IPOD

[PETERPOOP]

Well I have an IPOD that is synced to an Itunes library from my old computer. I don't have that computer anymore and I am trying to make it so i can upload all my songs from my IPOD to my current Itunes library which is on my new computer. It says I can't do that unless I want to erase everything on my IPOD. However I did authorize my new itunes library and transfered all intunes purchased material. Yet, I have hundreds of songs that weren't purchased from itunes, and I can't upload them or delete selected songs from my IPOD now.

Is there a program out there that will bypass this or something?

I also want to remove photos from my IPOD. I know how to put photos on there (yet I can't add anymore because of the same problem of this IPOD being synched to my old computer) but I don't know how to delete selected photos from my IPOD. doh.

Please help. I'm an IPOD newb. Thanks

[cali yaris]

I'm an iPod newbie too, so I'll watch this thread.

[justjesus]

I'm an iPod newbie too, so I'll watch this thread.

AHHH geez. I know this one!
I've done it before. BUT, it was music that didn't include stuff bought from iTunes, that part was a little more complicated.
I will try to remember, but I got to go home and play with my PC (still at work).

[darthbauer]

You have to get another program to take the music out of your Ipod and put it on your new computer. It's called www.copytrans.net.

[darthbauer]

The downside is that its not free. It's only $20 I think though.

[cm07yaris]

There are some free ones/free trials out there that work perfectly fine.

[justjesus]

There are some free ones/free trials out there that work perfectly fine.

no need to pay for it, or use any programs. Later tonight, I'll tell YW how to do it. I'm off work in about 3 more hours :(

[darthbauer]

If you can do it for free that's cool.

There are free trails but they are for very few songs usually.

[YAR1S]

try CNET.com , they might have some free trials...I've never bother to attempt it, although it would be helpful....

[GreenSpeed]

I got this one guys. There is an absolutely free and freakin easy to use iPod sharing program called Sharepod. You can download it here:

http://www.getsharepod.com/

[PETERPOOP]

the sharepod didn't work.

i am seeing abunch of trial versions of good programs, but the trials allow you to do barely anything. i don't want to fork out 20$ for a program. any other programs people know of for free?

[GreenSpeed]

I don't understand why Sharepod won't work for you. Simply install it and connect your ipod to the computer and then use Sharepod to point to it. It will find it because I have used this program to obtain music from friends ipods numerous times and they didn't have a profile on my iTune library. Once you see all of the music from your ipod in the Sharepod app, you simply select everything you want to copy and copy it to your PC's hard drive. From there, you point iTunes to the folder where all of the music is and you're in business. What's easier than that?

[justjesus]

LOL - you guys are killing me! Please be patient. :) I'll write something up when I get home in a few hours (currently 7:13 PST). No need for shareware, profit ware, underwear. NOTHING.

In the meantime, set your iTunes/iPods to "enable disc use" and what not.
I've done this with my iPod Classic (first gen with photos), my iPod Classic (first gen with video), and my iPod Nano (3rd gen). Well, two nanos, cuz I gave them both to my sisters. What a guy

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

I hate my iPod. Sometimes I want to run it over to see if it'll work any better.

[justjesus]

I hate my iPod. Sometimes I want to run it over to see if it'll work any better.

LOL - I'll take it off your hands! :biggrin:

DAMN, this thing is taking way longer than I thought it would. I'm still working on it (taking long due to using three different "paint" programs. I'm not that good with stuff like that)

Almost done though.

[justjesus]

Let's hope this works...

[justjesus]

Grab a tiny flathead screwdriver, a small hammer, and be prepared to open the case of your iPod. Now, please be careful not to destroy any of the tiny resistors. NOOOO. Just messing people. :eek: Just releasing a little stress from a long day of work, and a fun time putting some pics together.

DISCLAIMER: This information was compiled to help people transfer their music from their iPods onto their new PC.

I'm making a few assumptions here:
1)You're on this forum, so you have some basic computer skills (i.e., opening/closing windows, copying files, etc.)
2)This is about iPod and iTunes, so you should have iTunes on your PC
3)THIS IS FOR PC **ONLY**
3)Didn't I already do 3?
4)I'm tired, and forgot what my other assumptions were.
5)Duh. Have your PC on. Close all windows.
6)Im guessing you're getting that message that asks if you want to sync your iPod, but in doing so you will lose all your current iPod content and replace it with the current library on iTunes. DO NOT AGREE TO THAT NONSENSE. I haven't seen that screen in a while, so I forget what it says. At any rate, say "no thanks" because you DON'T want to replace anything on your iPod

NOTE: I'm going to make this as easy as possible, and will list plenty of basic info, just in case some of it is a little advanced for some. Also, there are different ways of doing this, but this is the way I personally use, and feel is the easier/safer way. Also, I suggest giving this a once over BEFORE starting it.

