HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod
posted Nov 2nd 2004 1:16PM
Never did we think we'd need to do a How-To on something which should be part of the basic functionality of a portable music player, but once you put your tunes on an iPod unfortunately it's a one-way sync unless you know the tricks for getting them off. There are already a lot of different ways to copy music off of an iPod, Apple is just choosing to spend a lot of time and resources to make it hard to do. In this How-To we show you several different ways of getting the music off of your iPod and onto both Macs and PCs, all with free tools.
Why do we need to get our files off our iPod?
It would be a wonderful thing to know we'll never have a hard drive failure, a system crash with data loss or our
computer stolen, but that's not reality. In our world, those things happen and once you've spent the time, money and
effort to put music on your iPod, there isn't any reason it should be locked away. We've needed to do a fresh install
of the operating system for every computer we have ever owned (yes, including Macs), and sooner or later plenty of
users will need to do the same, either because of a physical defect which requires new hardware, or to eliminate any of
the spyware, viruses, and other exploits which are part of the computing experience these days. Back-ups are great, but
we can't always back-up our entire library of music. And besides, why should we, it's our music on our iPod?
Last week we posted our observation that the new new
version of iTunes 4.7 disabled a popular and useful utility called "iPod Download" which lets you drag and drop files
from the iPod to anywhere you choose. Apple added some blocking code to stop the plug-in from working, and later in
this How-To we'll show you how to enable "iPod Download" with a HexEditor in the Mac section.
All that said, Cory Doctorow from BoingBoing made a couple posts about the current vibe he's getting from Apple, and
we echo the same thoughts (check out his thoughts
here and
here). Cory also suggested a tool for Macs
to get files off, we'll have that in the Mac section of this How-To as well.
We wanted to explain all of this, since we received more than than a few emails and a lot of instant messages
from people discovering they couldn't just get their stuff off their iPod.
We're also hopeful Apple might consider not spending engineering time and lawyer fees on chasing after applications and
developers who just want to give folks an obvious feature that's being left out only to appease the RIAA. At the end of
the day, Apple needs to know that we're their customers, too.
On with the How-To. We picked a couple of free tools that help you get your music off your iPod, there might be better
ones that we missed, so feel free to post them up in the comments.
Get the tunes off with a PC
On the PC side we picked like the full-featured (and free) ephPod. ephPod can
download news, get Outlook contacts, edit your calendar, add songs and few dozen other useful things—but for us, the
best feature is a simple file export to get your songs off your iPod. The PC does not need to be the authorized machine
for your iPod.
Download and install ephPod.
Open the application, Start > Programs > ephPod.
Make sure your iPod is plugged in and select the drive in the pull down list that your iPod appears as.
Once the application has seen your iPod, double click "songs"—this will bring up a list of all the songs on your iPod.
When you see the song(s) you wish to copy off your iPod, select and "right click" and choose "Copy Songs to Directory" on the song or press Ctril+Alt+C. For our example we're taking our Engadget Podcast off of our iPod and putting it on another computer.
ephPod will ask where to save the file, we choose our desktop.
ephPod will then create a new folder along with the file you selected.
Click OK and that's it!
Get the tunes off with a Mac
Our favorite was to get our files off our iPod on our Mac "was" iPod Download, but since iTunes 4.7 came out, Apple
disabled it (we'll show you how to fix that at the end of the How-To). iPod Download was also pulled after Apple's
legal team went after the site hosting the application, so here's another application that does the same thing and is
free. The Mac does not need to be the authorized machine for your iPod.
We like iLinkPod, simple quick and released under the terms of the GNU General
Public License. After installing, iLinkPod checks your iPod, displays the results and when complete, a new folder with
pop up and you can then see all the hidden goodness, which is your stuff. From there you can drag-and-drop the files
off your iPod to your Mac.
After installing double click the application.
Click "Choose" to select your iPod.
Choose the volume or iPod name. Click "Choose".
iLinkPod will detect if you selected your iPod, then click "Link!".
iLinkPod will now scan your iPod and you'll see a new finder window with folders called f00, f01, f02, etc..You'll also have a folder called "iLinkPodFolder" on your desktop.
From here you can download all your songs or just browse through the folders to find the songs you want to copy to your Mac. In our example again we move the Engadget Podcast over to our other Mac. If you just select the song, you can also play the song directly off the iPod.
That's it! You songs are now back where you want them!
