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You CAN transfer an iTunes Library in either direction
Authored by: Mechcozmo on Jan 29, '07 09:58:52PM

The iTunes Library is cross-compatible. I've done it both ways.

First off, on the Windows side, make sure that the iTunes Library is Consolidated. You can find it under the Advanced menu in iTunes. This makes sure everything is in your "iTunes/iTunes Music Library" folder. Now run iTunes on the Mac (assuming you haven't before) and answer the first-run questions. This generates some initial files that we're about to overwrite but more importantly creates a preference file that makes iTunes start right up next time. Quit iTunes. Now copy the iTunes folder from Windows over the stuff on the Mac. For every file you copy, you should see a file that you are replacing. (Pretty much the entire iTunes folder, which is a directory in the Music folder on the Mac or in Windows My Music). Now open iTunes again. It may show an "Upgrading Library" dialog, but after that, everything is copied over-- play counts, ratings, lyrics, anything.

If enough people like this I'll consider beautifying this and making it a hint in its own right. For now, I hope it corrects the gross inaccuracy of the "hint" above.



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