Moving iTunes from Windows to Mac

[darreng1983]

Hey, first post

Finally took the plunge and bought a MBP but having issues migrating my iTunes data.

At the moment on Windows, I've got the library etc on drive C: and all the media on D:/Media/MP3s. All the filenames are in the format of Artist - Song Title.

I've managed to find guides on how to transfer all this over by consolidating the library, however doing it this way causes all the filenames to be re-written in the iTunes format i.e. Artist - Album - Track etc.

My question is, is it possible to transfer all this over, using my original filenames and also retaining the playlists etc in iTunes?

Fingers crossed! Thanks

 

[darreng1983]

Anyone?

I'm guessing I'm going to have to get iTunes to rename all my music or just start making playlists again from scratch (which isn't really an option after all lol).

 

[dakwar]

Have you tried the guide here? Sorry, that's all I can suggest. And from the looks of it, you'll be able to keep your playlists but your directory structure will be renamed/rearranged. Its not such a bad thing to let iTunes deal with the directory structure and naming and us, the user, just deal with the one iTunes window.