iTunes Migration Tips?

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#99146 13-Mar-2012 16:42

I'm planning to move an iTunes library and connected devices from a MacBook to a MacMini, does anyone know of an easy way to do this. It was recently moved from a Windows machine to the MacBook which I did manually, i.e. copy the content over, applied to the iTunes library, connected each device and allowed it to drop the existing pairing and create a new one, which deleted the content and then required manual reselection of syncronisation settings. I'm dealing with an iPod, iPod Touch, iPad and 2 iPhones so if I can avoid reworking all of these it would be appreciated.

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#594653 13-Mar-2012 16:50

The easiest probably be using Home Sharing. Enable Home Sharing on both machines using same iTunes/Apple ID.

On the destination machine (Mac Mini), view the Home Sharing from the source (MacBook). Make sure you selected "Not in the library" or something to that saying at the bottom of the of the iTunes. Select all then Import.

Apple Support KB: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

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#594656 13-Mar-2012 16:55

Looks promising. When reading this it appears that I could use a Home sharing to keep the two in sync on a continuous basis?

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#594657 13-Mar-2012 16:55

Yup.

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#594663 13-Mar-2012 17:00

That's pretty exciting stuff. Do the two machines have to be one the same network? I've got the MacMini in the DMZ while the MacBook is in separate (NAT) segment. I have control over the firewall so I can open ports if needed, which I have done for Facetime.

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#594672 13-Mar-2012 17:09

Naturally they have to be on the same network. And you will have to the syncing manually.

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#594676 13-Mar-2012 17:12

Ah, OK, thanks. I'll do the sync to migrate and then separate them from then on. MacBook needs a clean install of Lion anyway so good time to break the ties.