New Laptop and iTuns/iPod question

My less than fertile grey matter | 02/09/09 | me

[Phantom Lord]

I am soon to pull the trigger on getting a laptop. Which one, I do not know.

But one thing that is slowing me down and is of great concern to me is transfering the bazillions of songs I have in my iTunes software to the new computer so I can use my iPod with that instead of the old desktop.

What is a quick, simple, and easy method of doing this for someone that knows jack squat about computers?

[Richard Kimball]

I knew you knew, but it was too good to pass up.

[gondramB]

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“Select Library, then backup to disk. Feed it DVDs (or CDs but it will take more of them).”

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I recommended creating a playlist from all the music but it appears your way is better. I’m wondering if this is a new function in ITunes. I wanted to back up my music a few years ago and my ITUNES FOR DUMMIES said creating a playlist was the only way.
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I found that option by accident and without publicity - I’m guessing Apple would prefer you buy everything from them and thus never need to transfer “other” music.