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The Apple suggested way to do this is to "consolidate" your library first
and then import to a new computer.
If you don't consolidate then you could have media scattered all over your
machine that won't be transferred across.
Sid
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:28 AM, Steve Kane <skane-l@skaneco.com> wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2010, at 9:02 PM, timmytheimpaler wrote:
>
> > When I first set up iTunes and had it find my music, I had to do a
> > LOT of
> > editing of all the fields so the album name, artist, genre and all
> > the stuff
> > was correct. Now that I'm switching over to a new computer, I
> > really don't
> > want to go through all that again. Is there some file of iTunes
> > settings
> > that I can transfer over that contains such things? What else do I
> > need to
> > do to make the transition smooth?
>
> With the current version of iTunes 9.x and IIRC with the previous
> version 8.x I have found that I can simply copy the entire "iTunes"
> folder replacing an iTunes folder on a different computer, as long as
> the iTunes versions are the same on both computers. Make sure iTunes
> is not running on either computer when you do this copying. When
> iTunes is launched it spends a few minutes doing some updating and
> then opens normally with all my music and playlists intact. This has
> worked for me moving from a Mac running 10.4.x or 10.5.x to and from a
> pc running Windows XP (service pack 3) as well as Mac to Mac.
>
> ymmv
>
> If you are going from a Mac to a new Mac you may want to simply let
> the new Mac import your entire user folder from your old Mac. The new
> Mac will offer to do this the first time you boot it; ie when it is
> brand new and you have not yet gone through the setup and registration
> screens. This feature used to be called "Migration Assistant", maybe
> it still is.
>
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