iPod question

[User 1019]

How do I get the songs from my iPod to iTunes?

I sent my Dell (yeah, I now know what a ****-up that was) to have the motherboard replaced for the second time. When they received the laptop, they said the screen and hard drive were broken -- bull****, but that's another story.

So, I've lost about 2,000 songs, about 600 of which are on my iPod. I'd like to transfer them to iTunes, but can't figure it out. I know I can sync them, but that deletes everything on the iPod and replaces it with the library, which does me no good.

Help.

 

[User 1019]

Beuller? Beuller? Anyone? Beuller?

 

[John]

I've never had to do it, but several options are covered here:

http://www.mp3buzz.net/index.php/2006/06/27/how-to-get-songs-off-your-ipod-w-itunes/

 

[ARD]

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148

You can't transfer songs from iPod library to iTunes 6 or earlier, but you can use iPod as a hard disk to transfer music files from one computer to another. iTunes 7 and later let You can transfer purchased content from an iPod to an authorized computer (choose File > Transfer Purchases from iPod). For more information, see iTunes 7 Help (choose Help > iTunes Help).

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Also:

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Well, don't use iTunes (obviously).

Try iGadget, PodRip, PodUtil or CopyPod.

 

[MertWindu]

I tried it once (Once), and it involved copying the entire ITunes library onto my desktop, then moving it into ITunes. I wanted to move like, 40 songs. So, not so much.

 

[Mayfly]

EphPod works well.