Recover Tunes From Your Apple iPod
September 4, 2008 - 8:53 am - Posted by Blogging Rock Star
Someday the hard drive on your computer will crash, stranding thousands of songs on your Apple iPod. Here’s how to get them back onto your Windows or Mac based PC.
1. Reinstall iTunes. Launch the app and sign in to your itunes music Store account. Don’t plug in your iPod yet.
2. Install and launch a free trial of Music Rescue or PodUtil from KennettNet software. The app will sit there idling, displaying a Waiting-for-iPods message.
3. Plug in your iPod. Music Rescue will detect it and display a window that shows the files and playlists on your ipod. Click the “Choose” button at the bottom of Music Rescue and select your iTunes music folder.
Next, click the “Copy Settings” button. In the dialog box that appears, select both “Add Tracks to iTunes” and “Rebuild Playlists.” Click “OK.”
4. Read the Don’t-Steal-Music warning in the lower right corner of Music Rescue. Think carefully. Click the “Copy” button below it.
5. Watch as Music Rescue copies your songs, videos, playlists, and podcasts back to your computer and then loads them into iTunes. Reauthorize your iTunes music store tracks. Done!
6. Happy? Hit the “Register now” button and send the site 10 British Pounds (about $18 USD).
For another method, you can do this with a third party application called “iPod to PC transfer“.
When your computer crashed, just recover your iPod video music to your computer or itunes directly. It’s really easy to use!
With iPod to PC transfer, you can transfer iPod/iPhone music, videos to your Windows PC and iTunes. This option has made ipod and iphone deals more attractive than other bargains in the gadget market.
iPod to iTunes transfer can also transfer between iPod and iPhone, or among several iPods are also supported.
For Mac users there is also a similar one iPod to Mac Transfer which can helps you transfer iPod video, iPod music, podcast and TV shows from your iPod or iPhone to Mac.
Apart from that, it can add all these files from your iPod or iPhone to iTunes library. On the other hand, it is also Mac to iPod transfer, Mac to iPhone transfer software.
