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Moving itunes to new computer

Aug 22, 2010 1:25AM PDT

I have my itunes on a desktop and I usually use my laptop for everything. I want to move all of my itunes stuff to my laptop --- what is the easiest way to do it ? Thank you in advance.

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A little more information would be nice,
Aug 22, 2010 5:05AM PDT

what computer do you have?
what OS are you using?
what version of iTunes are you using?


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windows/iphone 4
Aug 22, 2010 9:30AM PDT

I'm using windows and i'm up to date on iphone

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Windows 95?
Aug 29, 2010 1:35PM PDT

Did you read my answer below?

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Move iTunes
Aug 23, 2010 6:44PM PDT
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Too much trouble . . .
Aug 28, 2010 8:15AM PDT

I've done this on at least a dozen computers.

In the My Documents folder, My Music, copy the iTunes folder to another device. On the new computer, before you install iTunes, copy the iTunes folder to the same place. Install iTunes.

Done. When iTunes is installed on the new PC, it will find the folder and the music.