Moving on.

Connect your iPod and start iTunes. -You want to make sure that you have "enabled disc use" as shown below. If it's not checked, then do so now.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_1.jpg

-After iTunes has done it's thing syncing (or not, in this case) go ahead and eject your iPod.
-Once you have ejected it successfully, go ahead and plug it in again.
-You should have a new window pop up, with the name of your iPod. see example

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_2.jpg

If not, make sure you have the "enable disc use" option. If it is, you will need to open the window manually. Ahh yes, manually.
-Go to your "My Computer" icon on your desktop and double click on it to open a new window
-You should have a few icons (or thumbnails, or file list, depending on your personal preferences on your computer) and one of those icons should be your iPod. Here's what mine looks like:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_3.jpg

-Double click that icon to open the content of your iPod folder.
-You should be seeing a few icons, such as: Contacts, Calendar, Notes. The one you are looking for is called "iPod_Control".


http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_6.jpg

-If you don't see it, no worries. I'm here to help. Should I be wearing one of those blue Honda polos? yikes. bad joke.
-Go to your menu tabs near the top of the window, and click on "Tools" followed by "Folder Options"

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_4.jpg

The Folder Options window should pop open. (hehe, they "pop" open. So under the tab "View", you will need to scroll down to where you see a subfolder, "Hidden files and folders." Here, you will need to check (or click on) the radio button "Show hidden files and folders" -In my example here, it's NOT checked. It's in hidden mode. Anyway, do the show mode, then click on "apply" then click on "okay."

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_5.jpg

-You should now be able to see that fabulous "iPod_Control" folder that we need. If not. I don't know what to tell you. You did something wrong, or my instructions really sucked. ORRR, Apple disabled this function on the NEWEST of NEW iPods and/or iPhones. I haven't tried it on the super-duper new stuff.
So here's that folder, and you will note that it's slightly shaded for lack of a better word

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_6.jpg

My shoulder hurts. Stupid reports at work, and paint, and typing. grrr. Damn. I need to get my laundry too. I need a beer.
OHHHHHKAY
-Where were we? Oh. NOW that you see that fabulous folder, double click that bad boy. You should have something similar to mine (or a few more folders). You will note some folders, including "iTunes" and "music." Can you guess which one we'll be going after? Yup. Music.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_7.jpg

[eTiMaGo]

the suspense is killing me :biggrin:

[justjesus]

the suspense is killing me :biggrin:

SORRY. Having network issues at home. It timed out, froze up, lost connection...Lousy wireless system. Im just glad i was smart enough to "capture" all that stuff I wrote and put it on Word!!
Lifesaver.:eyebulge:

[justjesus]

hehe. This folder is gonna contain many folders (number depends on the number of songs you got on your iPod). These are titled something like "F00" -Actually, they start at F00, and go on in ascending order. DO NOT WORRY about these funky titles. These are your music folders. What's even more weird, is the FILES associated with these folders. These have FOUR letter names and make no sense! Believe it or not, THESE are your songs. hehe. I'm not sure why they are listed like this. The thing is, DO NOT PANIC. iTunes somehow deciphers that mess and they show up just fine on your iTunes and your iPod. Anyway, have a look at the example below to see what I'm talking about. Weird stuff

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_8.jpg

At this point, make sure you're at this screen. The one that shows the "music" folder.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_7.jpg

-You there? Good. Now. Here's where your basic computer skills come into play. You will need to create a new folder on your desktop and call it "tunez" or something. This goes back to what I mentioned early on: It's how I do it, because I feel it's easier and safer. Sure, you can probably call it "MUSIC" but this may confuse the computer, iTunes, or me(?)
-Anyway, just do it. Create the new folder "tunez" and have that sucker placed on your desktop. We'll need it. You can see mine toward the right... all by it's lonesome :(

Excuse me a sec. Need to get my clothes out of the dryer

[justjesus]

Alright. Apparently, there is some suspense building (eTiMaGo). Good stuff. I just hope there are no more networking issues here. That will anger me to new heights.
-Okay, so you should have your "tunez" folder off to the side. And you should have that iPod_Control window opened up to where you can see it's "music" folder:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_7.jpg

hehe. I guess we didn't have to get back into that screen. Double click on the "music" folder and get back in there!
-Go to the menu tab, click on "Edit" then select "Select All"
It should highlight ALL the folders (or just their respective names).

