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Itunes + New Computer

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  • 15-06-2009 4:22pm
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    population
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    Changed my computer recently and am wondering if its possible to do either of these two things?

    1. Transferred my entire library onto an external harddrive and now have it hooked up to the pc, but is it possible to import that library into itunes on the new pc???

    2. What do i have to do to get my ipod to work with it???

    Cheers


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    philiporeilly
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    population wrote: »
    Changed my computer recently and am wondering if its possible to do either of these two things?

    1. Transferred my entire library onto an external harddrive and now have it hooked up to the pc, but is it possible to import that library into itunes on the new pc???

    2. What do i have to do to get my ipod to work with it???

    Cheers

    Copy your complete iTunes folder to the same default location on the new machine and all should be okay. The folder has to contain everything (xml files etc etc) and not just the music files. Simple as that!

    You will also need to authorise that new machine in iTunes if you have rights managed purchases from the iTunes store. BTW, unauthorise the old machine if no longer using it as you can authorise a max of 5 computers to one iTunes account.


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    whiterebel
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    Or if you have it on the external, open iTunes, go into preferences>advanced and you can specify there where your iTunes music is kept.


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    population
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    whiterebel wrote: »
    Or if you have it on the external, open iTunes, go into preferences>advanced and you can specify there where your iTunes music is kept.

    What difference would that make? Does it mean I can import from the external hard drive??


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    population
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    philiporeilly wrote: »
    Copy your complete iTunes folder to the same default location on the new machine and all should be okay. The folder has to contain everything (xml files etc etc) and not just the music files. Simple as that!

    You will also need to authorise that new machine in iTunes if you have rights managed purchases from the iTunes store. BTW, unauthorise the old machine if no longer using it as you can authorise a max of 5 computers to one iTunes account.

    I assume it has all them files when it was put into the extern, though not 100 per cent positive because I am not very computer savvy tbh.

    How do I know what location it was on the old Pc, I think it was just on the c drive and the itunes I downloaded to this machine is on the c drive also.....


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    philiporeilly
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    population wrote: »
    I assume it has all them files when it was put into the extern, though not 100 per cent positive because I am not very computer savvy tbh.

    How do I know what location it was on the old Pc, I think it was just on the c drive and the itunes I downloaded to this machine is on the c drive also.....

    Open to correction as I use a mac myself, but on a PC if you go to your My Documents folder, inside it should be a My Music folder which contains the iTunes Folder. This is the default location unless you have changed it in the settings. Copy the iTunes folder from there to the same location on the new PC.

    I personally would recommend using an external drive or networked drive for your iTunes folder. If the drive becomes disconnected iTunes will have error signs next to tracks as it cannot find them and will more than likely create a new iTunes folder without your preferences. This can be easily fixed but is a pain none the less.


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