Once we realized that Apple killed our favorite app iPod Download, we started to poke around with a HexEdit tool to
see what they changed. HexEdit can be
downloaded here for free at SourceForge.
Now HexEditing a file can really mess things up, so only do this if you're comfortable with these types of
tools.
As we were looking through the latest iTunes, the French site
HardMac uncovered exactly what we were
looking for. It's simple, Apple looks for the name "iPod Download" all you need to do is change it to something with
the same number of characters.
So here's how:
The following assumes you had "iPod Download" already installed and then iTunes killed it.
Download and install HexEdit from
SourceForge.
It might be a good idea to make a copy of iTunes and putting in another folder, just in case (File >
Duplicate).
Run HexEdit and browse to iTunes (File > Open).
Keep browsing to Contents > MacOS > iTunes. Which is an Executable. Click Open.
Once open, you'll see a ton of numbers and random characters. Choose Find > Find and Replace. Type iPod Download. Click Find Next.
Here's what it will find.
Now, change the name from iPod Download to something else, just make sure to keep the same number of characters. For
example, we typed in "iown thisipod" without the quotes. bite mesteveb also works.
Exit the application, HexEdit > Quit HexEdit, you'll then be prompted to save, click Save.
Now Open up iTunes and iPod download is back!
From here, we're back to where we were and will enjoy getting our files off our iPod, until the next Apple update or
cease and desist letter comes your way.
Your turn
There are lots of way to liberate your files from your iPod, we just picked a couple free and simple tools. Please
feel free to post up your favorites in the comments.
Lastly, if you're still thirsty for more iPod hacking, check out our new iPod
Hacks section over on Hack a Day!
Phillip Torrone can be reached via his personal website http://www.flashenabled.com
so now that they both (sorta) work, which would you suggest?
Is there any way to get the files from a Mac formatted iPod onto a Windows Machine? Do I need to use a combination of MacOpener(which is expensive 60$) and EPHPod to get my files?
I was considering purchasing an ipod with the idea that it would be a good place to offload my music from my hard drive (as it currently takes up 25 gigs of my tibook's 40 gig hard drive). I wasn't aware until yesterday that I wouldn't be able to get the music back OFF the thing.
fixed something I didn't even know was broken. now to find 350$...
once again engadget comes to the rescue. I've been eyeing new laptops to replace my current one that is host to itunes. My laptop only has the mini firewire connection, so no recharging while i transfer songs, doh. I go buy a usb cable and what do you know, usb 1.0, so again no recharging, double doh. Ideally i'll get a new laptop with a fullsize firewire connection, but its great to know that i can salvage all my songs once i begin using a new itunes library. Thanks for solving my problems engadget.
Why do you even need to add an app to take music off on a Windows iPod? If you show hidden folders in Explorer, you can just go into the iPod Control folder, and within there is a folder that holds all the music, just like any drive. Add Artist, Genre, etc as columns and you can find anything...
Is this still available? I haven't had much luck finding a copy.
1: create a new folder. for simplicity we'll just put it on the desktop and name it newMusic.
2: open up the terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
3: in Terminal type:
cd /Volumes [hit return]
ls [hit return]
3b: look for the name of your iPod, then select and copy the name
3c: in Terminal type:
cd [paste iPod name here]/iPodControl/Music [hit return]
pwd [hit enter, make sure that you're in the music folder before you proceed]
3d: Music might be music instead... this makes a difference.
4: in terminal type:
cp -R * ~/Desktop/newMusic [hit return]
5: This will take a while. You'll know it's done when you get a new line in the terminal.
6: drag the newMusic folder onto your itunes library. You'll notice that the contents of that folder are not organized in any logical way. Doing this iTunes bit will re-arrange them by artist/album/song so you can find everything.
7: OPTIONAL: before step 1, create a new user so you have a fresh iTunes to work with. Perform steps 1-6 as that user. When you're done with 6, quit iTunes and drag the new user's /User/newUser/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music folder to /Users/Shared. You now have a neatly organized music directory that your normal user can access so you can cherry pick what you drag into your own iTunes library.
Its free, and presents your music in a much nicer way than the one described above.
=)
I use a nifty (and donationware) applescript that will let you copy tracks from your iPod to your desktop (or another folder) from the applescript menu in iTunes.
Works like a charm (i haven't tested in 4.7 yet though)
http://www.faqintosh.com/risorse/as/ipodtracks2.html
The original site no longer hosts it....
