Any downside to using Home Sharing to transfer iTunes library?

[dmpizzle]

I just got a shiny new 27" iMac, and I am giving my older iMac away to my parents. Before I do that however, I have a lot of stuff to transfer over, including my massive iTunes library.

To transfer this library to the new iMac, I decided to use Home Sharing, as it seemed very simple. Is there any downside to doing it this way?

 

[user418]

Worked great for me moving my iTunes library from the iMac to the MBP.

 

[saulinpa]

I can never get the cover art and playlists to move over. Everything else moves fine.

 

[balamw]

You also lose play count and ratings IIRC.

I've used it extensively for migrating video content for which I don't case so much about those.

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