Transferring iTunes libraries: A multi-version, multi-device, multi-computer, multi-OS journey.

Author's Note: These were some of the worst, and most torturous hours of my life that I will never reclaim. I hope you don't have to do the same...



Moving iTunes libraries from one computer to another is a notoriously difficult process and having just upgraded from an Acer Travelmate 4602 with Windows XP running iTunes 8.2 to a Dell Studio 1557 with 64-bit Windows 7 and iTunes 9, it only got worse than it's reputation. Here are a collection of methods, problems and solutions that should help you with one of the worst bits of software ever: iTunes.