alright so i know its been done before but i hope you good ppl could just run it down for me one more time. I have all my music on a pc and i just bought my blackbook with office mac 2008 student edition (if that even matters). i also already have an ipod touch with most of my music/videos on it. now the question is, how do i transfer my itunes library to my new blackbook. by the way both computers run on the same wireless network.
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If most of your stuff is on the ipod touch then Senuti will come to the resque
Its works with windows formatted pods, and lets yiou get the files and playlists off and back in to iTunes on the mac
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
Its works with windows formatted pods, and lets yiou get the files and playlists off and back in to iTunes on the mac
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
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Senuti will work with any ipod, if you want to use the ipod to transfer music.
On a thing like a nano, a lot of files will take a multitude of transfers, in that case, a network or portable hard drive would be a better option for a very large amount of files
On a thing like a nano, a lot of files will take a multitude of transfers, in that case, a network or portable hard drive would be a better option for a very large amount of files
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Do you have a router? If so, it will be easy to network with the Mac and simply transfer the files on the network. I couldn't believe how easy my Itunes transfer went.
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Right, so how do you stop it automatically syncing with your iPod, because then you'd loose all your music.
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can you set up disk mode from the PC end where your pod originated.
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I read too fast. Just noticed you are networked. All you need to do is here. Simple and fast. http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_copy_my_itunes_library_onto_my_new_mac.html
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Just for info . . .
If you use an iPod Touch the 'disk use' switch in doesn't show in iTunes. But that's OK.
Contrary to the Senuti help docs you don't need to enable disk use for an iPod Touch. Senuti just 'works' without it.
However, if you're networked just transfer that way.
There are several ways to do that (one is linked above but I think that's just mac to mac). There are several ways to skin this particular cat, here's just one:
Share out the music folder on your PC.
Connect to that share on your mac.
Ensure "copy music to library when adding" is ticked in the preferences of itunes.
Then use add to library and point to your windows share.
iTunes will copy over your music and add them to your mac library at the same time.
You can export your playlists as XML and copy/re-import them too if you want to keep them.
edit: oh ....wait.... er wireless network...hmmm. Might be best to stick with using your ipod unless you can cable them temporarily. A wireless transfer (unless your using draftN) will be very slow.
If you use an iPod Touch the 'disk use' switch in doesn't show in iTunes. But that's OK.
Contrary to the Senuti help docs you don't need to enable disk use for an iPod Touch. Senuti just 'works' without it.
However, if you're networked just transfer that way.
There are several ways to do that (one is linked above but I think that's just mac to mac). There are several ways to skin this particular cat, here's just one:
Share out the music folder on your PC.
Connect to that share on your mac.
Ensure "copy music to library when adding" is ticked in the preferences of itunes.
Then use add to library and point to your windows share.
iTunes will copy over your music and add them to your mac library at the same time.
You can export your playlists as XML and copy/re-import them too if you want to keep them.
edit: oh ....wait.... er wireless network...hmmm. Might be best to stick with using your ipod unless you can cable them temporarily. A wireless transfer (unless your using draftN) will be very slow.
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i just got done doing this, how i did it was with 5 dvd's yea 5! filled to thge max and i still left music on my pc.... i used nero and burned all the folders in my itunes on my windows pc to the macs itunes folder. was going to use my flash drive but it would take to long.
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I did mine wirelessly. It was around 20 gig I think. I just went and did something else during the transfer. I don't even know how long it took, but do not recall it being very long. Make sure your itunes library is consolidated on your PC first.
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