AoWW Posted 1 January 2014 Share Posted 1 January 2014 I recently got a new ultrabook and want to be able to access all my music from it - presumably I need to find, and copy (using an external drive?) all my music files across to the new machine? Or is there an easier, obvious, way I'm missing? I use iTunes - is there a way I can use this to transfer across? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_LCFC Posted 1 January 2014 Share Posted 1 January 2014 You can redownload any songs you have bought on iTunes onto 3 machines from your iTunes account. Any other music you will need to transfer onto a usb stick and move it across. Then just add them back into your iTunes library on your new device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 1 January 2014 Share Posted 1 January 2014 There should be a folder dedicated to your iTunes library. On my Mac, it's Music>iTunes>iTunes Media. Other than that, depending on your Windows version, you can find the files here: Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\ Windows Vista: C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\ Windows 7: C:\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\ Windows 8: C:\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\ With newer laptops and iTunes, you can access all your purchased music via iTunes directly and re-download it to your new laptop (in connection with your user account). Or you transfer all your files in the iTunes folder onto a USB stick or external hard drive. USB 3.0 grants a bit faster speeds for the transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potter3 Posted 1 January 2014 Share Posted 1 January 2014 I think putting them onto a hard drive is easiest yeah, unless you can send the files over LAN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 1 January 2014 Share Posted 1 January 2014 I've done this loads of times. Basically copy the whole iTunes folder and then when you've installed iTunes on your new system, you can just replace the folder. Just make sure your new iTunes is the same version, or newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB11 Posted 21 January 2014 Share Posted 21 January 2014 It's worth remembering that because your music might be all over the place, ensure that they are all in the iTunes folder first before copying the iTunes music folder. The way to do this is File > Library > Organise Library. Tick the 'Consolidate files' option. Then go to your My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media and copy everything to an external HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 21 January 2014 Share Posted 21 January 2014 What is an ultra book?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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