Copying from ipod to itunes - Saxperience

Jaytee · 13th December 2010, 23:30

Hey. My pc is broke i have all my music on there also have all my music on my ipod and want to put it on my iphone. So i need to copy the music from the ipod to my laptop on to itunes then to my iphone. Is this possible.

haz_pro · 13th December 2010, 23:42

There is definately software to do this, not sure on any names of software though. Google should find something.

brianS · 13th December 2010, 23:58

It is actually quite simple to get your iPod contents back onto your computer in the event of a hard drive failure or purchasing a new computer and it seems to go unnoticed by even the most savvy users.
1.) Link your iPod to a computer (don’t allow it to sync)
2.) Open the iPod from MyComputer (PC Users)
3.) Enable the ability to see hidden files and folders (Tools—>Folder options—>View (tab)—>Show hidden files and folders (Radio button)
4.) Copy the hidden folder on your iPod to your hard drive, now all of the media contents are on your computer, ( Note: Make sure once you copy the folder from your iPod to your computer you select the highest level folder and right click and unhide the folder and all of its contents) now it just a matter of sorting it out and adding it your computer. The easiest way to do this is to open the top folder (Containing all of the F## folders that the music is stored in) and do a file find to that specific folder (Ctrl+F) in the search filed use the term *.mp3 or *.mp4 (or *.___ whatever the extensions/file type you are looking for, in my case I limit all my music files to mp3’s so its easier to search.) By using the * before the .ext you will search for all of the file types with that particular extension contained in the folders. Once the search has completed do a select all and the a Cut and past into a new single folder. Add that folder to your iTunes library and you are back up and running on a new machine…..simple…and free, no software is needed and it takes about 15 minutes, even with the 160 gb iPod…..Enjoy.
If you are looking for specific songs or albums or artists you can easily manage this as well (in response to other posts) if you elect to view the files in your folder in the “detail method” and then right click at the top of the folder where the different categories are you will be able to add the ability to sort by artist, album, etc. as long as the files were given the proper tagging in your iTunes library, all of that information that allows iTunes to sort your music is carried on the mp3 file itself and will then carry to your new iTunes library on a new machine.

Jaytee · 14th December 2010, 00:59

Legend mate. Nice one.

loudandproud205 · 14th December 2010, 08:03

then your pc wont be able to find hard copies of the original and have a hissy fit every time you try sync your ipod.

sick of mine doing it now

baker556 · 14th December 2010, 23:22

theres a free program think its called idump or something used it before and its very good

brianS · 15th December 2010, 00:15

COPYPOD is another actual programme, not free unless you torrent it for the keycrack. only thing it seems is to miss a few songs. used it for mine to backup before i found the easy way

rey · 15th December 2010, 01:18

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Originally Posted by loudandproud205

then your pc wont be able to find hard copies of the original and have a hissy fit every time you try sync your ipod.

sick of mine doing it now

Yes it will if you copy it to your PC first, then import to iTunes with the option checked for iTunes to organise music folder.

Everything then gets moved to the iTunes folder, and so it never has that problem.