How to transfer iTunes from computer to computer?

Question

My mom bought a new computer and wants to transfer her iTunes library from her old computer to her new computer. She bought an external hard drive specifically for this, so how does she go about this?

Answer 1

There's the manual way and the automated way.

1. Manual Way

Plug in your external hard drive to your computer. Open Windows Explorer and go to your iTunes music folder. On Vista it's C:\Users\your.username\Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music. On Windows XP it's under Documents and Settings.

Copy the iTunes Music folder to your external hard drive, and then plug the hard drive into the other computer.

Make sure iTunes is installed on the other computer, and just copy the contents of the iTunes Music folder from your external hard drive to the new computer (in the same location as the old computer). iTunes will recognize the files the next time you run it, and you'll be good to go.

2. Automated Way

An easier option if you have all the music on your iPod is to use a third-party program that will copy music from your iPod to your computer (basically using your iPod as an external hard drive).

Here's how to do it using MediaPilot.

   1. Plug your ipod into your computer and make sure it's set to manually sync music files (iTunes will run when you plug in your ipod, and you'll see your ipod show up on the left window in iTunes. Click your ipod in itunes and select the option to "Manually update music files")

   2. Run MediaPilot which will show you an ipod explorer screen, showing the music, playlists, and videos on your ipod.

   3. Highlight the files you want to transfer to your computer and click the Transfer button to copy them over to your computer in the iTunes folder.

Answer 2

Find your iTunes music library (this is the source of the music you see in iTunes) chances are it will be it your "My Music" folder.  Just snoop around a little till you find a folder saying something like "iTunes Music" that has a bunch of music files in it (mp3, wma, m4a, etc.) then drag the whole folder onto the hard drive and deposit it into your computer.

Answer 3

I use the aniosoft iTunes backup tool, which can help to backup the itunes library, restore library to any computer and share itunes music with others, also it's easy to use and works great. You can have a look of below review site. It has detail introduction and provides free trial download.hope it useful.