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Transferring itunes music

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  • 17-05-2008 11:10am
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    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, I was just wondering about what would be the easiest way of transferring itune music library from one laptop to another. Is there a cable that I can use?


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,514 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    If you have an external hard drive, can't you just pop all songs and stuff onto it and copy it over...

    I'm guessing you don't, but you can use your ipod as one, copy the files over with that...

    (link: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1478)


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    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    dulpit wrote: »
    If you have an external hard drive, can't you just pop all songs and stuff onto it and copy it over...

    I'm guessing you don't, but you can use your ipod as one, copy the files over with that...

    (link: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1478)

    I didn't think that you could upload your music to a computer from your ipod?


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,514 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Duffff-Man wrote: »
    I didn't think that you could upload your music to a computer from your ipod?

    You can. If you put them onto an ipod with itunes like normal you can access them, but they'll be hidden and have weird names and such...

    If you add them to the ipod using the method above (as an external drive) it'll work grand, but you won't be able to listen to them on the ipod unless you sync them properly again...


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    segasega
    Registered Users Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    dulpit wrote: »
    You can. If you put them onto an ipod with itunes like normal you can access them, but they'll be hidden and have weird names and such...

    If you add them to the ipod using the method above (as an external drive) it'll work grand, but you won't be able to listen to them on the ipod unless you sync them properly again...

    This is probably the best way to go about it really.

    If your music collection is small enough (5G-20G) iTunes has an option in File - Back up to Disc.

    For some people (like me) this is pointless cause it would take lots and lots of DVDs for me to back up my music (60Gs worth)


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