I have a Mac desktop computer, and I have about 4,000 songs on that itunes that I would like to transfer over to my new Macbook Pro laptop. What would be the easiest way to accomplish this?
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MacBook Pro
I have a Lacie external hard disk that was originally formatted for PCs. I have some files there, but more importantly, my iTunes library is saved directly on the Lacie (I have everything on apple lossless, so they are some big files). I will keep using this PC while connected to the Lacie hard disk to syncro my iPod.
The problem is that I bought a mac now and I wanted the Lacie hard disk to be able to transfer files from mac to pc and vice versa. I have already read that I would have to copy the files that are on the Lacie, reformat the Lacie and then paste the files back. My only doubt is that if I do this reformatting, will I have any problems using the iTunes library while connected to my pc and iPod?
I just ask that because every time I changed any iTunes library folder on the computer, the iTunes would say that the music file couldn�t be found and ask me if I wanted to look for the file. I didn�t want to reformat the Lacie to later find out that I would have to �look for� every single music file, because that would be nearly impossible. I don�t know if I was able to make my question really clear�
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1, macbook with lion
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MacBook Air, Transferring music
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011)
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Mac Pro, iOS 5.0.1
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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