if its new within the last say 4 years it will have a ethernet port. Its like a phone jack, but bigger. If you have a look behind your pc where the mouse keyboard are plugged in, it is usuall about a inch or so below it.

Ill include a picture of a ethernet port on a pc and laptop for you to see.

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Duff

Thanks! so all i do is connect the wire to each computer and transfer the files?

Anti

If only it was that simple


firstly all you have to do is plug them in.

then run the network setup wizzard, which is in the control panel. And ya sorted. You will also want to share each hdd to, so it can be seen on the network. Right click the drive > properties > sharing tab, at the top.

Now you should be able to see the other computers hard drive in " my network places "

PogMoThoin

Make sure you get a crossover cable, not a patch lead.