I want to copy my entire iTunes library including all the old data such as play count and date added to my macbook air from my iMac. I tried importing all my songs using home share but that does not copy the data over. Is there a way to copy all the music and the data?
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Copying iTunes library to macbook from iMac
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I have found moving the entire Music folder from your old machine to the new installation works. I did have the same OS (10.6) and iTunes version on both machines.
I actually went with this method. I copied all the songs from the music folder on my iMac and put them in the music folder on my macbook air. Then I went to add to library in iTunes and added all of the songs, and finally I copied the .itl file from my iMac to the air and boom, all the data was there including play count and date added.
I'm in trouble. In iTunes the library size is 910GB or so but in the finder it is over 980GB. I forgot about the 1012 bit addressing issue. Well i didn't know there was this conflict but it would not have happened if i wasn't so careless. I have another 5 gig to transfer and I've been busy buying.
I'm thinking of either 2 x 1TB in a RAID 0 or reverting back to an external. Internals better for the music because i can use the USB and firewire ports for DACs- there is some minor interferrence using the same interface. I use the USB DAC mostly so I can get by with a FW800 external till Thunderbolt enclosures arrive and then I can install a SSD.
I had to image the full MBP drive to a spare 2TB HD and am now going to use that booted via a USB dock till I've worked out what to do. I suppose I'd better order a Data Doubler to replace the optical drive in any case.
I'm thinking of either 2 x 1TB in a RAID 0 or reverting back to an external. Internals better for the music because i can use the USB and firewire ports for DACs- there is some minor interferrence using the same interface. I use the USB DAC mostly so I can get by with a FW800 external till Thunderbolt enclosures arrive and then I can install a SSD.
I had to image the full MBP drive to a spare 2TB HD and am now going to use that booted via a USB dock till I've worked out what to do. I suppose I'd better order a Data Doubler to replace the optical drive in any case.
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