Transfurning iTunes musice librarys.

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Ok so I have a "Personal" computer (iBook G4 OS 10.3.9) and "work computer" (hp Windows XP pro). All I want to do is get my entire iTunes Library (with all the art work and play lists and raiting and every thing) form my mac to my pc. Is there a simple way to do this?

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[mechana2015]

Two main questions... do you have music from the i-Tunes store and how large is the I-tunes music folder on your mac?

The quickest way to do this though is to copy the folder over to an external drive, or network the two computers, then drag the music to i-tunes onto the receiving computer and into I-tunes.

[Kaligraphic]

Yeah, the files can just be copied over. If you have iTunes DRM-protected music in your collection there, you'll need to authorize the computer you're moving it to in iTunes, which basically means you throw in your iTunes login and password the first time you want to play a protected song, IIRC. If you authorize a work computer, though, remember to de-authorize it before you give it back to the company, because you can only have a limited number of authorized computers.

As far as how I would suggest moving the files, Mechana has offered pretty good suggestions there.

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I have done it this way in the past.
The problem here is that if you do it this way you lose all your play lists. I have a lot of files that i have recorded my self and so they don't have any tags on them. So I put them into play list to keep them in the right order. I need a way to transfer the entire library, play lists and all. Buy the way I have about 7.5GB worth of music and yes I do have music that I have bought form iTunes store.