Using iTunes backup and restore can cause thousands of your music tracks to be lost.
The procedure for transferring your iTunes music library from your old Windows PC to your brand new iMac is very simple:
- On the PC, use the Backup command in iTunes to write your 5,016 songs onto 6 DVDs.
- On the iMac, insert each DVD in turn and let iTunes restore all the songs.
- Enjoy your songs, all 3,679 of them.
If you compare step 3 with step 1, you will see one snag: only 73% of your songs have survived the process. More than a quarter of your music library has been silently lost.
