# iTunes Consolidation from Multiple Sources

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-consolidation-from-multiple-sources/418373>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-consolidation-from-multiple-sources/418373 "2007-09-07T15:52:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itunes-consolidation-from-multiple-sources/418373/1 "2007-09-07T15:52:55Z")

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I recently got a new laptop and want to take my music libraries from my old laptop and my soon to be decomissioned desktop onto the new laptop. Both are a mixutre of CD’s I ripped and downloaded iTunes recordings. What is the best way to do this. I also have a nano and a shuffle that have the same info, is there a way to upload the data from them? Do I need to de-authorize the old PC’s?