I recently had a brush with death and that got me thinking about what needed to be done. Did you know, that when you die so does your purchased iTunes music, videos and books? Those purchases are non transferable.
The only work around is to make sure you leave your iTunes login and password with your important papers. That way one family member can still use that account to access all your iTunes purchases.
No worries I'm all fine now!
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Showing posts with label itunes. Show all posts
Friday, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
how to move your iTunes library from PC to Mac...
So Many ways...
If your old machine is a PC here is a link to several solutions... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US it lists 5 different ways to move your music. Just click on the method in Blue you want to use. Home sharing is another good method. Or setting up an external hard drive to transfer the music. Plus you can set it up to be your 'Time Machine' (apple speak for backup drive). But I go off subject.
Also I recommend buying iTunes Match. The best deal for backing up all of your music. It costs $25/year but beats burning 500 million dvd backups. Plus it backs up music you didn't even buy on iTunes. Then you can easily access the music on your apple devices. This also might be another way of transferring the music. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/ And just in case I haven't confused you enough you can also set up your ipod to be an external drive and transfer the music that way... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Now if you are transferring from one mac to another it is really easy. Use the 'Migration Assistant'. Here's an article from Mac life about how to do it. http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_move_your_itunes_library_new_mac Thanks to my friend, Scott, from elementary school for asking the question! If you are confused, ask me more questions and I will try to help.
If your old machine is a PC here is a link to several solutions... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US it lists 5 different ways to move your music. Just click on the method in Blue you want to use. Home sharing is another good method. Or setting up an external hard drive to transfer the music. Plus you can set it up to be your 'Time Machine' (apple speak for backup drive). But I go off subject.
Also I recommend buying iTunes Match. The best deal for backing up all of your music. It costs $25/year but beats burning 500 million dvd backups. Plus it backs up music you didn't even buy on iTunes. Then you can easily access the music on your apple devices. This also might be another way of transferring the music. http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/ And just in case I haven't confused you enough you can also set up your ipod to be an external drive and transfer the music that way... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Now if you are transferring from one mac to another it is really easy. Use the 'Migration Assistant'. Here's an article from Mac life about how to do it. http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_move_your_itunes_library_new_mac Thanks to my friend, Scott, from elementary school for asking the question! If you are confused, ask me more questions and I will try to help.
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