I have reinstalled my laptop recently, having previously simply copied entire contents of it to another computer. After reinstalling iTunes, a question came up: how to move all the preferences, files, library settings, album artwork – all of it back into iTunes? On Windows, it consists of three steps:
- Copy C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\ into the identical folder in new install
- Copy C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\ into the identical folder in new install
- Copy entire contents of old C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\ into the identical folder in new install
And that should be it.
Now I have to figure out how to move all the artworks into the files them self, not keeping them into: C:\Documents and Settings\aleck\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\Album Artwork\ where iTunes saves them. I really wish Apple would start to respect MP3 ID tags properly. :(
cheers. worked well when I reformatted my windows xp laptop. got to keep all my iphone apps and settings too.
awesome help, thanks!
simple, and still came in handy despite info being 3 1/2 years old. fab.
Update for Win 7 — this works with iTunes when synced with an iPhone etc. YOu need to copy the following folders:
C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer
C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Apple Computer
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Apple Computer