Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] New computer iTunes weirdness

vendredi 18 avril 2014

Re: [apple-iphone] New computer iTunes weirdness

BL, that is exactly what I do. This has worked flawlessly for me for more than five years. You will get error messages from both iCloud and iTunes if either tries to operate without the external drive plugged in.

Brian K Spears

On Apr 18, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Barbara-Lynn Smith <bl_smith25@hotmail.com> wrote:

This then begs the question, can the iTunes library not live permanently on an external separate drive?
My laptop is old and the disk is full. The problem is iTunes constant downloading. I'd like to move my iTunes onto a 1TB drive and leave it there. Do you think this would cause any problems?

Cheers,
B.L>

On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:49 PM, "Christopher Collins" <iphone@analogdigital.com.au> wrote:

Open iTunes, and then close it.

Go to ~/Music on your old Mac. Copy the iTunes folder to an external device.

Go to ~/Music on your new computer. Copy the iTunes folder from your external device, and when asked to overwrite, say "yes".

Open iTunes and your old library should now be available to you.

Note: This does assume that you have "Keep iTunes Folder Organised" and "Copy Files To iTunes Folder when adding to Library" both ticked. These options are under "Preferences" then "Advanced"

HTH.

cjc

On 18 Apr 2014, at 3:17 am, Brent <whodo678@frontier.com> wrote:

How did you move your music over to your new Windows computer? Did you move over the whole Music folder or only just some of the stuff inside?

Inside the Music folder is all the rest of the info on the music like artist, album, and cover art.

I'm on a Mac, so it might be different on a PC, but there is a specific way on a Mac to move an iTunes library.

Brent

On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:10 AM, <sniffermanmi@yahoo.com> <sniffermanmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi, Tony...
I have a mix of music sources...ripped from CDs, purchased from iTunes, and also Amazon downloads. The music I cited in my original note came from a CD rip. I'd have to do some more syncing to see if it's ALL from CDs.

Scott