Hi Jennifer,
How did you get on, is the problem resolved?
So I can 'unflag' the subject thread.
I currently have 113 messages flagged for my attention that I am trying to work
my way through :(
Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> On 3 Nov 2013, at 10:23 pm, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you both. I will take this back to Caroline. It is very hard to be an
> ignorant intermediary!
>
> Regards, Jennifer
>
>
>> On 31 October 2013 20:40, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote:
>> Hi Jennifer
>>
>> I had this happen to a client for some strange reason. The music they moved
>> over ok, but the playlists didn't.
>> All I did to correct it for them (and get it working was the following).
>>
>> First, I made sure iTunes wasn't running on the new machine.
>> On the new machine, I moved the following files from
>> Users/theirname/Music/iTunes/ to the Desktop ("just incase")
>> iTunes Library Extras.itdb
>> iTunes Library Genius.itdb
>> iTunes Library.itl
>> iTunes Library.xml
>> iTunes Music Library.xml
>> (so in other words, just the files, not the folders. I left all the folders
>> there).
>>
>> Then from the "old" machine I went into where the music was stored. (which I
>> think from memory on a Windows machine is My Music/iTunes),…but I could be
>> wrong…..
>> I then copied the same named files as above to a Thumb Drive.
>> After copying them I then put the Thumb Drive into the new Mac and put the
>> files back into the above location on the Mac
>> (Users/yourname/Music/iTunes).
>>
>> I then launched iTunes and the playlist and all the music was still there
>> and worked as it normally should.
>> Once I was happy it was all OK, I then deleted the ones I'd put on the
>> Desktop temporarily.
>>
>> I found this worked ok for this machine,..so may (or may not) work for you
>> friend,…depending on the what or why it happened :o))
>>
>> But just thought I'd share that info,…incase it helps. :o)
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
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>>> On 31/10/2013, at 3:23 PM, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I shall have to ask those questions when I see her tomorrow, Ronni. She
>>> said all the music transferred to the Mac, but that no play
>>> list appears on the Mac. Thank you.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 31 October 2013 13:07, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Jennifer,
>>>>
>>>> How did she transfer her music from her Windows computer to her Mac?
>>>> Did all the music transfer, but iTunes did not keep the same Playlists?
>>>> I'm not sure what you mean by
>>>>> on transferring her music,the play list disappeared
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When she set up iTunes on the Mac, did she select in iTunes > Preferences
>>>> - Advanced:
>>>> "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" & "Copy files to iTunes Media folder
>>>> when adding to Library" ... are both selected?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>>>>
>>>>> On 31 Oct 2013, at 11:04 am, Jennifer Lefroy <lefroy.jenni...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Everyone, A friend has made the change from PC to Mac and is
>>>>> delighted but for the fact that on transferring her music,the play list
>>>>> disappeared. She still has it on her iPod. but expects it to disappear
>>>>> when she syncs next to iTunes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I explained the great service given by Wamug members to Mac users and
>>>>> thought if someone could solve this problem for her, she would be
>>>>> convinced of the benefits and join:-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Jennifer.
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