I don’t think I am going to use migration assistant to setup my new Mac. I would rather start fresh on Mac. I have a photo library that is managed by Lightroom and my music library is managed by iTunes. Can I export my iTunes library to a shared folder and then just import into the Mac?
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Move iTunes library from Windows to Mac
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Powertunes could have had this capability - it runs on a Mac but might have been able see and import a Windows iTunes library. But it has been discontinued due to the demise of iTunes in Catalina (Death Valley)
https://fatcatsoftware.com/powertunes/
I think you are faced with a tedious manual task.
https://fatcatsoftware.com/powertunes/
I think you are faced with a tedious manual task.
Really??? Am I not able to just import the apple lossless files that I have without the iTunes overhead?
So it might make sense to use the Migration assistant JUST for the iTunes music library... I guess it won't hurt to copy my bookmarks into Safari while I am at it.
Just to update this and maybe help someone else in the process...
Windows Migration Assistant was a fail for me. I could not get it work even with 2nd level Apple support on the line.
So.... I shared the Windows drive with my iTunes library and copied the entire iTunes folder to the Music folder on my iMac. I then started iTunes with the Option key depressed and pointed it at the new iTunes folder on the iMac. Boom! All works fine. iMac was running Mojave 10.14.6 when I did this move. I am possibly upgrading to Catalina this weekend.
Windows Migration Assistant was a fail for me. I could not get it work even with 2nd level Apple support on the line.
So.... I shared the Windows drive with my iTunes library and copied the entire iTunes folder to the Music folder on my iMac. I then started iTunes with the Option key depressed and pointed it at the new iTunes folder on the iMac. Boom! All works fine. iMac was running Mojave 10.14.6 when I did this move. I am possibly upgrading to Catalina this weekend.
