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Transferring iTunes Folders to a New Computer
Has anyone had any experience with this topic? I don't want to lose +25 years in the metadata including playlists, comments.
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Re: Transferring iTunes Folders to a New Computer
I don't have any experience with this, but I suggest you copy your entire ITunes folder onto an external hard drive, so you have a back-up just in case
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Re: Transferring iTunes Folders to a New Computer
Thanks Roman. I have actually been running the app and data on the external hard-drive. The hard drive went bad and, coincidentally, when I tried to run off the computer main-frame, that too is having issues with the iTunes app.
I think the data are salvageable - the problem is with the library system and the disconnect.
I should have known 30 years ago: NEVER, EVER use an Apple app on a desktop. With all the problems I've had, I think I will look for a desktop/Windows app. The only concern I have is converting the data/songs to Windows-compatable data.
Sigh...
Thanks again for the response.
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Re: Transferring iTunes Folders to a New Computer
The other part of the equation is I'm getting (already there) too old and behind the times. No one uses computers or the associated hardware/software (CDs, memory-sticks, thumb drives, etc) for burning playlists anymore. I tried to purchase a new computer a few months ago, thought I had the nearly perfect Windows machine with lots of memory, fast CD/DVD drive, WAS NOT specifically for gaming, is already Windows 11 system. I got it home and couldn't locate any internal CD/DVD drive. I returned it and they informed me you can't buy computers with CD/DVD drives and the number of USB ports is decreasing dramatically - period. I researched that at a few other reliable(?) business, music stores. They all told me the same thing. BUMMER! You can purchase an external CD/DVD drive but no internal.
"Everything is digital, digital, digital - don't buck the tide," they all told me. "Everyone subscribes to Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube and assembles playlists from them."
IMHO those are worse than what we used to call "elevator music." I live in a remote community that has very few (2 or 3 maybe) radio stations that have rock/pop music; mostly "cable/satellite news" several Christian radio stations. The few that do have the "standard, gold-plate contemporary music" (new mixed with a minimum of the classic rock) have recorded playlists of <200 songs including current Billboard hot hits with a few "token" 70s-, 80s-, 90s-era that they repeatedly play with random shuffling. They do change the playlists once a month whether they need to or not. Because of the remoteness and mountainous terrain, there are very few isolated spots/geographic locations to pick up satellite like Spotify or Sirius. Some consolation is the radio station I am employed as a DJ - it's an NPR affiliate. That's why I have a show there with a variety of rock, bluegrass, country pop from the early 50s to even new artists. BUT with 35% of the Federal funding for that gone now (as of about 2 weeks ago), either 1) we get more private, local contributions for the station, or 2) we shut down.
This reminds me of Aldous Huxley's "1984."
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