How to Transfer iTunes library to a NEW computer Windows 10 - Move itunes Music!!!

How to Transfer iTunes library to a NEW computer Windows 10 - Move itunes Music!!! - Free & Easy

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My video shows how to transfer iTunes library from one computer to another, to Windows 10. Quickly see how to transfer music to iTunes. My iTunes music tutorial shows you how easy it is to transfer iTunes music to a new computer for free. Learn how to transfer iTunes music without having to use Apple iCloud or any special software app in this iTunes tutorial for Windows. • How to Transfer iTunes...
See how to transfer iTunes playlist to flash drive as well as your iTunes music, media apps and iTunes album artwork from your old laptop computer system to your new computer laptop, desktop or Windows tablet.
Simply put, in my iTunes tutorial you will learn how to move your iTunes library from one computer to another computer no matter which Windows version you are using on your computer. If you follow my basic steps you can move your iTunes music from iTunes Windows 7, iTunes Windows 8, iTunes Windows 8.1 to iTunes in Windows 10. It's pretty easy to do, by watching how to transfer music/songs from computer to another computer in just a few minutes in this fast moving iTunes tutorial.
This video tutorial is for you, if you want to see how to move iTunes library to another computer within minutes and without tech support service $cost. In a step by step presentation I show you how to move songs from computer to iTunes. Beginners and Pros will learn how to how to move music from computer to iTunes on another computer without any special skills. The steps on how to transfer Music from iTunes to USB is also seen in my video plus a lot more.
Requirements For Successful Operation:
1) Old computer with Windows
2) New computer with Windows
3) Flash Drive or Jump drive or external hard drive for storage
4) Apple iTunes installed on old & new computer laptop/desktop
or tablet and with iTunes on new computer having no songs
that you want to keep.
5) iTunes music/songs on your old computer
6) IMPORTANT NOTE: Always perform a full computer backup of
your computer data files, pictures, and music and create a
system restore before making any changes to your computer.
Like copying, deleting and pasting files and folders. Computers
can and will sometimes do unexpected things!
7) My video steps in "How to transfer iTunes library to a New
computer - Free & Easy to Windows 10"
Would I call this video a iTunes tutorial for beginners? Yes! Because anyone can follow my steps and easily get there music transfer to there new Computer. It makes no difference if it's iTunes music from laptop to laptop or iTunes music from desktop to desktop or iTunes music from desktop to laptop it will still work!

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@MReynolds407 7 жыл бұрын

I've been trying for DAYS to get iTunes from my old XP laptop to my Win 10 laptop. This is the only thing that's worked. THANK YOU!! Great, clear tutorial.

@toniafields8870 4 жыл бұрын

I am totally amazed!! For years I have struggled through having to keep my very old laptop that’s slow as it can be, simply because my music in iTunes was set up on it exactly the way I needed it to be for my iPod. Thanks to your tutorial, I was able to successfully move my playlists to my new computer!! It took me 2 days because I kept messing up the steps, but I’m so impressed because I read several things on how to do it, and they all were entirely too complicated or suggested that I had to buy software. Thank you so much for this tutorial!!

@saparks48 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Your instructions are much better than when I tried to do this from the Apple support page!

@synthiamcbride7194 8 жыл бұрын

I cannot praise this tutorial highly enough. I was dreading trying to transfer the music, fearing that it would be complicated and fraught with failure. I looked for several days for the best way to transfer iTunes from my old computer to the new one, and this one is outstanding. Nick's explanations were clear, easy and precise. Even though my old computer is a Windows XP, I had no trouble figuring out how to make it work despite minor differences. Thank you, Nick for your help.

@nickscomputerfix 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words and posting your successfulness.

@JJJJ-gl2uf 7 жыл бұрын

About five or six years ago I used the home sharing method to migrate all my music files from the old laptop to the new one. This method worked, but it literally took half a day to complete. Last year I needed to perform the same migration again, and tried to follow the convoluted methods on the official Apple site, and eventually gave up as I just couldn't get anything to work according to their instructions. The method outlined here is so simple and it works (and my 12,000+ files moved in just over an hour). Congratulations on an excellent video, and thank you very much.

@larrygross8176 7 жыл бұрын

I need to thank you for providing such a painless solution to moving 65 G of music from a Vista machine to a Windows 10. Worked flawlessly. Thanks for providing your expertise in this forum.

@sandraann5496 Жыл бұрын

I know it’s been awhile since you posted this, but I just wanted to tell you that I tried for days to transfer our iTunes files to our new computer without success. I reviewed about a dozen KZfaq sights and tried just about everything. I found your site and followed your instructions and it worked!!! Thank you so much for posting these instructions. I wish I would have done this in the beginning.

