iPod problems- Can anyone help?

Question

I have an iPod problem. I had all of my songs downloaded onto iTunes on my computer. Well, my computer was old and crappy and it finally just died. You can’t even turn it on anymore. Everything is gone. Well, I got a brand new computer and now I want to reinstall iTunes and I want to put the songs that I have on my iPod onto my new computer. How in the heck do I do this? I am not computer savy, but I know that I can’t just plug my iPod into my new computer because, won’t it wipe everything out on my iPod? I tried to follow the instuctions on the apple website on how to transfer the songs, but the only instructions I can find are if you still have access to your old computer. I have tried calling the apple help line, but I am on hold FOREVER! Can anyone out there help me? Or am I SOL? I hate to lose the music I have on it now because a lot of the songs I have on there are from cds I borrowed from people and that would be such a pain to borrow them again. Thanks!

Answer 1

An iPod is a glorified hard drive so you can copy music files from one computer to the next without a major problem if you know where to look. Open the iPod in Windows Explorer (or whatever on a Mac) and look at the folders. I don't remember what folder level they're at, but the folder names will look like 'F0354' or something like that. You'll have a bunch of them. Copy those off your iPod onto the new computer and then add those folders to the music library. Presto! All your songs should now appear in iTunes.



Also, if you want to make sure an empty library doesn't overwrite your iPod click on the Edit --> Preferences menu in iTunes. Click on the iPod tab and turn off AutoSyncing. This will make you have to copy the files back and forth by hand, but nothing will get deleted unless you tell it to delete. You can always switch it back later once you get your library set up again. You have to do this BEFORE you open iTunes with your iPod connected, otherwise everything will get deleted.

Answer 2

Plug your ipod lower back in, and permit it to cost. After a pair of a million/2 hr take it out, if it nevertheless would not artwork carry down the middle button & the play button. this could restart the ipod. If it nevertheless would not artwork you're able to could desire to apply the fix button on your itunes account (besides the reality that this deletes your songs). verify you press the eject button on your itunes in the past you unplug the ipod, and wait till its executed disconnecting.

Answer 3

plug your ipod into the computer then drag the music from your ipod into the music folder on the left hand side where it says music