Its free, and presents your music in a much nicer way than the one described above.
=)
Seems like either Apple got to them or so many of us have been trying to log on that the site is down... Anyone know a back up site for iLinkPod.com?
For getting your music off the iPod on windows you can't beat this program (http://www25.brinkster.com/carmagt/SharePod/). The executable is run from the ipod so no software needs to be installed anywhere and it goes where ever the iPod goes.
I used their software for the creative line of MP3 players and felt that it is well worth the $25. It fully supports the iPod and also has some cool extras, like streaming.
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/
Not having iPodDownload, I can't try this, but I'm wondering if you need to hack iTunes itself. If iTunes is looking for the item by name, can you not simply rename it in the Finder? I'm guessing that has been tried and does not work, possibly because it's looking at the executable name, or the bundle name inside the info.plist file.
My thought is this: Edit the info.plist file, changing the name of the executable item (CFBundleExecutable item) and then change the name of the executable itself. Then see if it works.
http://www.geocities.com/turgon1375/ipoddownload.sit
if the link does die.. email me 'nuff said.
go here: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15957
ah, that magic of Google
Oh, that the whole HexEdit thing was brilliant. Thanks!
What is all this nonsense - my iPod has always shown up as an external drive under windows XP. If I want to get my music off of it I just browse it like any other drive. Sure, not everything is organised into nice iTunes folders but I can search it if I need something particular.
I personally cannot wait for an open source iTunes project with open source iPod software. Then maybe finally we will have cue points and album art - even on our old 1st gen iPods.
The iPod is great hardware but we need to take back the software.
This used to work but I am not sure if it still does.
You can use TinkerTool or a similar utility to set the Mac OS X Finder to show hidden files and then you should be able to navigate to the Music folder hidden on your iPod to copy whatever you want off of it. If you prefer to leave show hidden items off then after you have found the folder you can make an alias to it. Also once you know the path to the folder you can use the Go to Folder command in the Finder to go to /Volumes/iPodName/path/to/music/folder.
Great!
Now how do I get files off my iRiver? Or get Windows Media Player to recognise it?
I just used a program called Copypod for windows. It could not have been any easier. Easiest way to go.
Simple, quick, and FREE- use Senuti. It pulls off your music in artist folders, not in the F1, F2 folders like the iPod uses. You can pull songs off by playlist and sort your music by artists or song title. plus, it's FREE and really elegant.
http://wbyoung.ambitiouslemon.com/senuti/
I found Apple's drivers and software to be an unreliable, buggy layer of crapware over what is essentially a simple USB drive that just wants to play my tunes. I would not recommend installing it at all on a PC.
EphPod, while a little funky in the user interface, works very well for me, I highly recommend it. And it has saved my music library before when I did have to reinstall my OS.
Also, if you use a PC, you pretty much have to get a USB2.0 split cable, b/c the iPod will drain its battery *fast* while it is syncing... unless your fireware port provides power pins.
iPod.iTunes for OS X is great. Not just copying but synchronizes songs and playlists to iTunes.
http://www.crispsofties.com
Well of course they don't want you to get your music OFF the iPod... that's how people steal/share music...
*rolls eyes
i have a 2nd gen pod and i was wondering if i can download software to use my pod with the new bose speaker dock?
what about using the same iPod between Mac and Windows? I didn't see an answer to Wonder's question and I have the same dilemma.
After going through all of them iPod Works was the easiest to use, to get all of the iTunes meta data, and integrate the songs right back into iTunes. No sense moving stuff from the iPod if you lose data or have to reimport it all over again.
OmniWeb! (Mac only)
Just drag your iPod onto the Omniweb icon and it you can view the folders of music within as hypertext links. Find the song, right-click and "Save Linked File As".
Not great for transferring alot of music - finding a particular song takes patience - but it works in a pinch.
I have a windows machine and a windows formatted iPod. I will be receiving my first Mac in a week. Is there an easy way to transfer my library from my windows machine to my Mac by use of my iPod or any other way? How should I do it?
check out this FREE software for your ipod.
http://www.ipodsoft.com/
highly recomended, especially for what it can do.
Matt E
Also .... send feedback to Apple ... just maybe they might get the message
iPod Download fix didn't work for me. I did the Hexedit and replaced ipod download with iown thisipod. Launched iTunes and the iPod updated and iPod Download said reading module and I then saw iPod Download in the menu, but when the updating was completed, iPod Dowload disappeared.
