[Ham-Mac] Off topic Mac issue

[David Kelly]

On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:39 PM, John Wiener wrote:

> Don't want to load the site with off topic stuff.  Just updated to a new iMac.
> If anyone can direct me to a reasonable way to copy non-purchased music to the new iMac itunes, it would be greatly appreciated.  These are items collected over many years with impossible-to-obtain provenance.


Start by sharing the old disk with the new machine. Can do this via ethernet. Or if you have a firewire cable you can boot the old Mac in target mode (hold "T" while booting) to turn it into an external firewire HD until its turned off.

Then from your new iTunes select File -> Add to Library... and point it at a directory on the old HD where your music can be found. You could point it at the whole HD but iTunes will have to search longer.

While you have the old disk shared, Utilities/Migration Assistant is a very powerful tool for copying all your applications and user particulars from the old machine to the new. Including music.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
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