Apple's Music app is the successor to iTunes.
This video will demonstrate the most practical way
of migrating an old iTunes library on a PC
onto Apple's Music app on a Mac.
To begin, open iTunes and visit the Edit menu,
then Preferences.
Within the window that pops up, navigate to the Advanced tab,
and check the boxes next to "Keep iTunes Media folder organized,"
and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library." These boxes
are crucial, and must be checked if you would like your library to migrate
properly. Then press "OK."
it doesn't look like much has happened in fact nothing has happened just yet
let's navigate to the file menu library organize library
check each box if applicable then press ok
depending on the size of your library you may get a pop-up window with a
progress bar simply wait until it's done before
continuing now we can close itunes
open file explorer then the music folder
everything that we've just consolidated now exists within this one folder
named itunes connect an external storage device with
enough space then drag the itunes folder on top of
the icon within the sidebar to copy its contents over once more
depending on the size of your library this may take a while
when complete right-click on your external storage device
and eject
once that same storage device is connected to your mac
double click it to open it click once on the itunes folder
now go to the edit menu near the top copy
itunes go menu home double-click the music folder
if you're migrating to a brand new mac this folder should be empty
if you see an existing itunes folder or an existing music folder
stay tuned to the end of this video otherwise
head back to the edit menu and paste item
once it's finished copying you may now open the music app
and it will automatically read the folder you just copied
do note that the music app will only show you audio
from your copied itunes library if you had other media such as tv shows
and movies those may now likely exist in the tv app
congratulations you've now technically migrated
your old itunes library into apple's music app
however there is an additional bonus step
i strongly recommend you do to future proof
your music library in the event you migrate
to a different or newer machine in the future
at the top of this video i demonstrated how to consolidate your old itunes
library into one folder that could be moved between
computers we should now follow those same steps
within the music app so let's head back into the file menu
library organize library and just like before check either box if
applicable then press ok
we can now close out of the music app and take a look at the finder window
we started with you see now there's an itunes folder
and a music folder this itunes folder is what we copied from your external
storage device and by completing the bonus steps of
consolidating everything into the new music folder you may now delete
this itunes folder by selecting it going to the file menu
and choosing move to trash and now you're actually done
in this final segment i'll provide some advice
for those who already had an itunes or music folder
on their mac when attempting to copy their old itunes library
if you know for certain that you haven't imported or purchased any new music on
your mac you may follow the steps provided
earlier when pasting in the new itunes library into this folder
to replace this one that you're seeing
in the scenario wherein you already have music
purchased or imported into your new max music library
completely quit out of the music app
double-click the external storage device containing your old itunes library
double-click the itunes folder double-click on itunes media and we're
now going to click and drag the music folder on top of the
music app icon in the dock at the bottom of your
screen doing this manually copies the contents
of your old itunes library and merges them with your new music
library however any previous playlists or song
ratings will not migrate over in this process
the final step is to head back to the file menu
library organize library check both boxes that are applicable
then press ok just like before this will consolidate
your now merged music library into one location
within the music folder of your new mac
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