How to Transfer all Movies and Music from PC to Mac for Free
Got a new Mac and want to transfer iTunes library, say, transfer movies and move music from PC to Mac with, say, your iPod nano ( new iPods included), iPhone or iPad? In order to help you to do so easily, the following lines would introduce two free ways:
If you just want to transfer iTunes Store purchases like songs and videos, you can refer to the method 1.
Or if you have songs and videos from other sources, refer to method 2 for detailed instructions about how to transfer all music and movies, including iTunes purchases, from PC to Mac with iPod (new iPods included), iPhone (iPhone 5 supported) or iPad. We'll take iPod as example to assist you to transfer iTunes library PC to Mac.
Method 1: How to copy iTunes Store purchases from PC to Mac
1. Open iTunes.
2. From the Store menu, choose Authorize Computer.
3. In the dialog that appears, the Apple ID button is selected by default. If you have an AOL account, select AOL.
4. Enter your Apple ID or AOL screen name and password, then click the Authorize button.
Note: If the iTunes Store purchases on your iPod or iPhone were purchased with multiple accounts, you will need to authorize the computer for each one. Or refer to method two for more convenient solution.
5. Connect your iPod or iPhone to the computer. If your iPod is synced with another iTunes library, the following dialog may appear:
6. Click the Transfer Purchases button, Or, you can right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click (Mac only) your iPod in the iTunes Source list, then choose Transfer Purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
Note: If you are about to transfer music from PC to Mac using your iPod (other iOS Devices included), you are no need to do the authorization, for Apple has removed the music DRM. So you can directly move songs from iPod to Mac. By the way, to move music from PC to Mac, there is a detailed guide you can refer to: Transfer Songs from iPod shuffle to Mac.
Method 2: How to transfer movies and music from PC to Mac with iPod
SyncPod is an easy-to-use iTunes transfer that can help you transfer your songs and videos to Mac without iTunes. You can easily copy movies and songs from iPod to Mac with only a few clicks, saving you hassle of changing the settings on your Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion etc.
Tip: If you only want to transfer songs from iPod to Mac, you can use FreeSync to be your helper. The Mac app is also a professional one which can easily and efficiently sync your iPod songs to Local iTunes and folder. To get more details about it, you can go to user guide of FreeSync
Sync your iTunes library from PC to your iPod
Launch SyncPod for Mac and connect your iPod to your Mac
Download the Mac app and install it, launch SyncPod and then connect iPod to Mac. After that, the main interface would like the image in the next step, and the left part of the SyncPod main interface is your iPod library and the right lays your local iTunes library.
Click "Music" or "Movies" and then drag the file to the iTunes
For this part, you have two options to finish the task:
- Head to "File" menu of the SyncPod> "Backup Device"> "OK" >check "Backup to iTunes". This is for backupping all your iPod items to your local iTunes.
- This smart Mac app allows you to transfer videos and songs from iPod to Mac (iPod touch 4 included) freely by directly dragging them to the right place of the main interface. No matter what category you opened on your iPod iTunes library, the right part, say, your local iTunes library would be showed automatically and be synced ground. You even can sync the whole category to your local iTunes also by dragging it to right column.
Now go ahead to practice on your own with the impressive helper—SyncPod to transfer iTunes library PC to Mac. Have a nice media experience!
Note: For DRM protected items, you need to authorize the Mac first. Then the files will be able to be played on Mac or on devices that they are synced to: launch iTunes> "Store" > "Authorize this Computer...".
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