@c-mar9820 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial! I have always just had a separate music folder and not allowed iTunes to copy the files to itself (relic of being annoyed at having to use iTunes in the first place when I got my first iPod... when I still used Windows Media Player for listening on PC). Unfortunately this meant I couldn't transfer playlists, because they pointed to old file paths when I moved folders to my new computer. This video was concise and exactly what I needed! As an added bonus, transferring all the prefs from my old iTunes made it recognize my iPhone without having to erase everything! As many people know, hooking an iPhone up to a new computer often comes with the dreaded "iPhone is synced with another iTunes Library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes Library?" warning. When I tried moving my iTunes manually the first time, this warning came up. After uninstalling iTunes and starting over with this tutorial, when I hooked my iPhone up (expecting to erase, but now it was ok since my playlists were back) the warning was gone! Unexpected but welcome! A note for others using multiple storage drives: I did not want the library in the default location, as I am using an SSD for booting and a HDD for storage, and pointing the iTunes program to a different library than default can be tricky. This page helped with that extra step: www.davidlimonline.com/blog/2019/5/1/cant-change-the-itunes-media-folder-location-try-creating-a-new-itunes-library

@robertlavallin2677 3 жыл бұрын

Being a 74 year old your transfer of music fro one computer to another was easily followed by me . The big plus is that all is working great on my new computer . Thank you .

@nickscomputerfix 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad to hear my video was easy to follow. Thanks for sharing! 👍😎

@claudiadeavila5768 2 жыл бұрын

OMG..!! This is absolutely AMAZING..!! Tried other videos and didn't work as well as yours... the most amazing part is that brought all my libraries organized as I had them on my old computer, running music, mellow music, work music and so and so.. you are AMAZING..!! Thank you sooooo much xoxo

@dougneal85 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Nick, it's amazing that you made this so simple and easy to do when I have been struggling with the "official instructions" from Apple iTunes for a week without being able to figure out what I was doing wrong. You do a FINE JOB of explaining and helping and I hope you know how much I appreciate it!

@Lanten77 7 жыл бұрын

This is the clearest and most accurate explanation I have ever seen -- for this task, or for any other KZfaq tutorial. Fantastically easy to follow, and leaves no question open. Definitely Subscribing! Thank you Nick. Glad I found your channel!

@wstibbs1 8 жыл бұрын

Great video Nick; no nonsense, no noise and clear as a bell. Thank you!

@alexhippolite7465 7 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Very straight forward and simplified. Thanks.

@nuanesd 7 жыл бұрын

Omg it worked!!!! Months I have been trying to get my darn music. I got rid of all my cds since they were all scratched. You are so awesome for this video!! Thank you so much for sharing!

@DanielSBembenek 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I had tried this so many times before and always failed because I had some music in multiple locations on the computer. Thanks to your extra tips about consolidation, and showing the correct way to erase the new computer's itunes and just paste the old one in, I managed to transfer everything. You saved me a lot of heartache!! Thank you.

@jamesempire1950 8 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly! My collection is over 14,000 songs, and had to extract them from an old relic of a computer. Thanks for the easy to follow video!

@Quebella59 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nick, I did exactly what you said, and I even went and purchased a new flash drive with more memory and my iTunes was right where it's supposed to be. Thank you again!

@forestnights 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, I'm completely useless when it comes to technology & this video really helped me out,for a computer store to do this for me I was getting quoted €40-€80 & this video enabled me to do it for free,thank you.

@azizasimmons3213 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This video worked for me transferring from Windows Vista to Windows 8 with no problem. I followed all your step by step and you don't know how much you have helped me. I have been trying to do it by myself but couldn't.

@JustJamsOnly 3 жыл бұрын

Works! I had a huge collection to transfer so I was somewhat hesitant, but everything moved perfectly (cover art, play count, etc...) Very Recommended.

@titusandrupert 7 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! I tried for several days to see how to do this and you made it easy.

@gregpaulsen4299 8 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly the first time!! Thank you, Nick! Good tutorial! ,

@johnmcgregor1186 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick. After hours of trying to figure it out, the first 4 minutes of your video solved my issue. Subscribed.

@Zspeed 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, this really helped me out!!!

@samuelhenson7734 8 жыл бұрын

great video which clearly explains to the none technical folk, Cheers.

@andabien3 6 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial. Clear and concise. Much appreciated.

@deborahchang4528 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! You have no idea now helpful this is because I am also transferring my iTunes from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Anyone who needs guidance should check out this video!

@debroberts5547 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much .That was the one thin I was dreading about updating my PC and you made it so easy .

@survivorellie 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this easy step by step! Very helpful!!

@ncurry9432 5 жыл бұрын

easy to follow with the 2 examples how to find what you're looking for. Thank YOU.

@triptonmiller8532 Жыл бұрын

I will be transferring from windows 7 desk top to windows 11 Laptop. This is the best instructional video I watched. Hopefully, Windows 11 takes it smoothly. I am not good with techie stuff. Thank you for explaining every step for those like me. A+++

@Zig592 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial, simple and well explained. Thanks!

