当您购买新计算机时，您可能想做的第一件事就是将旧计算机中的所有内容复制到新计算机上(copy all of your contents from your old computer over to the new one)。这确保您可以继续在旧机器上进行的工作。
您可能想要迁移到新计算机的一件事是将 iTunes 资料库移动到新计算机。尽管Apple已经在最新的 Mac 上取消了 iTunes，但该应用程序仍在旧的 macOS 版本和Windows计算机上使用。
将 iTunes 资料库移动到新计算机实际上非常容易。应用程序本身有一些功能可以帮助您做到这一点。
将所有 iTunes 内容放在一个文件夹中(Put All Your iTunes Content In a Single Folder)
如果您了解 iTunes 的基本工作原理，您可能知道该应用程序不需要将您的音乐文件复制到其文件夹即可播放它们。您的歌曲可以在您机器上的任何位置，您仍然可以在应用程序中查找、整理和播放它们。
由于该应用程序的性质，没有一个文件夹可以从旧计算机复制到新计算机并迁移您的库。但是，iTunes 中有一个功能可以让您将所有文件放在一个文件夹中。这称为合并文件，您可以在计算机上的应用程序中执行此操作。
您的文件将继续存在于其原始位置，以下过程只会在 iTunes 文件夹中制作这些文件的副本。您需要确保(make sure there’s enough storage)您的计算机上有足够的存储空间，因为您将拥有每个 iTunes 文件的两个副本。
- 在您的计算机上启动iTunes应用程序。
- 单击屏幕顶部的文件菜单，然后选择(File)库(Library)，然后选择组织库(Organize Library)。它可以让您将所有 iTunes 文件放在一起。
- 屏幕上将出现一个框，让您启用或禁用两个选项。第一个选项应该说合并文件(Consolidate files)，这就是您需要勾选的内容。启用该选项，然后单击底部的确定。(OK)
- 它将开始将 iTunes 库文件从您计算机上的任何位置复制到 iTunes 文件夹。等待(Wait)它这样做。
复制文件后，您可以根据需要从其文件夹中删除原始文件。
找到 iTunes 文件夹并将其复制到您的外部驱动器(Find The iTunes Folder & Copy It To Your External Drive)
整合整个 iTunes 资料库后，您可以将整合后的文件夹复制到外部驱动器(copy the consolidated folder over to an external drive)以进行迁移。但是，iTunes 文件夹不容易访问，因为它位于各种子文件夹的深处。
此外，如果您或某人曾经更改过原始 iTunes 媒体文件夹，则它在其默认位置将不可用。然后，您将需要准确找到它在您的机器上的存储位置。
幸运的是，iTunes 为您提供了一种查找媒体文件夹的简单方法。您需要做的就是访问应用程序中的一个选项，它会让您知道 iTunes 文件的位置。完成后，您可以将文件夹复制到外部驱动器并开始迁移过程。
- 在您的计算机上打开iTunes应用程序。
- 单击顶部的Edit菜单，然后选择(Edit)Preferences 选项(Preferences)。它将打开 iTunes 设置菜单。
- 在设置屏幕上，您要导航到显示“高级(Advanced)”的选项卡，因为您要查找的选项位于此处。
- 进入“高级(Advanced)”选项卡后，您会找到一个标题为iTunes Media folder location的框。记下此处显示的路径，因为您将在以下步骤中需要它。
- 关闭计算机上的iTunes应用程序。
- 打开文件资源管理器(File Explorer)窗口并导航到您之前记下的路径。您应该会看到一个名为iTunes的文件夹，如果没有，请返回一个文件夹并找到它。
- 找到iTunes文件夹后，右键单击它并选择Copy。
- 打开外部驱动器的存储，右键单击空白处，然后选择粘贴(Paste)。然后等待您的文件被完全复制。
在新计算机上恢复 iTunes 资料库(Restore Your iTunes Library On Your New Computer)
您的整个 iTunes 资料库现在应该可以在您的外部硬盘驱动器上使用。您现在需要做的就是将硬盘驱动器插入新计算机，复制库文件，然后让 iTunes 知道它以将文件导入应用程序。
这听起来可能有点过于技术性，但事实并非如此。它基本上只是复制您的文件，然后配置 iTunes 以识别您的新图书馆。就这样。
- 如果iTunes应用程序在您的新计算机上打开，请在执行以下步骤之前将其关闭。
- 将外部驱动器插入新计算机并复制iTunes文件夹，这是您的 iTunes 库文件夹。
- 使用文件资源管理器(File Explorer)在新电脑上查找并选择 iTunes 资料库的位置。这可以在您系统上的任何位置。然后，粘贴您的iTunes文件夹，以便将其保存在新机器的内部存储中。
- 等待(Wait)所有文件从外部驱动器复制到计算机。
- 复制文件后，按住键盘上的Shift按钮并启动iTunes应用程序。
- 它会提示您选择现有库或创建一个新库以与应用程序一起使用。您想单击“选择库(Choose Library)”按钮。
- 导航到新计算机上的iTunes文件夹并选择iTunes Library.itl文件。该应用程序将开始导入您的内容。
文件全部导入后，您应该可以在旧计算机上的相同界面和菜单上看到它们。
您(Did)是否曾经需要将 iTunes 资料库移动到新电脑上？你的程序如何？请在下面的评论中告诉我们。
How to Move Your iTunes Library to a New Computer
When yoυ buy a new computer, the first thing you’ll probably want to do іs copy all of your contents from your old computer over to the new one. This ensures you can continue the work that you were doing on your old machine.
