Quick itunes help needed

[audi321]

I've got a new laptop and have just installed itunes onto it. I've sync'd my iphone and 'transfered purchases' onto it. All looks good.

However, all my music (whilst still on my iphone) is not displayed onto my library in itunes. I spent ages organising it all on my old laptop so it was nice and neat on my iphone. How do I get the library full with my tracks off my iphone?

Thanks for any help!

[PJ S]

One of these days, I will sit down, and write up an idiots guide to using iTunes with an iThing!
So, when you got the new laptop, presumably you never thought of backing up the data to another drive, to make it easier to transfer it onto the new acquisition?
There's various Apps which can extract what's on your iPhone/iPod, available to download from www.versiontracker.com - Anapod is the one that's always stuck in my head, but whether it is iPhone compatible or not, I couldn't tell you.

If you still have the old lappie, and it's not been wiped clean for resale/bestowing upon a family member, then enable sharing on both, and copy it across - it'll be far faster, and easier to have everything the way it was, once more.

[Blue Meanie]

Sharepod, I think, will transfer your music. Just remember, and I've said this before, but the iPod is NOT your back up for the music. The main reason for this is that many people have more music than can fit on their ipods, or any other mp3 player. Therefore backups MUST be made, because you will, at some point, lose the data, or have your computer fk up.

There is plenty of online info regarding iTunes, and every other bit of software out there. I would suggest reading it before leaping headfirst into a bit of software.

[audi321]

I've still got the old laptop, so which folder do i need to copy onto the new laptop? I got it nice and neat on the old itunes, so I wouldn't just want to copy the music files over, I would need to copy the 'library'

[boomboompow]

audi321 said:

I've still got the old laptop, so which folder do i need to copy onto the new laptop? I got it nice and neat on the old itunes, so I wouldn't just want to copy the music files over, I would need to copy the 'library'

I've just done a fresh reinstall of windows; all I did was put all the music files from my old system onto a pen drive (search around for the actual music files, I think all of mine were in the Music folder as opposed to the itunes folder but I could be wrong) and once my install was done I put all the tracks back into the Music folder. iTunes then detected everything (including istore purchases) and updated it's new library. I did not have to copy the library folder from the old machine (I think it may even cause you grief if you tried to do that).

HTH

Edited by boomboompow on Saturday 17th April 13:59

[PJ S]

audi321 said:

I've still got the old laptop, so which folder do i need to copy onto the new laptop? I got it nice and neat on the old itunes, so I wouldn't just want to copy the music files over, I would need to copy the 'library'

You need the Library file from within the iTunes folder, along with the actual song files themselves.
Copy those over, launch iTunes, and you should be ready to rock & roll.
Any file that is flagged with an ! simply right click and Find song - navigate the iTunes/Music folder to find it, hit okay, and job done.

There's a key on your keyboard that like most people, you've forgotten exists - ESC - use it when you click on or do something and a prompt comes up asking Ok or Cancel.
A) you'll learn more about the workings of the software, and
B) you'll not actually change anything unless you think it's desirable to do so.

This advice is as valid with ALL software you install to use or assess for keeping, so use it, as you learn what does what and if it's desirable to change from its present/default state or not.