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_9.jpg

Now that they're highlighted, you will copy these onto your "tunez" folder.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_10.jpg

Several ways of copying the files over. I prefer to RIGHT-click on one of the folder icons in the list, click on "copy", then RIGHT-click on the "tunez" folder, and do the PASTE. You guys ever eat that paste when you were young? Me either. But my neck is sore as heck.
-So your files should start to copy over to your "tunez" folder. This could take a good while. Again, depending on the size of your music selection.
-Once the file copy process is complete, double check (I'm paranoid like that) to make sure all the files are there. One way of doing it (sorry, no pics for that) is to right click the "tunez" folder and select properties. It should give you a number of files in that folder. Do the same with the "music" folder in the iPod_Control folder and you should have a similar number.

Once you confirm that the music files successfully carried over, go back to your iTunes, and eject your iPod (if its not already done).
-Also, eject it from your PC (the USB port style). Since your iPod was being used as a "disc" you will need to manually eject it.
-Once you can, UNPLUG your iPod. The iPod_Control/iPod/music folder window should close on it's own. If not, go ahead and close it.

Here's where the fun begins! Time to start transferring to your iTunes! YAY.
-So, with your iPod DISCONNECTED, get the iTunes ready.
-Those with iTunes experience, you just simply import your newly created folder, and you know the rest.
-For those who don't know how...
-Click on the menu tab, "File" then select "Add Folder to Library.." -Please make sure it's the right one, and not "add file"


http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod_11.jpg

You will get another POP up window, titled "Browse For Folder"
-Scroll down to where you will find our newly created "tunez" folder. HINT: It's under "desktop" in this file tree. Click on it to highlight it, then click "okay"

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/JustJesus2000/iPod12.jpg

AHHHH so close. The iTunes should start importing this folder, and all it's songs with it! ! ! WOOO HOOOOOO
-again, depending on how many you have, this could take a while.

At this point, my friends, I can't really show you what to do. You see, I'VE ALREADY imported my songs and what not. All your songs should be on iTunes now, under that lovely folder. :thumbup:
You can check it if you don't believe me.
If you have your iTunes set up like myself, and you can see that in the last pic, you can sort the songs by "Date Added." Click on that heading to sort by that. It might go to Descending order (earliest to most recent). Click on it again to bring the most recently added songs to the top. If you see all the songs that were on your iPod.....SUCCESS ! ! !
-If you don't. I don't know what you did wrong :frown:

Assuming it all went according to plan, hehe, you may now connect your iPod again. And this time, when that stupid pop up comes on and asks if you want to replace your iPod Content with your iTunes library, warning you that your iPod content will be replaced and lost... you tell that stupid little window to go to hell, kiss your, umm, tell it, "Sure, replace all my content" because now your stuff is on iTunes anyway. YAY

I hope you all enjoyed this little tutorial. I hope it made sense and was clear enough for you all to understand. If you have any questions on the process, or if you think you may want to ask me some questions, feel free to contact me. Should I post my number? LOL i don't know about that. But PM me, and I'll give it to you.

PLEASE NOTE: You are doing this at your own risk :wink: and I will accepte NO responsibility for any lost items (not that you should lose anything, if you did like I said).

Okay, I'm gonna submit this, double check it, triple check it (cuz I'm paranoid like that) and make sure it's good to go. I will give it the thumbs up whe I finish.

[justjesus]

Yup, a few tiny little things added (punctuation mostly) and one important screen shot! It must of gotten lost in that network failure crap earlier.

So, this is good to go! Several hours later, a sore neck, and a thirst that badly needs quenching...

Thank you, and enjoy your tunes.

:thumbup:

[dvlnblkdrs]

i wish i knew this last yr when i got a new comp.. twice last yr.. damnit.. i just re dled all my stuff and lost a lot.. bah! good tutorial though.. will keep in mind for sure

[justjesus]

i wish i knew this last yr when i got a new comp.. twice last yr.. damnit.. i just re dled all my stuff and lost a lot.. bah! good tutorial though.. will keep in mind for sure

Sorry about your loss. I was at a similar point, but there was no way I was going to spend that much time, EVER, on doing it again. Soooo, I searched high and low, and in between til I found out how.

