Chief Dick Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 New computer is coming in about 10 days. Need to get iTunes songs from the old computer to the new. Is it as simple as having all my songs on my iPhone and then plugging it into the new computer after I download iTunes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoothead Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 New computer is coming in about 10 days. Need to get iTunes songs from the old computer to the new. Is it as simple as having all my songs on my iPhone and then plugging it into the new computer after I download iTunes? Last time itunes crashed, I had to buy some software to get my music off of my ipod. I'd back up my library onto a hard drive or CDs as a last resort. It does not seem to matter which computer I log in from, I can only access my itunes from this computer. Maybe that's an ip address thing, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 New computer is coming in about 10 days. Need to get iTunes songs from the old computer to the new. Is it as simple as having all my songs on my iPhone and then plugging it into the new computer after I download iTunes? No, its not that simple, but there are a few ways you can do it. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527 Easiest way is via the external drive method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'canes2004 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) New computer is coming in about 10 days. Need to get iTunes songs from the old computer to the new. Is it as simple as having all my songs on my iPhone and then plugging it into the new computer after I download iTunes? For songs that you have purchased from iTunes, once you install iTunes on your new computer, there is an option to download "purchased songs". You can transfer purchased songs to 7 machines from what I remember so 1. old PC 2. iPod 3. iPhone 4. new PC. You can move them again a few more times. I did this when I bought a new lap top and a new iPod. I still have 2 moves left. On songs that you burned to your hard drive via CD or flash drive, there is a free program called Music Rescue that you can download. It will pull songs from your iPod/iPhone and put them into your new iTunes on your new PC. They have a free version (they want you to buy the "professional version") that works no problem other than the fact that for every 20 songs you download, you have to click "No Thanks" on the dialog box that pops up wanting you to "upgrade to the Pro Version". Kinda a pain but I transferred over 3,000 songs in a little over an hour. Music Rescue Again, use the FREE version. Edited November 26, 2011 by 'canes2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'canes2004 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 CD, pm me if you have any more questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 How absolutely wonderful that buying a new PC should be such a pain in the ass thanks to the now deceased Jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 For songs that you have purchased from iTunes, once you install iTunes on your new computer, there is an option to download "purchased songs". You can transfer purchased songs to 7 machines from what I remember so 1. old PC 2. iPod 3. iPhone 4. new PC. You can move them again a few more times. I did this when I bought a new lap top and a new iPod. I still have 2 moves left. On songs that you burned to your hard drive via CD or flash drive, there is a free program called Music Rescue that you can download. It will pull songs from your iPod/iPhone and put them into your new iTunes on your new PC. They have a free version (they want you to buy the "professional version") that works no problem other than the fact that for every 20 songs you download, you have to click "No Thanks" on the dialog box that pops up wanting you to "upgrade to the Pro Version". Kinda a pain but I transferred over 3,000 songs in a little over an hour. Music Rescue Again, use the FREE version. Sounds pretty easy. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 It's a simple drag and drop on a Mac and I would assume it's the same on a PC. No need to copy it all over to your iphone then transfer it unless you have no way of hooking up your old computer to your new computer.Look under advanced in prefs then you'll see where your music is located on the old computer. Drag it over to your new computer and place it in the same directory. As mentioned before, buy an external HD and put all your music on there - point itunes in that direction then never have to worry about this issue again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 If you have iOS5 on your iphone, you should be able to back up all your music to the icloud, then retrieve it onto the new computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'canes2004 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 (edited) It's a simple drag and drop on a Mac and I would assume it's the same on a PC. On a PC it's a one way trip. You can drag and drop from your hard drive to your device, but you cannot drag and drop from a device back to a hard drive. Not sure why other than Apple making things difficult on us PC users. That's why there are quite a few programs that will help with your transfers to new PC's. Although if you've purchased music from iTunes itself, they make that transfer to new devices pretty easy. Edited November 26, 2011 by 'canes2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'canes2004 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 As mentioned before, buy an external HD and put all your music on there - point itunes in that direction then never have to worry about this issue again. This. I've learned my lesson with all of my media now on external drives (music, video's, documents, pics etc...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 On a PC it's a one way trip. You can drag and drop from your hard drive to your device, but you cannot drag and drop from a device back to a hard drive. Not sure why other than Apple making things difficult on us PC users. That's why there are quite a few programs that will help with your transfers to new PC's. Although if you've purchased music from iTunes itself, they make that transfer to new devices pretty easy. That's just craptacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbpfan1231 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 If you have iOS5 on your iphone, you should be able to back up all your music to the icloud, then retrieve it onto the new computer. Is Icloud free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Is Icloud free? 5GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 if you have a wireless network, you can just launch iTunes on both macs and enable sharing. once this is done, you can drag and drop the entire library from one machine to the other from within iTunes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 http://www.copytrans.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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