iPods
are great nifty little devices that allow you to take music off of your
computer and carry it around town with you inside a magical Apple electronic
device. But what happens when you want to transfer
the music that’s on your iPod and put it back on your computer? Despite all of
its friendliness, iTunes is unwilling to pry the music of your iPod or iPhone.
In this walk-through we’ll show you how to reclaim your music from your iPod
and get it back on your computer.
Step
1: You’re going to need to download and install some software. There are a
number of software applications that you can pay for to get the job done, but
we like freeware,
so we’ll be showing you how to do this using a program called AVCWare iPod to
iPod/Computer/iTunes Transfer. You can download the latest version of free iPod to iPod
transfer and iPod to iTunes transfer free right HERE.
Step
2: Now that the app is installed plug-in your iPod or iPhone. You should now
see your iPod and playlists in the left table, and all or your songs in the
right table.
Step
3: Select all the songs that you would like to extract from your iPod, and then
hit the Extract button.
Step
4: Choose your Filename Template & where to extract your music to on your computer.
You can extract it straight into your iTunes folder if you like, or you can put
it into a folder of your choosing and then add it to iTunes
later.
Step
5: Hit Extract and watch the blue bar fill up across the screen as it transfers
your files! If the free iPod to iPod transfer and iPod to iTunes
transfer free detects that a duplicate file will be created it will
alert you.
Step
6: Drag and Drop your folders into iTunes and enjoy
Note:
AVCWare iPod to iPod/Computer/iTunes Transfer isn’t a perfect product, but I’ve
tested it on my iPhone 4, iPod Nano 4G, iPod Classic, and 2G iPod Touch and had
no problems. If you have any problems using free iPod to iPod transfer and iPod to iTunes
transfer free please refer to the developer’s website, check out
here!
If
you’re looking for some cheap, reliable software with dedicated support I’d
recommend Cucusoft
iPhone/iTouch/iPod to Computer Transfer which you can learn more
about at the following website, check it out here!
