Copy Music From iPod to iTunes

Music is generally copied from an ipod to iTunes by connecting the ipod to your computer and syncing it with the iTunes application. Even so, if you set up the iTunes software program on a new computer and then connect your ipod, the Vehicle Sync will erase all the music on your ipod. To duplicate the music sort your ipod to iTunes, you will will need to 1st avert iTunes from syncing with your ipod.

Connect the ipod to your computer with the USB connector cable. Plug the vast flat conclude into your ipod and the USB finish into a USB port on the computer. Click on "No" if a dialog box seems, asking if you will need to sync your ipod with iTunes.

Open "My Computer" from the icon on your desktop. Your ipod really should look underneath "Drives with Removable Storage" with its individual drive letter. Double Click on the drive letter for your ipod.

Demonstrate concealed files and folders for the window. On Windows XP, choose Equipment > Folder Choices > See. Put a examine in the box for "Display Concealed Files and Folders." In Windows Vista, Click on the "Organize" button and then pick "Folder and Research Alternatives" from the context menu. Click on on the "Watch" tab when the Folder Possibilities window seems. Put a verify in the box for "Display Concealed Files and Folders." Click on "OK." You ought to now see a folder labeled "ipod_Manage."

Duplicate the "ipod_Handle" folder to a place on your computer, this kind of as the desktop. Correct Click on the folder and decide on "Duplicate" from the context menu. Proper Click on on your desktop to Show the Context menu. Decide on "Paste."

Take away the concealed attribute from the folder. Appropriate Click on the folder and pick "Attributes" from the Context menu. Take away the check out for "Concealed" that is up coming to Properties. Click on "OK." When the Validate Attribute Alterations window seems, choose "Utilize Alterations to this Folder, Subfolders and Files" ahead of clicking "OK."

Double Click on on the "iTunes" icon on your desktop to open the method, if it is not by now open. Decide on "Music" beneath Library at the left to Present your Music Library. Click on "File" and choose "Include Folder to Library."

Decide on your desktop from the Browse for Folder window and Click on the in addition indication up coming to the ipod_Management folder. This will grow the contents of the folder. Click on the "+" indication up coming to the Music folder to grow its contents. There are folders in here that include your music to duplicate into iTunes. The folders are named "F00," "F01," "F02" and so on.

Pick the folder named "F00" and Click on "OK." This will Include all the music in the folder to your iTunes Music Library.

Repeat for the remaining folders inside the Music folder to duplicate all of your music into iTunes.