Move entire iTunes library from one computer to another

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 December 2009 15:25

Written by Simon Olsen

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This one has been a VERY popular one! Watch this is you want to move all of your iTunes from one computer to another, even if it's across platforms (eg. PC to Mac). This uses iTunes 9 Home Sharing.

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I hope this helps you out, as I did a fair bit of research and this seems like the most straight forward way to move all of your music, movies and podcasts etc from one computer to another, and I didn't find this solution anywhere. It just seemed like a logical way to do it.

Make sure you're two computers are on the same network, in the same IP address range (typically 192.168.0.x and 192.168.0.y).

Also, if you use an iPhone, make sure you back up all your contacts to a mail program or something like Outlook or Entourage.

I used Remote Desktop for Mac to access the PC where I transferred my iTunes files from the PC to the new Mac. You don't need this to move your iTunes, just need to have the PC and the Mac running at the same time on the same network. It was just handy to use to do this tutorial. If you want to get Remote Desktop Client for Mac, go to http://bit.ly/gBxaY and scroll to the boxes at the bottom of the page.