[iTunes] Re: New MacBook - transferring playlists?

Scott scott-xlists at scotist.com
Sun Sep 17 09:18:13 PDT 2006


On Sep 16, 2006, at 5:49 PM, Al Byrne wrote:

> At about 17/09/06 09:11 (GMT +1000), Al Byrne (albyrne at email.com)  
> wrote:
>
>> I have already copied the 12g of contents from the Music folder on  
>> the PB to
>> the corresponding folder on the new computer.  Is there an easy  
>> way to
>> transfer all of my playlists (normal and smart playlists) to the new
>> machine?
>
> Many thanks to James, joAnn and Michael. Exactly as you've  
> indicated, I had
> already copied the appropriate files. I was just playing it safe,  
> and had
> not yet actually launched iTunes on the new MacBook. Sure enough,  
> it just
> worked!
>
>> Similarly, guidance on deauthorising my iTunes Music Store account  
>> from the
>> old machine, and re-authorising on the new one would be appreciated.
>
> Ditto - have now successfully deauthorised/authorised.
>
> Many thanks to all. Now - must continue transferring a multitude of
> preference files for everything else I've got installed...
>

Sounds like you're going about this the hard way. Why not use the  
migration assistant?

-- 
Scott




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