How to Transfer Pictures and iTunes to a New Computer

If you have important music and image files on one computer, you can make them available on any computer you use. Moving iTunes files and digital photographs from one computer to another is easy,

Things You'll Need

• Computer
• USB thumb drive
• iTunes software

Instructions

1. Make sure iTunes is installed on all computers you want to use. You will need iTunes to play your music on the new computer.

2. On the computer containing the content you want to transfer, tnsert a USB thumb drive into a free port.

3. Right-click on "My Computer" and choose "Explore" to open Windows Explorer. Locate the files you want to transfer; they are often located in the "My Pictures," "My Music" or "My Documents" folders. Highlight the files to transfer, right-click and choose "Copy" from the menu.

4. Right-click on the drive letter that corresponds to your USB thumb drive, then choose "Paste" from the menu. This transfers those files to the thumb drive.

5. On the computer receiving the content, insert the thumb drive into a free USB port. Open Windows Explorer, locate the thumb drive and highlight the files you want to transfer. Right-click and choose "Copy" from the menu.

6. Locate the folder you want the files transferred to. Right-click and choose "Paste" from the menu. This will copy the iTunes files and photos you selected to the new computer.

References

• Triple D Computers: transferring files with a thumb drive