thats what i did when i got my computer, however, if i think if u have music in the new itunes you will lose that. just plug it in and see what it says, it will warn you as to what will happen. btw ur using the same account right?
when i transferred my songs i synced my ipod and it worked, but after looking it up i remember any songs i had ripped from a cd were gone, ONLY itunes purchased songs were transferred. wait a little while and see what others say, id hate to see you lose ur music b/c of me. lol
1. What OS are you using?
2. Are all your tracks / iTunes folder on the external drive?
If it's a case of your iTunes folder is simply on the external drive, then I believe it's a simple case of dragging that whole folder across to C:\Documents and Settings\whatevername\My Documents\My Music and over writing the iTunes folder that iTunes created when you installed it on your new computer - Job done.
That's providing you haven't started to create a new library with fresh songs on the new computer, please advise?
I'm currently copying my iTunes folder across to an external HD before deleting it off my desktop to test this for you, give me twenty minutes or so and I'll have an answer for you.
Originally Posted by french2013 /img/forum/go_quote.gif when i transferred my songs i synced my ipod and it worked, but after looking it up i remember any songs i had ripped from a cd were gone, ONLY itunes purchased songs were transferred. wait a little while and see what others say, id hate to see you lose ur music b/c of me. lol
True, if you do this only purchased songs will be transferred.
Originally Posted by dharel /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't get it. You say your music is stored on an external harddrive. Why can't you simply point your new iTunes install on your new computer to that location on the external hard drive. Granted, I haven't used iTunes in a while, but I do recall doing something similar back when I was.
Google search on how to transfer music from your iPod back to your computer. You can find applications like CopyPod, etc.
Originally Posted by maporter /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yep as I thought, just drag the iTunes folder from the portable HD to the new drive on the laptop: /MyDocuments/MyMusic.
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