Transfer iTunes library from PC to Mac

There are many ways to change your iTunes library from a PC to a Mac computer. Here is a simple and gentle method used by many people.

Step 1: Set the status

First of all, you must ensure that you are running the latest version of iTunes on both PC and MAC.

Step 2: Sync the iPod on both Mac and PC

To do this, connect your PC to the formatted iPod using a Mac. iTunes will run and the message asks if you want to delete the iPod and sync it with the iTunes library. Don't worry, take a deep breath and press ' Cancel '.

Your iPod icon will appear on the left in the iTune window (blue background). Select iPod, general information about your iPod will appear in the main window (see picture below). Uncheck the ' Manually manage music and videos ' checkboxes. Now, your iPod can see both Macs and PCs without your intervention.

Step 3: Transfer the music you buy to iTunes

Hover over the File item on iTunes' menu bar and select ' Transfer purchases from iPod '. ITunes will then scan the iPod to find the songs you buy and add them to your music library. iTunes may ask you to enter your Apple ID (e-mail address) and password for your iTunes account.

Check that the new device can read the music you purchased earlier by hovering over the iTunes menu on ' Store ' then selecting ' Auhorize computer '. You can completely find the music you have purchased in the iTunes library on your Mac.

Step 4: Copy the remaining tracks

Method 1 : If you want to have a full collection of digital music stored on your iPod, a very fast way to transfer all files from an iPod to a Mac is to download and use only one application. The application is called Senuti (iTunes spelled backward).

When your iPod is connected to a Mac computer, the Senuti software is run, you can see the information on the iPod in Senuti's iTunes application window. What you do now is to select all or part of the tracks on the iPod, then press the Copy button in the top right corner of the Senuti application window. After a few minutes of copying, the files on your iPod may appear on the iTunes library on your Mac.

Method 2 : If your music library is very large and your iPod does not have enough space to accommodate them, you will need to copy directly from the iTunes library on your PC to a Mac or to an external hard drive. .

First you will want to make sure your iTunes library is ready for copying. Open iTunes on your PC and under the ' Advance ' menu select ' Consolidate library '. This section will ensure that all your music or movie files on iTunes are gathered into a main iTunes library folder on your computer.

This step will take a few seconds or a few minutes, depending on the amount of music and movies you have. You will also want to go to the Preferences section of iTunes (You can find it in the Edit section of the Menu bar) and make sure the two boxes in the Advance Tab: ' Keep iTunes Music folder organized ' and " Copy files to iTunes Music folder . "has been fought.

Next you need to find the iTunes library folder on your PC. It can be placed in the My Music folder in My Documents. Once you have found the folder called iTunes, open it and find the folder called iTunes Music. The iTunes Music folder is the folder you need to copy. This folder stores all your music files and organizes them as subfolders.

At this point, you can copy the entire iTunes Music folder to an external hard drive or create a new folder on the external hard drive (name it according to your liking) and choose by singer, according to the albums and songs you like or you want to transfer to a Mac.

Copying a large music library can be very long, so don't be in a hurry. If you have a lot of old Podcasts in the iTunes library, you may want to delete them before you can copy.

Step 5: Insert your music library into your Mac

Disconnect between your PC and external hard drive, then connect this external hard drive to your Mac. Now run the iTunes program on your Mac and under File in the Menu bar, select ' Add to Library . '.

A window will appear and ask you to specify the files you want to add in the library. Select the link to the folder you just created on the external hard drive to store all the music files in the iTunes Music folder on your PC and then click the green ' Choose ' button.

After a few minutes, the iTunes library on your PC can be available on the iTunes library on your Mac. You can spend more time rearranging albums, but it is possible to copy files between machines by copying to CDs.