Hopefully this serves some people well. And thanks.

[nemelek]

Thanks. I'll save a copy of your work for future reference.

[eTiMaGo]

cool, very clever idea, I'm gonna have to do that now, you really are just a savior :biggrin:

But, an optional step, some people (like moi) might actually want to have the proper filenames too, there are a lot of different softwares that can load the tags from your files and rename them accordingly, before you import them back into iTunes :smile:

[Morgan]

if you use iTunes to get music from your computer to your iPod... try senuTi to get music from your iPod to your computer... :D its free and thats what I use

[slvryaris]

Thats why i hate my ipod and just burn mp3's

[Shroomster]

meh I'll stick with my creative labs mp3 players and the nice click/drag options.....


AWESOME WRITE UP THOUGH! should help out a-lot of the people who constantly have to deal with this issue.

[BlackKrypt0nite]

http://revision3.com/tekzilla/bestof2008/
6 min 40 seconds in.

[PETERPOOP]

Well i did everything, and when it was time to import folder, i clicked it, and nothing imported. I chose the "tunez" folder, it has all the files from the "music" folder, yet when i click add folder, it doesn't add it! That folder does not start loading all the songs to itunes. Once I click add folder and select tunez, it just does nothing..... grr

[DMart]

take the files out of the hidden folders and it should work, copying hidden folders keeps them hidden so the computer cannot recognize them

[Rain]

Well i did everything, and when it was time to import folder, i clicked it, and nothing imported. I chose the "tunez" folder, it has all the files from the "music" folder, yet when i click add folder, it doesn't add it! That folder does not start loading all the songs to itunes. Once I click add folder and select tunez, it just does nothing..... grr

drag the songs from that folder into iTunes..

[PETERPOOP]

take the files out of the hidden folders and it should work, copying hidden folders keeps them hidden so the computer cannot recognize them


i have and it doesn't work.

[PETERPOOP]

drag the songs from that folder into iTunes..

holy cow that works. you're a genius

[Rain]

^ ahaha. and i don't even have an iPod (:

[yarswiss]

EphPod is a great program to use to get files from your ipod. I used this program before, and it's very simple to just drag and drop music files from your ipod onto your desktop. Whaddya know, first result is google: http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/

[justjesus]

^ ahaha. and i don't even have an iPod (:

That's funny.

Peterpop: Sorry man. I think that was the final step that I missed:redface: -It's been a very long time since I've had to do this.

[io3]

I see nobody mentioned Winamp as an alternative. You can transfer music both on and off using it.Also movies.Dont know for pictures as I havent tried.
And it will not erase music transfered previously by Itunes.
Only bad is sometimes it crashes. So I figure out when transfering music dont touch Winamp untill transfer is 100%. If you do touch it it will crash.

[DefStarYaris]

Holy crap, I'm gonna do this. Awesome write up man. Thanks!

[DefStarYaris]

Side note, Vista doesn't seem to like that "ipod control" folder, so use XP.

[kac]

this looks like it has been answered and everything, but since it got bumped I'll just mention that I used the senuti program when I got a new laptop and my old laptop was completely fried, no way of getting anything off that.

It took the music from my iPod, but it on my new computer and everything works great.

[IllusionX]

this looks like it has been answered and everything, but since it got bumped I'll just mention that I used the senuti program when I got a new laptop and my old laptop was completely fried, no way of getting anything off that.

It took the music from my iPod, but it on my new computer and everything works great.

you see the importance of having a backup.

[TOUGEghost]

There's another way to transfer songs which is pretty easy; create an alternate library by holding "ALT" while starting iTunes. Make sure the library is empty and then sync your old iPod to that library. Then all you do is sync that library onto the new iPod.

[CtrlAltDefeat]

There's another way to transfer songs which is pretty easy; create an alternate library by holding "ALT" while starting iTunes. Make sure the library is empty and then sync your old iPod to that library. Then all you do is sync that library onto the new iPod.

When I had an iPod (took it back; too expensive for what it was) I did something similar to this... it erased my iPod when it synced my empty library with my full iPod :iono:

(oh and I just stumbled upon this (http://www.askstudent.com/general/how-to-extract-songs-off-your-ipod-using-itunes/) method to get music off your iPod. StumbleUpon FTW! :headbang: )