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Saurus504

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So I have two main concerns about the transfer.

I've already moved the files I need as far as docs/spreadsheets to the iCloud drive, so I can already see that on all my current devices and not worried.

However, first, pictures and videos. Right now I have about 12.3k pics and 560 videos in my Photos app on my iMac. Just tonight I started the process from the preferences to let everything upload to my 500GB of cloud space. My concern is...when I set up my new Macbook, when I go to the photos app, will everything just automatically be there? Or is there something else I'll have to do?

Second..music. I saw the large thread about iTunes match and apple music but didn't really see this get specifically explained. I had music for a few years built into a library that was matched. (I just recently got apple music as well, but not worried about that.) Will I have to manually transfer all my old music files over, or when I open the new iTunes will it automatically know everything I've previously matched and allow me to stream/download right away?
 
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