ipod music to itunes

[cshaw 10+ year member]

so im stuck trying to figure out how to get my music off my ipod and into itunes on a new hard drive after my old one took a crap. ive tried it manually using terminal and about 3 other 3rd party programs with no luck. (and no i never backed up anything:*******

any good ideas besides backing my crap up would be appreciated //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

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[modskwod 10+ year member]

I've had the same problem, hope someone figures it out cuz i'd like to know too.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

If you are using a windows computer open the ipod "make sure you have manual control on ipod in itunes" and open it in my computer than open file properties and make sure show hidden folder is on than copy and past the music folder to your hard drive than just open that folder in itunes and whala all back to normal. Do not worry all the names are gibberish until it is opened in itunes. If it is on a mac or you want to use a program just search for one.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

If it is on a mac or you want to use a program just search for one.

and about 3 other 3rd party programs with no luck.

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[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

I got that part but I have used programs before but the best way i have found is what I said.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

ive used music resque before with an old ipod that went bad. but its not wanting to work this time time around.

trying to transfer to my mac btw.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

Now if the ipod was synced to a windows computer than your not going to be able to do that, but you should still be able to go into itunes and tell it to manual mange the ipod and enable disk usage on it and access the ipod in the finder.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

It's like mixing matter with anti-matter...you do it and...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/blow_up.gif.f2a780e8b12ae09e264cb01720b8dca2.gif

 

[Blue Fury 10+ year member]

Theres a bunch of programs that work. I the first 2 that I tried worked, but one gave numbers and symbols instead of the actual name and artist of the song.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

i just tried ipod disk. noticed my desktop icons are kinda grey??? idk. i open ipod disk but instead of opening it opens a folder with my stuff in it. tried to put on desktop to copy to itunes but says theres less music than there really is?

f my life

 

[lspin01l 10+ year member]

dunno if you still need it, but this has worked for me in the past.

http://download.cnet.com/iDump/3000-2169_4-10407429.html

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

If you are using a windows computer open the ipod "make sure you have manual control on ipod in itunes" and open it in my computer than open file properties and make sure show hidden folder is on than copy and past the music folder to your hard drive than just open that folder in itunes and whala all back to normal. Do not worry all the names are gibberish until it is opened in itunes. If it is on a mac or you want to use a program just search for one.

this is what you need to do, nothing to buy

 

[lspin01l 10+ year member]

^^^

yeah, that is probably the most simple way to do it, but if you would like look at the files later on, its hard to know which song is which. The Idump program names the actual file according to the name of the song, so it makes for easier organization on your HD.

but...if you are just concerned with how Itunes reads the file...you are fine doing it this way.

 

[cshaw 10+ year member]

:toast:well its a success! i used ipod disk to find the hidden file of music apple likes to hide, then just put everything into a folder on the desktop and once done, i went to itunes, file and added to library. ipod disk window never popped up, just a window with the same folders, so i used half and half of different methods lol, some frankenstein programage right there. i need a beer!

thanks for the info guys, just one thing, how can i get the photos to do the same?

 

[MemphisCherokee 10+ year member]

use ipodcopy

copy all the music to the computer then throw that ish on itunes