@dannie_94 7 жыл бұрын

It worked! Thanks for this video, I went step by step, never imagined it´s actually this easy :D

@lesleyweatherford3604 7 жыл бұрын

This is awesome and I was able to locate my media file re-setting up my old PC and downloaded to my external hard drive. Seems I had more than one iTunes folder and did not get the correct one the first time. Feeling hopeful for getting this uploaded to new PC! THANKS

@josephbennett3442 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I suck at computers and even bought a new laptop because mine was dying or just very slow. I learned a lot from watching KZfaq did everything by myself from learning how to re-download my apps to transferring data. You are amazing. 😀

@anthonyswaray2652 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million for this video. I was able to transfer my iTunes library from my old computer to the new one. Bravo!

@nickscomputerfix 5 жыл бұрын

👌😎

@patricksomenou5296 7 жыл бұрын

You are an Excellent instructor.!

@ericm6330 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. I was afraid to put itunes on my new laptop as I thought it was really complicated. You made it very simple and now its done! thank you again.

@nickscomputerfix 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@jamescrowden6670 7 жыл бұрын

Many other places (including Apple) had confusing instructions, but this video was simple and worked. Thank You!

@_J2C 7 жыл бұрын

When consolidating my library I encountered the "Can't copy file name too long or invalid" issue which was a pain in the ass since I had 2000+ songs with no idea which ones were the offenders. After a long time of sifting through them I was fortunately able to work around this. It still boggles my mind that Apple can create extremely user-friendly operating systems like iOS yet when it comes to their iTunes program it has always been so needlessly complicated. As one of the few people who still likes to download and manage his music the way he has been since the iPod days, this video was a huge help. Thank you.

@MsMystie3K 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clear step-by-step instructions. I didn't think I could do this by myself, but I did, thanks to your video!

@rosesanchez8997 7 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOSH!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! I cannot even begin to explain how much I've been trying to transfer my music!!

@iliveinconboy 7 жыл бұрын

All I can say is thank you for speaking simple English!!! For those of us that are not computer savy, you sir, made an excellent video!!! Thanks :)

@RapIsDeadly 7 жыл бұрын

This is HANDS DOWN the best video ever for explaining this process. Thank you very much.

@CodingSquid 6 жыл бұрын

Worked great on Windows 10 64 bit and iTunes 12.7. Nice job!

@MarcusAurelius-d2n 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - covered every step and possible variations. Thank You

@lynnetteyerbury9243 7 жыл бұрын

Worked like a charm. I was missing a simple step and was getting frustrate. My music file is large so it was being a pain and this fixed it. Well done!

@nickscomputerfix 7 жыл бұрын

:-)

@rdmitch44028 2 жыл бұрын

thank you Nick, worked like a charm. You saved me countless hours of reloading songs

@davebrandtman4765 7 жыл бұрын

Whew! I'll watch more than once, but this gives me great comfort. My hard disk failed and when I replaced it from a Windows 7 to a Windows 10, I was feeling great trepidation. Thanks!!!!! There is an easy solution to solve my problems.

@nicksgheyshorts905 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Was able to transfer all my music/playlists with no problems!

@laurenceleedham8889 4 жыл бұрын

Took a couple of attempts but finally got all my music transferred to my new computer, thank you

@Mark-kz9pb 8 жыл бұрын

worked great :) lots of help ... I imported from vista to win 10 , previously vista running on old version of iTunes , tho I did have to reimport all the albums in my music folder in to iTunes and let iTunes convert them all ....but all great ...thx

@TheWolfPackFam 8 жыл бұрын

YOU my friend are awesome!! Hours and hours of trying to figure this out and I finally got my music moved to my new computer. Wish I had watched this in the first place!

@nickscomputerfix 8 жыл бұрын

+Grandma2times I like being called Awesome :-) Glad you found my video helpful and thanks for posting good feedback.

@shauns9563 10 ай бұрын

Hi, used this for the second time, Many thanks once again.

@quincywho 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this Nick. Very helpful and user friendly. :)

@lechien_blanc 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for this straight forward and helpful video.

@juliannorwich319 7 жыл бұрын

This was exactly what I needed. I tried just following Apple's instructions. No luck. Nick took me slowly but surely from beginning to end. Success. Thanks, Nick!

@nickscomputerfix 7 жыл бұрын

Success is Good.

@brendagratton3866 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I had no idea what to do until I watched this and it was very easy to do the transfer thanks to your clear instructions and images etc.

@nickscomputerfix 4 жыл бұрын

You're Welcome. 👌😎

@fishifingers69 7 жыл бұрын

Worked exactly as demonstrated in your video.....thank you for sharing!

@iwal999 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Nicely detailed and well explained and - more to the point - it worked! Much appreciated.

