Transferring Music From Old iPod to New iPod

iTunes eight or later on enables you to transfer your complete ipod library onto a new computer. This characteristic can make it a lot simpler for you to transfer music from an aged ipod to a new ipod. There is no immediate way to transfer music from 1 ipod to an additional. Nevertheless, you can transfer your ipod music library to your computer and then sync music to your new ipod from your computer.

Issues You will Require

iTunes eight or later on

Transfer Music from Previous ipod to Computer

Download and set up the newest edition of iTunes, if you do not have iTunes eight or later on. (See Sources part for hyperlink.)

Start iTunes and plug your previous ipod into your computer. Click on the ipod beneath "Gadgets" in the left column. Click on on the "Summary" tab at the best of the display screen and make positive the adhering to verify boxes are picked: "Enable ipod for disk use" and "Manually deal with music and video clips." Modifying these settings permits you to transfer music from your ipod to your computer.

Develop a folder on your desktop by proper-clicking on the desktop and picking "New Folder." Identify the folder "Aged ipod." You may duplicate your music folder from your outdated ipod into this folder.

Open your outdated ipod. Go to "My Computer" and find the ipod underneath "Products with removable storage." Double-Click on the ipod and the folders that reside on the ipod display screen.

Find and drag the iTunes folder into the folder labeled "Previous ipod" on your desktop. The files from your aged ipod are now copied onto your computer.

In iTunes, Click on the "Eject" button following to the ipod. Disconnect the ipod from your computer.

Transfer from Computer to New ipod

Generate a playlist in iTunes in order to maintain all of your previous ipod files separate from the relaxation of your iTunes library. To Develop a playlist, Click on the "As well as" icon at the bottom of the left column. Identify the playlist "Previous ipod."

Drag the "Aged ipod" folder on your desktop into the playlist you produced in iTunes. This adds your whole music library from your aged ipod into iTunes. This may possibly consider a lengthy time, based on how considerably music requirements to be copied.

Plug your new ipod into your computer and Permit iTunes to acknowledge the ipod.

Click on on the ipod icon in the left column underneath "Products."

Click on the "Music" tab from the main viewing pane. This opens "Music" sync preferences.

Choose the check out box up coming to "Picked playlists, artists, and genres." This choice makes it possible for you to add music to your ipod from a certain playlist.

Pick the "Aged ipod" playlist you developed and Click on the "Sync" button at the bottom of the display screen. All music from the outdated ipod is now extra to your new ipod.