Question for Itunes Experts

[Swaggs]

So... I'm about 10-years behind on the Ipod/Itunes revolution, but I finally got my first Ipod last Summer, & I have a question:

Is there an easy way to get all of my songs (including those bought and downloaded from Itunes) from one laptop to another laptop?

I have already set up Itunes on the new laptop and still have access to the old laptop, along with a flash drive. Is there a simple way to do this through Itunes? Are the purchased songs transferable (It said something about being licensed on 2 of 5 computers, so I assume you can use all your stuff on up to 5).

Anyway, any help appreciated. It seems like I should be able to go in and grab the files manually (if I knew where they were all saved) or that there should be some sort of built in utility, but the only option I could find was to burn to a DVD/CD, rather than a backup harddrive.

[terpkristin]

If you Google "copy iTunes library to new computer" or "copy iTunes library to another computer" you'll get a ton of hits. It's pretty simple. You can do it using your iPod as the external HD or you can do it with an external HD.

Move iTunes to another computer and keep library data intact - File Transfer - Lifehacker is just one of the hits, I've found that Lifehacker usually has fairly straightforward info. Also you can look at ilounge.com, I'm sure they have info there. Also Apple's iPod support has info on doing it, too.

/tk

[terpkristin]

Dola,
Sorry I can't be more helpful at the moment, I'm at work with no iTunes or useful internet. The jist is that you copy your entire iTunes directory from the old computer to the new. Then you point your new computer's version of iTunes to look at wherever you moved the directory to. When it tries to import, it will ask you for your password and if I remember right, will tell you that you have now used x of your 5 computers.

/tk

[Swaggs]

Thanks TK!

I'll take a look at it tonight -- it sounds like the right info.