transferring iTunes between computers

[Claire Hart]

I can't remember if I asked this question of this list or the G-book 
list, so I'll post it both places.  I had asked if there was a way to 
transfer my iTunes collection from the iMac to the Powerbook.  Someone 
said to use iSync.  I tried iSync through .mac, and it synced iCal, 
Address Book, and something else, but not iPhoto or iTunes.

Today, rather than going through iTunes, my son opened the Music folder 
from the Finder window.  From there, he went to iTunes > iTunes Music.  
We tried to connect by crossover cable, but I was so paranoid of 
messing something up two days before going out of town that I was leary 
of his changing IP addresses, computer names, etc.  However, I thought 
that since he found the files to the songs, we could possibly move them 
as files.  (Excuse me if this is a no-brainer to most of you.)  I 
dragged the folders onto my FireWire external HD and copied them there. 
 Then I plugged the same FW HD to the Powerbook and dragged them into 
the same Music > iTunes > iTunes folder, but when I opened iTunes, the 
songs didn't show up in my iTunes Library.  Out of frustration, I 
dragged the same folders from the FW HD right onto the open iTunes 
window with the Library showing, and all 460 items began to fill in!  
They work!

Incidentally, yesterday I transferred all 760 photos using my digital 
camera, 60 photos at a time.  I possibly could have transferred them 
the same way I transferred my iTunes.

Claire
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