ipod to new laptop

[Feek]

'senuti' will allow you to get stuff off the iPod.

Don't blame Apple for this policy, from what I understand, it's the record labels that object to the multiple downloading.

This will sound harsh, but it's the buyers responsibility to keep backups of stuff they've bought. I have plenty of physical CDs, if I lost them I'd not expect the shop to replace them FOC so why should downloaded music be any different?

As an aside, if you lose stuff that you've bought due to not having a backup, Apple will generally allow you to re-download if you email and explain the circumstances. They'll only do this once though.

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Feek

This will sound harsh, but it's the buyers responsibility to keep backups of stuff they've bought. I have plenty of physical CDs, if I lost them I'd not expect the shop to replace them FOC so why should downloaded music be any different?

The argument there, of course, is that putting your music collection onto an iPod is creating a backup of it. So why can't you recreate your library from that?

[kaiowas]

Originally Posted by Knipples

See to me it beggars belief that apple can get away with that. For example if this was me, i've spent a couple of hundred quid on my itunes legally purchasing songs/albums, they can see all the money thats gone out of my account, so how can they not let me put said songs back onto a new laptop.

As in I don't get the logic behind this.

It's one of the reasons I don't 'buy' downloads. If I want to spend my money on music I'll buy a CD.

I'll probably rip the CD to MP3 immediately before filing it never to see the light of day again but I like the security of knowing the CD is there if I need it.

[Jonny69]

Originally Posted by Lozza

it's not true..... the ipod can be used as a removable drive. May depend on the type of ipod too.

But... it's pretty long winded and it depends on how far she has got with putting stuff on it....if Itunes is installed already .. uninstall it!

Once uninstalled plug the ipod in to the laptop, go to my computer and double click on the removable drive (your ipod) you might not see everything in here so you need to make sure hidden files are shown.

Click on iPod_Control and then copy the folder called music to your desktop, Unplug the iPod and install iTunes
One itunes is installed import the Music folder you just saved to your desk top into iTunes.

Aha! That's pretty cunning and yes, this will work. You don't need to install or uninstall iTunes...

Like you say, you'll have to make hidden files visible. Once you've copied the folders to the computer, in iTunes, simply go to File - Add Folder to Library and let it scan through the folders, at which point it'll have set all the files up for you. Depending on how you've got your iTunes configured, it'll either have left the files where they are or made a copy to the \My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music folder.