@bbeerrnnaa 7 жыл бұрын

Great. Excelent tutorial. Many thanks!

@Bigben-pz8bx 8 жыл бұрын

My wife and I just bought a new Windows 10 computer your video was a huge help. Thanks a lot

@russlevine8978 3 жыл бұрын

Nick - You are THE MAN!! This was the BEST tutorial...worked perfectly! Thank you my brother!!!

@janakharp 7 жыл бұрын

Yay! This was so helpful! Thank you so much!

@bandele-omoonafalujo5173 6 жыл бұрын

Off all the videos I have watched, this is the most spot on. I say that because if you it exactly your iTunes from your old PC will be transferred. The "Spot On" comes from the fact that you Play Counts, Playlists, Last Played etc etc are replicated on you new PC. No need to start re configuring Library.xml or other. The only thing I'll advise is to consolidate your iTunes songs on your old PC to just the C:\Users\Your User\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music folder before you copy.

@nickwatts2081 7 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! Great tutorial. Clear. Easy to understand and follow instructions. Thank you for taking the time to post it. :)

@JuiceBoxBoiii 8 жыл бұрын

thank you so much.. looking forward to try this.. will tell you if i have any difficulties.. wonderful tutorial.. could understand easily

@leonbuck2t2 7 жыл бұрын

Perfectly understandable and helpful. Thank you!

@Bigbuddyandblue 8 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Thank you ! Liked and subscribed.

@karlabustamante2328 7 жыл бұрын

omggggggg thank you sooo much you really helped me out!

@nickknight2366 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial. Was an amazing help. Very easy to follow. Cheers

@tonyd5061 4 жыл бұрын

You are a lifesaver. I cannot tell you what an ordeal I was having with various "computer experts" until I found your video. Bless you.

@nickscomputerfix 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. 👍😎

@hundehetzer2818 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You! That tutorial is amazing! Could not have done it without you!

@nickscomputerfix 6 жыл бұрын

😎👍

@paralyzedrider4358 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick!!! This was super easy to follow and it worked great!!!

@makingthequants09 Жыл бұрын

This still works in 2023 and on surface pros using windows 11 home very good and detailed tutorial

@KarlaLOL 8 жыл бұрын

I was almost going to have an anxiety attack since I do have 5,000 songs and very organized playlists but thank you so much for this!!!

@ohrosemary 4 жыл бұрын

A million thanks Nick, of all the tutotials I saw, yours was the one that convinced me, and it worked perfectly, THANKS so much again!

@nickscomputerfix 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@jameslakin92 5 жыл бұрын

A great step by step tutorial... many thanks

@outlawsag 7 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this video. you helped me fix my ipod and computer.

@cheriroth30 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooooo..... much!!!! Your video was very easy to follow and was the first one that actually was helpful (meaning, I finally had success in transferring my music)!!! Had I found your video first I would not have been frustrated with other suggestions on how to move music and... this would have been done several days ago!! I don't normally comment, let alone subscribe to KZfaq videos, but I have subscribed to yours. Thank you again!! I'm hoping your videos will help me make my transition to windows 10 from windows 7 much easier!!

@nickscomputerfix 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear my video helped you out, in getting your music transferred. Thanks for your great feedback and Sub. 👌😎

@Emery92 4 жыл бұрын

Worked like a charm! Thanks for the help!

@brodeurheaton 7 жыл бұрын

Such a great video tutorial!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

@cummingsutube 7 жыл бұрын

Very thorough instructions. Fantastic! Perfect!

@princevalentinemadziro9183 6 жыл бұрын

Clearly nuanced tutorial ,thanks a lot mate

@sickle97 7 жыл бұрын

You are the man!!!!! Wow would have never figured this out on my own lol Thank you!

@Callme96 7 жыл бұрын

This worked perfectly for me, thanks so much.

@shawnykaltenbach3336 8 жыл бұрын

Very straight forward! Thank you!!

@makingthequants09 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is a genius this actually still worked as of today. Subscribed now as well

@nickscomputerfix 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your Like and Sub. It's appreciated! 👍😎

@joannasheldrick3598 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! Very easy to follow!!!! Success!!!!

@whatis5386 6 жыл бұрын

Worked beautifully. Thank you!🤙

@ButTheyCallMeShay 7 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! this has saved my music life

@kurokensei888 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much for this video!

@NeptuneLady1957 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This worked perfectly!

@naturetides 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick really useful and successful tutorial.

@AndreClassicCuts 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much boss man I was able to transfer all my music and info to my new PC thank you so much

@TremendousTyius26 7 жыл бұрын

You are such a genius now I have it on my desktop computer too

@shauns9563 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, great instructions, nice one, thanks very much.

@terrin32 7 жыл бұрын

Very easy to understand thanks it worked

@SandrayJana 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you. was very easy to follow you video.