One of the things you may want to migrate to your new computer is to move your iTunes library to a new computer. Although Apple has done away with iTunes on the latest Macs, the app is still used on old macOS versions and Windows computers.
Moving your iTunes library to a new computer is pretty easy actually. There are features inside the app itself to help you do it.
Put All Your iTunes Content In a Single Folder
If you know the basics of how iTunes works, you probably know that the app doesn’t need to copy your music files to its folders to play them. Your songs could be anywhere on your machine and you can still find, organize, and play them in the app.
Because of the nature of the app, there’s no one folder that you can copy from your old computer to the new one and get your library migrated. But, there’s a feature in iTunes that lets you put all of your files in a single folder. It’s called consolidating files and you can do it from within the app on your computer.
Your files will continue to exist at their original location and the following procedure will only make a copy of those files in the iTunes folder. You want to make sure there’s enough storage on your computer as you’ll have a total of two copies of each of your iTunes files.
- Launch the iTunes app on your computer.
- Click on the File menu at the top of your screen and select Library followed by Organize Library. It’ll let you put all of your iTunes files together.
- A box will appear on your screen letting you enable or disable two options. The first option should say Consolidate files and that’s what you need to tick-mark. Enable the option and then click on OK at the bottom.
- It’ll start copying the iTunes library files from wherever they’re on your computer to the iTunes folder. Wait for it to do that.
Once the files are copied, you can delete the original ones from their folders if you want.
Find The iTunes Folder & Copy It To Your External Drive
Once your entire iTunes library is consolidated, you can copy the consolidated folder over to an external drive for migration. However, the iTunes folder isn’t easily accessible as it’s located deep down in various subfolders.
Also, if you or someone has ever changed the original iTunes media folder, it won’t be available at its default location. You’re then going to need to find exactly where it’s stored on your machine.
Fortunately, iTunes provides you with an easy way to find its media folder. All you need to do is access an option in the app and it’ll let you know where your iTunes files are located. Once that’s done, you can copy the folder over to your external drive and start the migration process.
- Open the iTunes app on your computer.
- Click on the Edit menu at the top and then select the option that says Preferences. It’ll open the iTunes settings menu.
- On the settings screen, you want to navigate to the tab that says Advanced as the option you’re looking for is located there.
- Once you’re in the Advanced tab, you’ll find a box with the title that says iTunes Media folder location. Note down the path displayed there as you’re going to need it in the following steps.
- Close the iTunes app on your computer.
- Open a File Explorer window and navigate to the path you noted down earlier. You should see a folder titled iTunes, and if you don’t, go one folder back and you should find it.
- Once you find the iTunes folder, right-click on it and select Copy.
- Open your external drive’s storage, right-click anywhere blank, and select Paste. Then wait for your files to be fully copied.
Restore Your iTunes Library On Your New Computer
Your entire iTunes library should now be available on your external hard drive. All that you need to do now is plug the hard drive into your new computer, copy over the library files, and then let iTunes know about it for it to import the files into the app.
It may sound a bit too technical but it’s not. It’s just basically copying your files and then configuring iTunes to recognize your new library. That’s all.
- If the iTunes app is open on your new computer, close it before you do the following steps.
- Plug in your external drive to your new computer and copy the iTunes folder which is your iTunes library folder.
- Use the File Explorer to find and select a location for the iTunes library on your new computer. This can be anywhere on your system. Then, paste your iTunes folder so it’s saved on the internal storage of your new machine.
- Wait for all of your files to be copied from your external drive to your computer.
- When the files are copied, press and hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and launch the iTunes app.
- It’ll prompt you to either choose an existing library or create a new one to use with the app. You want to click on the button that says Choose Library.
- Navigate to the iTunes folder on your new computer and select the iTunes Library.itl file. The app will then start importing your content.
When your files are all imported, you should see them on the same interface and menu where they were on your old computer.
Did you ever have to move your iTunes library to a new computer? How did the procedure go for you? Let us know in the comments below.
