transferring my I-tunes ...

pennymakespounds

changing from desktop to a new laptop .... how do i move my i-tunes ?

thanks

muddyl

What are you using?
Iphone, ipod classic, nano, touch?

pennymakespounds

ipod classic

muddyl

I could be wrong but i believe apple does not let you swap accounts over to prevent you from illegal copying of music, thats why itunes lets you put music on but not take it off back to your pc.

I would use a third party product, i prefer floola as its free, easy to use.
Use this to copy all of your music from your ipod to your new pc.
Then if you want to use itunes install it on your new pc. It should let you re-purchase anything previously bought at no cost.
For anything not bought through them (i.e cd's you own and ripped to it), thats where floola comes in as you can then put them back on again.

Floola has another neat little advantage. If you select (through itunes) to have the ipod work as mass storage, you can then put floola on your ipod. This means you can run it from itself on any pc meaning you can share your music with others or have them share theirs with you.

Quiet_Spark

Install iTunes on your new computer.
Copy the contents of the iTunes folder (located in your Documents folder) from the old computer to the Itunes folder on your new computer.

That's it.

Handsome90

As Quiet Spark have said, copy the media content of your iTunes folder and paste it in your laptop. However, you'll have to sync your iPod with the laptop. This will erase all your data in your iPod as you are only allowed to sync music with only 1 PC.

pennymakespounds

Handsome 90 .... re ........"This will erase all your data in your iPod "

confused with this ? .... but won't syncing it with new laptop after copying over .. then load it back on to the ipod from the new laptop when connecting to sync ?

almillar

penny - yes. You MAY find yourself wiping the iPod, then syncing the music straight back over again, IF iTunes works out that it's on a different computer. Copying the entire iTunes folder will avoid this, I THINK!
The library on your computer is the important part.

butterbeanmash

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