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How do i get everything from my pc itunes onto a new laptop?

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im thinking about getting a laptop, but im worried that the music on my ipod might get erased because i dont know how i can get everything on my pc itunes onto a laptop mainly because some of the music on my itunes wont play, any help please

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  1.   the only thing that I can figure is to get an out board hard drive, transfer your iTunes collection to it, and then transfer that collection from the outboard hard drive to your laptop.  Even if some of the music isn't playing properly, the transfer itself might work fine otherwise.


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  3. Just move your iTunes Library from your old PC to your new PC

       1. Consolidate your iTunes Library. This is the default setting on the Mac, but not so on Windows. Go to Advanced » Consolidate Library. iTunes will copy all of your music into your "some_folder/iTunes/iTunes Library/" folder.

       2. Open iTunes on the computer you will be transferring the music to. Make sure iTunes runs, etc. If there is anything in this library, it won't be for long. (You can copy these songs in later, but you won't be able to keep their ratings, etc. For the adventurous, seek out SyncOTunes, a somewhat abandonware project that may help you.) Open iTunes' Preferences and make sure that the options "Copy Music to iTunes Library" and "Keep Library Organized" are checked. They'll come in handy later.

       3. Close iTunes. Drag its iTunes folder to your Desktop. On the Mac, it is found at "~/Music/", on Windows, "My Documents/My Music/".

       4. Move the iTunes folder that contains the library you want into the spot you just vacated.

       5. Re-open iTunes. There is a good chance you will see a dialog pop up that reads "Upgrading Library" if the versions don't exactly match. In fact, going from an older version to a newer version is sometimes better as iTunes does some magic to the XML file that contains its library on the upgrade cycle which can weed out old junk.

       6. If the iTunes folder that you dragged to your Desktop contained anything you wanted, you can now open it up, open the iTunes Library folder, and drag those folders (which contain the music) into iTunes to copy them into iTunes. Otherwise, trash that whole iTunes folder; you don't need it. (The one on your Desktop, silly!)

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