Does anyone know how to get "iPod Agent" type functions (eg, news, rss, weather) on a mac ??
thx,
jim
No need to change every new iTunes version, just change the iPod Download plugin.
Do this:
- get iPod Download from some place posted here,
- get HexEditor as mentioned in above article,
- install iPod Download as usual
- launch HexEditor,
- open the installed iPod Download Plugin from "/Library/iTunes/iTunes Plug-ins"
- search for string "iPod" and change to something else; i.e. "iPud"
- save and launch iTunes.. voila!
Have Phun.
None
I would like to swap my music on a iRiver mp3,
anyone have any advice on software? Thanks
I have a problem with my Ipod, My son dropped it and from then on I cant open it... all i see on the displace screen is a file folder and then an animated iopd with an unhappy face.. what could be the problem and how do I fix it
I have a question....I have about 780 songs on my iPod and my friend has about 14 gigs worth of songs. Is it possible for me to bring his iPod and sync it with my port and get his songs into my computer???? Thanks.
Yea, the hex edit and ipod download worked perfectly. I also am a fan of the Senuti software that shows you the album file.
Thank you so much!
HELP: I downloaded the ephpod2, followed the instructions exactly, but when I try to copy the songs to my directory I get an error msg that says, "Source file not found." Does anyone know what to do? Thanks
at ipodlounge.com downloads: podutil
very easy to use and lots of other stuff de ipod...
Thanks a million, I tried the apple's web page and it stated " there no way to copy songs from your ipod to your pc". But then I used google, and your site came up!
I have downloaded senuti but the copy select button is unavailable to me. Its there but not functional. Is this because my music isnt in my itunes library...any ideas how to activate??
you guys should also check out anapod
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/
http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/featpw.php
I had a bad expierince with you software, but only somthing went wrong.I think my frends PC didend show PT(J:)on the screen for his harddrive . It deladet many songs from my iPot and I needed to restor and load every thing .I'm really intrested to manage loading and anloading songs from my iPot on difrent computers . But houw can I do it with out loosing songs ?
in ipod agent i used the movie show times,on the ipod what does the times in bracket mean
Search musical system on mp3, music for mobile.
hay
i downloaded eph pod and i followed the instructions but when it came to importing it back on to itunes it didnt read the songs so it didnt add any of the files
what should i do
thank you
"Mac iPod to Windows?"
Did anyone respond to "Wondering" about transferring files from a Mac iPod to a Windows drive? Is it possbile? Any suggestions on doing it?
BTW, this linear "comment" format is wonky. I cannot respond directly to a particular post and I cannot find direct responses to particular posts. So, I leave here with nothing. Have you considered a bulletin board application for your comment strings? phpbb is a good place to start.
Thanks,
Chrismol
"Mac iPod to Windows?"
Did anyone respond to "Wondering" about transferring files from a Mac iPod to a Windows drive? Is it possbile? Any suggestions on doing it?
BTW, this linear "comment" format is wonky. I cannot respond directly to a particular post and I cannot find direct responses to particular posts. So, I leave here with nothing. Have you considered a bulletin board application for your comment strings? phpbb is a good place to start.
Thanks,
Chrismol
prob. been covered lots, but i am new... can i format my ipod for both mac and pc? i have a pc, my ipod if formatted for mac with songs i don't want to lose...
I originally was simply going to go ahead and copy all the files from WInXP to a folder and bring them over to my IPOD to add to my new ibook. Instead I went ahead and pulled them using Terminal on the Mac and now just need to organize. I purposely did this instead of using a program because my IPOD was in disarray with all the filenames/playlists etc. I will try this time to keep everything organized on the mac. Originally I was skeptical about switching but now am happy considering I just learned that mac is based on Unix. Who knew! Certainly not me...
Guys new free website launched, use my link please!!
http://www.all4freeipods.com?referer_id=
Is there a program that will allow you to "hotsync" your iPod to your iTunes on your computer?
I cannot copy my ipod files to my computer. When I right click on a song and select "Copy Files to a Directory" is gives me an error message stating, "Source File not Found." Can anyone help me figure this out.
I cannot copy my ipod files to my computer. When I right click on a song and select "Copy Files to a Directory" is gives me an error message stating, "Source File not Found." Can anyone help me figure this out.
