[Hippo_Man]

I have my PC laptop connected to a wireless router and my Quicksilver is also attached to the router via ethernet cable. Is there a way to have my laptop find my MAC, and transfer my ITUNES list from the mac?

[Dubbalubagis]

Hello,
Have you tried just going into the iTunes preferences and go to the sharing option? There you can share your library and have iTunes look for shared libraries. I must remind you that you have to have iTunes open to use this option.
Hope that was what you were looking for!
Dubbalubagis
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[Hippo_Man]

So, my laptop, with iTunes open, will look for another library on my "network", which is located on the Quicksilver, with iTunes open?
That is all it takes? If so, wow (and thanks)!

[moose_n_squirrel]

That will allow the PC to receive and play back the Mac's iTunes, but it won't copy the songs themselves. It just becomes a receiver. That said, I use it all the time, and it saves disk space by not needing to copy the songs just to listen to them.

[Hippo_Man]

Thanks. I tried it last night and discovered that it would not copy. Is there a way to copy the files? I just got a laptop for work with a huge harddrive and it would be great to move over the songs onto this one.
Is there some sort of networking function I could use to copy the actual song files since they are both connected via broadband router?

[emac4mec]

I just accomplished the same task a couple of weeks ago-copying my itunes from my emac to my new pb; however, everything in my library was ripped from my own cd's so there were not any restrictions as there would be on downloaded songs.
My mac and pb were on a wired network, but wireless would make no difference other than transfer speed.
If I remember the process correctly I went into my mac iTunes library, selected all music folders and dragged them into the iTunes library on the powerbook.
Hope it works for you, good luck.

[Hippo_Man]

Two Questions:
1. I am going from a Mac to a PC - Does that make a difference?
2. How did you get the Itunes from the source computer openned on the acquiring computer?
You can tell I don't do this at all.

[emac4mec]

After reading my post I realized it was clear as mud /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Start iTunes on the destination machine.
Open a Finder window on the destination machine and navigate to the iTunes folder on the source machine (probably under Music unless you moved it). You have to connect to your network and attach the volume that contains your data on your source machine. You can do this in Finder by clicking on 'network.'
Continue navigating deeper on the source machine until you see folders for each CD or album you've got in iTunes. Again I'm assuming you are trying to copy songs that you've ripped rather than downloaded.
Select all the folders either by using the edit menu 'select all' or if that isn't there select the first folder, scroll down, depress the shift key and select the last folder you want. All of the folder in between should now be selected.
Drag the folders you've selected and drop them on the library caption in the "Source" pane of the iTunes window.
If none of this works as expected, go to iTunes help and look under adding songs to your library and there is a sub heading about adding songs from your desktop. Between what I've written and the help you should be able to get them in there. I would be careful about using the 'add songs' or 'add folder' options because I think that you would have to do each album folder individually. For example if you combined five album folders into one desktop folder called MyAlbums when you add it to the library it will show up as one album called 'MyAlbums' rather than five individual ones contained therein.
Good luck.

[moose_n_squirrel]

I would just copy the entire iTunes Music Folder over. No need for "select all" or any of that.
If you copy the whole folder to the other machine, then drag the folder over the iTunes icon, it should make iTunes look exactly like it did on the other machine. The key is the iTunes Library files that get copied inside that folder which contain your personal configuration of iTunes. Then you'll get all your playlists etc. too. Otherwise it woudl be like starting over.
Mac or PC, it doesn't matter. The folder goes in the same place, inside your account's Music folder, and iTunes manages files the same on Mac or PC. Ripped or purchased, it doesn't matter. If you authorized iTunes on the second machine and the second machine is yours, it will be completely legal.

[emac4mec]

Thanks for the much easier way. Now next time I'll know the quicker way. I just stumbled into it when I moved mine. Actually that's not true. I did it the pc way - old habits die hard /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Hippo_Man]

The instructions provided appear to be among two macs. The destination machine is a pc, and the source machine is a mac.
1. How do I get the two machines to recognize each other if they are both connected via a wireless router?
2. Do I view the itunes files on the destination (PC) and pull them in, or do i view the blank library on the source machine (mac), and push it to the pc?
3. Do I need to connect via ethernet?
Thanks guys

[Hippo_Man]

Can someone provide further insight to the following questions?
The instructions provided thus far appear to be among two macs. The destination machine is a pc, and the source machine is a mac.
1. How do I get the two machines to recognize each other if they are both connected via a wireless router?
2. Do I view the itunes files on the destination (PC) and pull them in, or do i view the blank library on the source machine (mac), and push it to the pc?
3. Do I need to connect via ethernet?
Thanks guys