Hi Traci, If you all-ready have a time machine back-up, you can restore the content to your new library only if the new drive and a-count names are exactly the same as the old. Usually, you would use the TM method through Migration Assistant.
I think that the easiest way to relocate your iTunes library is to import the content from the old library into the new library from within the iTunes are Music app. That will build the library file from scratch. if you want to store your library on an external drive, you can launch iTunes or Music from the dock by holding down the option and pressing enter. That way you can choose the storage location of your library. > On Oct 19, 2020, at 15:26, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, is it possible to have time machine only back up iTunes? > > I have been reading on various ways to move iTunes library from Sierra to > Catalina. One person went through a complicated process of saving the library > on an external hard drive, creating a second account on their old machine, > putting the library in place for that account, then creating a time machine > back up. All this sounds like such a rigmarole, and I’m not sure my old > machine has the space for this. > > So, I was wondering if I could create a time machine back up of my library, > then move it over via time machine onto the new Mac. > > I can’t figure out any other ways. I would like to keep the dates songs were > added, playlists, etc. I know there is migration assistant, but I don’t know > how to have it only migrate iTunes. > > Thanks, > Traci > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/401A6A35-4AE1-435F-981A-0C4B5E4301C9%40gmail.com. Barry Hadder barretthad...@my.unt.edu -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0264E821-8842-42B3-BEAE-2D1AF4D6BC25%40gmail.com.