Hello
My brother wrote music to my iPOD from his Mac. He wrote the music files to my iPOD using the iPOD as a harddrive. My PC recognizes that there is an external Harddrive connected but wants to reformat it because the files were written with Mac formatting.
Is there anyway to read mac formatted files from my iPOD with my Windows PC, when the iPOD has been used as a harddrive?
I HAVE SEEN LOADS OF PEOPLE ASK FOR MAC TO PC!?!
And of course, no answers...
Having the same problem and havent found a solution, does anyone want to help us out or what!?!
Mac IPod to Pc itunes lib.
PLEASE.....
Favorite PC app for copying music from an iPod to a PC - or directly into iTunes.....
http://www.ipodcopy.com/
this is a really nice app
HELP: I've been try to find a solution to using the Ipod on both a PC and Mac simutaneously. I have been unsuccessfull. My ipod is Windows formatted and when I try to connect it back with my MAC it's not recognized. It doesn't even show up in Itunes on the MAC. No synciing takes place either. I would like to transfer the music files that are currently on my PC to my POwerbook. IF anyone knows of a solution and a simple way of doing it please let me know.
Can someone post how you can copy music from a PC formated iPod to a Mac harddrive, ie- the equivalent of sharepod, but in the Mac world??
Can someone post how you can copy music from a PC formated iPod to a Mac harddrive, ie- the equivalent of sharepod, but in the Mac world??
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http://freetech4you.com?referer_id=4
Hi, I need to transfer songs from my IPod to my new mac (my old one crashed and none of my songs were saved), and have downloaded iLinkPod to do so. My problem is that auto-update is currently turned on in itunes and I cant turn it off until i plug in my IPod. But, if I plug it in, wont it erase all of the songs that aren't currently on my new computer?
Or you could just pull the files from the iPod_Control folder on your ipod.
Does anybody know of software that allows you to share songs downloaded from iTunes? I want to download a song, and then put it on TWO different iPods. Anything like that?
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Is there any way to get the files from a PC formatted iPod onto a Mac?
Hey this is the best thing since well the iPod... my bro and I each have one and we wanted to have the same songs on each but we reformated our pc and lost all of our songs so we still had them on our iPods and now we have "synced them"
I am on an XP computer, and can not get my ipod- just bought it, a mini, to come up as a drive??
If you're gong to bother with Hexing then change the plugin in your own home directory and leave the system level iTunes application alone. Works just the same and you get a custom playlist to boot.
I tried the HexEdit fix for iPod Download - only it's not working. I changed "ipod download" to "iown thisipod" through HexEdit...but it won't let me pull files over into my iTunes library. And when i went back into HexEdit to make sure i did it correctly there are now two iTunes in "Contents > MacOS > iTunes."
Any ideas on what i did wrong?
Is 'ipod download' also available for PCs how would it work there?
Is there any way to get music from iTunes to your iPod on multiple computers? In other words: a way to import music to your iPod on any computer, not just the main comp. your iPod is "registered" to?
Thanks!
I used TinkerTool to show the invisible music folder on my iPod and transfered it successfully to my hard drive. Dragging the music folder into the iTunes main window though doesn't seem to have added the music to my iTunes library and using File/Add to Library doesn't recognise the 'invisible' music folder on the desktop. Any advice on how to load my newly freed music into iTunes?? Thanks!
i have a 40gb photo ipod and the ephpod does not recognise the device. how can i get my music of the IPOD and back onto my pc as i formatted it :(.
Hi there, question for you all. If you view the Ipod as an external hard disk and display the hidden folder so you can access the tunes.. Can you then drag and drop tunes FROM and TO the ipod.. I know you can get them off back onto the PC but if I was to dump more songs onto the ipod would it then play them when I disconnect it from the PC?
Thanks...
Hi there, question for you all. If you view the Ipod as an external hard disk and display the hidden folder so you can access the tunes.. Can you then drag and drop tunes FROM and TO the ipod.. I know you can get them off back onto the PC but if I was to dump more songs onto the ipod would it then play them when I disconnect it from the PC?
Thanks...
