I recently got a new Mac, and wanted to use the iTunes music folder I had been using with the old one. The iTunes Music folder is on a firewire drive, so I plugged that in, and selected it as the new library folder in itunes preferences. Nothing happened.
I thought at first it was a permissions issue, but it turned out, it was a matter of importing the old library listing.
The solution:
You need to have access to your old home drive on the old computer.
- Open iTunes on the new computer select File: Import.
- Then select the file: Users/username/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml
- Then the entire library will import.
See Apple TechNote on this topic
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Posted by ellen at July 11, 2005 10:33 AM