It is fairly easy to transfer music to your iPod, but knowing how to add music from iPod to computer is another thing.
While you are able to synchronize your computer’s music library with your iPod, automatically or manually, transferring files back from your iPod to your computer entails a more complex process.
Perhaps, Apply intended for this to happen to lessen the possibility of piracy and abuse. After all there are plenty of music companies using Apple’s iTunes program, so Apple naturally will find ways and means to protect them. If the feature that lets you add music from iPod to computer is readily accessible, people may tend to abuse that certain feature.
Then again, adding music to your computer from iPod is not entirely impossible. Apple understands that there are honest individuals who would like to activate this feature for the purpose of recovering their files in the event something happens to their iPod.
You have to make the music folder in your Ipod visible so music can be added back from iPod to computer. This is the difficult part because the folder is usually hidden, so in order to make it visible you have to do a series of steps.
Mac users will need to download TinkerTool, a software that will give you access to hidden files, then plug the iPod to the PC and launch iTunes. iTunes will then prompt you to replace your iPod’s contents with songs coming from its library, and you must say no to this. Next, enable the Manually Manage Songs and Playlists and also the Disk Use option and launch TinkerTool. Click on the Finder Tab and the Relaunch Finder. Double click the icon of the iPod on your desktop. Hidden in this folder are several other folders, one of which is the music folder. When you see this, drag this out to your desktop so you can copy the files from your iPod.
On the other hand, if you are using Windows, just plug your iPod and launch iTunes. Pick the iPod icon that you see listed on the iTunes source list. Then, check the Manually Manage Songs Playlist option and the Disk Use option. Look for the iPod icon in My Computer. Proceed to Tools Menu, Folder Options and then View Tap. You will find the Hidden Files and Folders option there. The Show Hidden Files and Folders option should b enabled. Next click your iPod folder and the iPod control folder. Drag the music folder to your desktop so you can add music from iPod to computer.
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