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I have tried many other ways of doing this but none worked well, so here is my way..
I did this using an external hard drive where i now store my music. I also have my music files on manual update, so i take care of all the files names and organization.
To switch your itunes library from pc to mac use the following instructions.
1. copy all your music to the mac/external hard drive exactly as it is on your pc.
2. copy the itunes folder from my documents/my music (or similar) to the mac/hd.
3. once that is all done, eject and plug the hard drive into your mac.
4. open itunes on your mac. if you dont have anything added to the library it should be blank.
5. open the preferences and go to the advanced tab. change the ITUNES MUSIC FOLDER LOCATION to the folder where all your music is on the hard drive.
6. close itunes.
7. go to the itunes folder on the mac, should be in the music folder. delete the 2 itunes music library files
7. go to the itunes folder on the hard drive (the one copied from the pc)
8. copy the "ITunes Music Library.itl" and bring it over to the itunes folder on your mac and paste it there.
9. open itunes and everthing should be good to go. you do not need the itunes music library.xml as it is recreated when you open itunes.
using this method allows you to keep all the info from the other library, including play counts, last played, ratings, etc.
if you have any problems let me know and i will edit this post so it is correct.
I did this using an external hard drive where i now store my music. I also have my music files on manual update, so i take care of all the files names and organization.
To switch your itunes library from pc to mac use the following instructions.
1. copy all your music to the mac/external hard drive exactly as it is on your pc.
2. copy the itunes folder from my documents/my music (or similar) to the mac/hd.
3. once that is all done, eject and plug the hard drive into your mac.
4. open itunes on your mac. if you dont have anything added to the library it should be blank.
5. open the preferences and go to the advanced tab. change the ITUNES MUSIC FOLDER LOCATION to the folder where all your music is on the hard drive.
6. close itunes.
7. go to the itunes folder on the mac, should be in the music folder. delete the 2 itunes music library files
7. go to the itunes folder on the hard drive (the one copied from the pc)
8. copy the "ITunes Music Library.itl" and bring it over to the itunes folder on your mac and paste it there.
9. open itunes and everthing should be good to go. you do not need the itunes music library.xml as it is recreated when you open itunes.
using this method allows you to keep all the info from the other library, including play counts, last played, ratings, etc.
if you have any problems let me know and i will edit this post so it is correct.