You can easily use a mac, and a pc to transfer files on and from mac/pc with xplay on windows, or mac drive on windows. xplay sets up a folder viewable for both mac & pc, but once you setup xplay and add songs, then go to mac and add songs you will no longer be able to use xplay to acess and transfer, you will have to use macdrive. hope the info help.. search google for website. need sum help aim msg me on evileyez604
may i remind you that you can get music off your ipod by following these simple steps:
1. Set your iPod to hardrive status
2. Go into my computer
3. Enable iPod as an external music player 4. Open the music folder ( all of your music is stored here)
5. copy all music into the shared music folder
Copying the music takes about 40 minutes for 1,000 songs. If you play these songs now, they will be stored on the iTunes library. Didn't you know that?
So I clicked on your link for the "download and install ephpod." it didnt work, so i went to download.com to get the software.
I was about to download ephpod and follow your directions but then came across this review:
User reviews of EphPod 2.58
Deleted many songs
Reviewer: James
"It deletes every song that you have on your Ipod that you don't have backed up on your computer."
HOW TRUE IS THIS?
and is this the right version, 2.58?
I would love to put my music back onto my computer being that i had to reformat it. but dont want to risk losing all my music, plus it was tons of hardwork.
PLEASE can someone help...
Can you use a PC formatted iPod with a Mac? And if so how do i best get songs off my PC formatted iPod on to my Mac?
Thank you.
Free and pretty simple way on PC(maybe MAC). You can easily navigate to the folder on the ipod with the music using windows explorer. Copy all the music to some place on your PC. The names are all garbled so you have to rename the files. Tag and Rename can do this easily in one step since the ID3 tags are still there.
this program doesnt support other languages such as chinese......
need on that does, and also i need one that gets all of the info, it only got some of the song names and artist and albums there was a lot missing.
There is an even easier way to do this you know.
I recently lost my external hard drive with all my music on it and was scared to plug my iPod in because it might remove all my songs of that aswell.
I found that if you hold down Ctrl+Shift when connecting the iPod to your computer then it will not sync.
Once connected, turn on disk support in iTunes.
Open you iPod drive in explorer and open the iPod_control folder (it's hidden).
Copy the (hidden) "Music" folder to your computer somewhere.
Change all the folder contents to be visible.
Drag and drop all the "Fxx" folders directly into iTunes. You must have set iTunes to automatically organize your library and to copy songs to the iTunes library that are added.
Hey presto, all your music is back on your computer.
Hope this helps.
the easyist way to get music off and ipod is plug it in and go to my computer and open the ipod folder. you need to make your folders show hidden folders and then a folder called ipod_control will show up and go into it and there will be a folder called music and in there, there will be a bunch of folder music music placed randomly in it. just drag the files into a folder on the computer and your done.
Thanks! It worked, and now I'm glad because I have all my music on the computer I want it on.
Thanks!
Help! The .m4a files from my ipod won't work with the software on my PC. Can anybody suggest a freeware program that could make them easier to deal with?
Lots of good information above on how to recover files after hard disk crash. One question.....I can now move the files back onto itunes that I originally loaded from my CDs. However, the files purchased from itunes at $0.99 each have a little padlock by them.
dude i freaking love whoever wrote this it made my life so much easier and put me in such a good mood.
THANK YOU!
can i transfur music from windows media player to an ipod cause some people say you can and some say you cant
thanx allot i have been trying to put songs from my ipod to my pc for like a month it worked Perfectly just wanted to say thanx so thanx.
help - i'm very computer illiterate and want to get music off my ipod to a new PC (old PC crashed). when i show hidden folders i still don't see ipod_Control anywhere and searching for it finds nothing... Also tried to turn on "disk support" in Itunes like it says above but don't know where that is! can anyone give me step by step directions??
thank you!
Nice Blog, I really like it, but I see, you forgot to place a link to http://www.xtremsoft.com, this is a nice software to recover music from iPod
yay! i got it to work and it was SO easy without downloading anything. highly recommend it!
thanks so much!
I have a little Java app called Song Extractor. It's works great, except for my friends who don't have Java lol
I use sometimes Podestal which presents you with a window showing all your artists. You can expand the triangle in each artist you want and cmd-click (windows:ctrl-clic) to choose those you're interested and then just drag'em wherever you want.
Ok, I downloaded EphPod onto my new laptop, the songs from the ipod came up, and everything seems to be working fine, but...
The songs are in AAC format and won't play on the computer. How do I convert AAC to MP3?
You are wonderful!
I tried to work with Apple to get my songs off my ipod so I would not have "buy" them again. Though they were less than helpful. This is a beautiful thing.