ipod to itunes

So....something went wrong with my new mbp, so the guy at the apple store over the phone told me that i had to erase my hard drive, so i lost all my music, pictures, etc. They said that I am able to get my music off my ipod back onto my computer. How do I do this? I will probably end up calling them back tomorrow.

 

The Apple store employee told you that you can get your music from your iPod back onto your computer but you didn't ask them how while they were on the phone?

Other than software there may be tricks to doing this however I will recommend to you the software that I use. It's called Podworks. You can download the trial version but it will only allow for 250 songs to transfer off your iPod. The full version cost only $8.00 U.S and it's very easy to use. You can transfer one song or your whole library back onto your Mac without losing your music. This software is Mac only.

http://www.scifihifi.com/podworks/

 

well, he just mentioned that everything would be erased before he actually led me through the steps and i just wanted to make sure that i didn't lose all my music

i will call back tomorrow, because even though that program costs only $8, i think its ridiculous that i should have to pay to get the songs that i own back on my computer that has a defect

thanks for the help though

 

I agree, I never once thought of this. Hopefully Apple will help you but if not Podworks is a low cost way to solve your problem, good luck.

One note, this episode should give you some insight about backups. You should always backup your music collection on a separate hard disc. It's not Apple's responsibility to rescue your files should the computer or iPod become defective.

Sorry for sounding harsh, it's not to be.

 

Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide

Read that guide for complete details. All you really need to do is connect your iPod to your Mac, open iTunes, and select File --> Transfer Purchases From "iPod Name". It's Free!

 

Well, we're almost there. Unfortunately this solution is only for purchased songs. There are many other ways to put music on your iPod than from the iTunes music store.

 

shoot, ignore all of the above and read below..

Enable your iPod for use as an external drive.
In order for your computer to see the iPod's folders, where the music resides, you will need to enable it for use as an external disk drive. To do this, connect it to the computer you normally sync it to and wait for iTunes to start up. Then Ctrl-click your iPod in the left-hand menu pane and select iPod Options. You'll start out in the Music section, which is right where you want to be. Near the bottom of the screen, check the Enable Disk Use box if it isn't already.


Connect the iPod to the destination computer.
Using either a FireWire or USB cable (the white one that came with your iPod), connect the iPod to the computer in which you're trying to copy the music. If iTunes comes up, ignore it without clicking anything; we're going to use OS X itself to copy the music.


Run the Terminal application.
Open a new Finder window (double-click the hard drive icon or go to File > New Finder Window), then select Applications. Find Terminal.app. It may be located in the Utilities folder. Once you find it, double-click the Terminal application to fire it up. A window will pop up.


Tell OS X to view hidden files.
Type or paste this exact text into the Terminal window:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

Press Enter, then type:

killall Finder

Press Enter and do not close the Terminal window.



Find the Music folder.
You should see your iPod on the desktop--an iPod icon with your iPod's name under it. Double-click it to open it, then double-click the iPod Control folder. Within that, you'll see the Music folder.



Copy the music.
Drag the Music folder on to your desktop to copy the music. When it's done copying, rename the new desktop folder Transferred iPod Music or something easy for you to recognize, then drag it off the desktop and on to your hard drive.



Add the music to iTunes.
In iTunes, select iTunes > Preferences > Advanced. Make sure the "Keep iTunes Music folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library" boxes are checked. Click OK. Leave iTunes open. In Finder, navigate to your hard drive and select the aforementioned folder where your newly transferred iPod music is stored. You'll see several subfolders with odd names such as F06. Open each subfolder individually to view the files inside--notice that these too have odd names (example: WPDQ). Select all the files inside and drag them into the iTunes window. Once the tracks are in iTunes, the ID3-tag info--album, artist, and so on--will show up. Repeat this for each subfolder.




Remove the extraneous music folder.
When you've finished transferring all of your music to iTunes, go to your hard drive and delete the Transferred iPod Music folder. You no longer need it since iTunes automatically copies the new tracks to the iTunes Music folder; it even creates the appropriate Artist and Album subfolders.



Tell OS X to put away hidden folders and files once again.
Once you've transferred all of the music files you want from the iPod to the computer, it's time to make OS X not see hidden files and folders anymore (you don't want them cluttering your view down the road). In that same Terminal window, type or paste the following exactly as it appears here into the Terminal window.

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

Press Enter, then type:

killall Finder

Press Enter.





PEACE OUT



-hunter

 

^^ That works, and is also included in The Definitive Guide from iLounge posted above. Does anybody read anymore?

Almost everything you ever wanted to know about transferring files from an iPod is included in the Guide - Including 3rd party FREEware.

 

To Eternal, that's awesome that you offered help to the OP but your sarcasm is unnecessary.

To Sheanhs, my solution is the easy and quick way, your solution while free is quite extensive for many to do however while everyone has offered help to the OP telling the OP to ignore others who are offering help is just plain rude.

 

You're right, I'm sorry that I offended you, truly. My point was that reading is essential to learning. And I also wanted to emphasize the existence of free software alternatives. Honestly, my intention was not to insult anyone, but to redirect attention to the above iLounge link. iLounge is a wonderful resource for everything iPod related. I think that's enough said now, peace.

 

quit your *****ing, my way is free and maybe a little harder than downloading an app, but it is free and my 10 year old bro can do it

 

Your 10 year old bro can do it? Oh that's why you can do it.

 

good one hldan!!:GEEK:

get a life bro, ha