Hi guys,

Apologies if this question gets asked time and time again.. I wasn't sure what to search for so I thought I'd just ask..

I've just bought a new laptop, and I'm planning on transferring all my music onto it (about 12GB worth at the moment)..

I currently don't have all my music iTunes organised, I just changed the default iTunes directory to the My Music folder on my external HDD.

My question: Will I be able to use my iPod on my new laptop? I'm not sure whether there's some sort of single user agreement or anything..

I presume I can just, once I've copied my mp3s onto my laptop, I can just export my playlist and all the files should point to the same place (provided the file structure remains in tact).. but would I then be able to sync my iPod on my laptop when I add new tracks? I don't really plan on Updating my iPod on my home computer anymore..

Edit: Oh boy, I'm silly!
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202 explains it for me *hits head*

yes just remember to use the option to

'Manage My Music Manually' in the itunes options.

Okay, I'm having problems...

I copied all my music across to my laptop, and kept the file system the same.
I then exported my library.

When I imported it, things were duplicated and some of the artwork was missing...
Why is this?

How can I transfer all the artwork (which all still appear on my iPod and original computer) onto my laptop? Or is the answer that I can't?

I pretty much want the iTunes on my laptop to be identical to my home computer because I want to use my iPod exclusively on the laptop.

Any ideas?

go to my music folder and copy the iTunes folder over to laptops my music folder

Yeah, that was one of the first things I did.
But not all the album artwork has transferred across unfortunately.. like the files are on my laptop, but don't appear in the correct places on iTunes.

Why don't you store everything on an external HD. Then you just plug between laptops.