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Find where all of the song files are located on the old mac, copy them to a usb hard drive, an external hard drive, or a cd disk.
Then paste the music files on the new mac, and add them to your itunes music library there.

2007-02-08 07:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by I know computers, trust me. 3 · 0 0

Hello armando t,

I tried using the Target technique just last week and it worked great for moving large files from my work's PowerMac using 10.3.9 to my home's PowerBook using 10.4.8. You use a Firewire cable (like for a hard drive, not for like a video camera) Connect it to your old Mac and to your new Mac. Turn on your old Mac.

Now you turn on your new Mac while holding down the "T" key. There will be a Firewire logo on your new Mac's screen, and your old Mac will get a new icon with your new Mac's hard drive name on the desktop.

You simply drag over all of your files from your old iTunes library to the iTunes library of the new Mac, or simply drag them into the icon itself. Firewire is so fast. Big files don't take very long at all to move over through this method.

Now drag the the new Mac icon into the trash. It will take awhile, but then the icon will disappear. You can now turn off your new Mac by pushing the start button, and then your old Mac.

Disconnect the Firewire cable and reboot your new Mac. It might take a few tries, but this will kick out of Target mode eventually. The files are now on your new hard drive. You may have to drag them into iTunes, but if they're in your library file, they might be inside when you launch iTunes.

I don't know how old your older Mac is. You can certainly use a thumb drive, burn CDs or any other method of moving data, but Target worked great for me.

--Rick

2007-02-08 08:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by rickrudge 6 · 0 0

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