How can i transfer my itunes library to a new computer?

Question

Is it safe to put all the songs onto my ipod and then transfer them to the new computer or should i put them all on a cd?

Answer 1

This site:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

Has exactly what you are looking for.

And if you have a lot of music, it would never fit on a flash drive. =/

Answer 2

You can use your iPod to transfer your music to your computer, without losing the songs on your iPod and without downloading any weird programs. Try this:
-open iTunes on your new computer, then open iTunes preferences and leave running (this will temporarily prevent your computer from trying to sync with the iPod and erasing your songs)
-connect your iPod and wait about 15 seconds
-Go to My Computer, go to tools, click on 'folder options', then on the 'view' tab, then 'show hidden files.'
-open the iPod icon in My Computer
-open ipod_control
-drag the 'music' folder to somewhere on your hard drive (for example, right-click the folder and 'send to' your documents. This will copy the file to your hard drive; it may take a while if you have videos or a lot of songs.)
-right click this new music folder and select 'properties'
-clear checkmark next to 'hidden' then close this window
-eject iPod from your System Tray using the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon at the bottom right corner of your screen
-cancel the iTunes preferences window
-go to File menu, click 'add folder to library,' add 'music' folder

Answer 3

2 ways either use a usb transflash or burn it to a cd. go to start and then search. Do a search in local C:/ for itunes setup. Once it finds that file. Right click it and send to a usb transflash or to your burner in your computer. Usually drive e(for double drive computers) or drive d which ever is your disc burner. Then you take ether the usb or disk and run either d or f and pull up the itunes

Answer 4

you can use a hack program. it will transfer all your songs from your ipod to your computer and then into your itunes library. try googling something like "ipod agent"...or "ipod rip" i dont exactly remember what the program i used was called.

Answer 5

You don't have to put them all onto a new cd.Just transfer them using your ipod.But if you don't have itunes on the other computer,you're going to have to download itunes onto it first.You can download it at www.apple.com\start.Then just plug you're ipod in to the computer and it will go directly to itunes.

Answer 6

try dragging the whole library onto a flash drive this works better than cds and is faster, cheaper

Answer 7

put them on ipod and carry them with a program to revert