The title pretty much sums it up. I have about 3800 songs on my Ipod, some of them from Itunes itself, most of them from old CD’s I own no longer.
I have a new computer and if I sync Itunes I’ll lose all the old stuff, how can I put it all the old songs on my computer so I can continue adding stuff to the Ipod.
Thanks for any help.
The best and easiest way is to transfer everything from the old computer to the new computer (not from the iPod to the new computer). If your iPod is less than half full, you can use the remaining space on the iPod itself as a USB drive to do the transfer.
*** Make sure you transfer everything, including the main database file, or you’ll lose things like your playlists.
If you don’t have access to the old computer, then you’re going to have to look at several available programs that pull the music from the iPod onto the new computer. Unfortunately, you’ll probably lose all of your playlist and rating information if you have to do it that way, but the rest should be preserved.
I can live without the playlists and ratings, I just put a lot of work into getting all the songs and I want to make absolutely sure they don’t get wiped out.
Absolutely, but if Sitnam has access to an ext. hard drive or something large enough they could just copy the entire itunes folder to the new computer.
We’re not understanding each other. How is what you’re suggesting different from what I’m suggesting (except that I’m suggesting an iPod, which we know he has, and you’re suggesting other external storage media)? I’m saying:
Connect iPod to old computer
Drag entire iTunes folder from computer to iPod
Move iPod to new computer
Drag entire iTunes folder from iPod to computer
Delete iTunes folder from iPod to make sure there’s plenty of room for regular music storage