can you download music off an i pod on to your computer?

Answer 1

The answer is yes, it can be done.

There are several apps which do this, some free, some not.

You can discover them at a glance from the detailed chart at this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ipod_managers

(If the link is broken, type 'Comparison of IPod Managers' into Wikipedia.)

If you are on Mac OSX 10.3 or higher, I recommend Senuti (it's actually iTunes spelled backwards!) If, as is more likely, you use Windows, download Ephpod, available at:

http://www.ephpod.com/

You can also try another Windows option called 'iDump', available at:

http://www.download.com/idump/3000-2169_...

It's also well spoken of and most users have good experiences.

This should really do it, but if not, as a back-up option then 'YamiPod' is another application, available for download at:

http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home...

Also, check the programme's on-line manual or 'help' section to see exactly where the extracted files are diverted to - it's quite possible you may have to re-drag them into the iTunes window to set up your Playlists again.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes, with the help of a software.Tansee iPod Transfer is a sound of blessing for frustrated Apple's iTune users who can't copy music files from iPod to pc desktop or laptop since iTune blocks iPod-to-computer song transfer.

for details, visit http://www.sharewareguide.net/article/Guide/guide:how-to-download-music-from-ipod-to-pc-and-transfer-music-from-ipod-to-computer-with-the-ipod-music-transfer.html

or if your computer's hard drive crashes but you own an IPod, all music is not lost. After you resuscitate your hard drive, connect the IPod to your PC and find it as a hard drive in Windows Explorer: Select Tools, Folder Options and the View tab, and turn on 'Show Hidden Files' in Folder Options. Copy the 'Music' folder from the 'IPod_Control' folder. Open ITunes and import the folder into its library, and your PC will sing again. Mac users will need to use a utility like the $10 IPodAccess.

Finally, Just open a Terminal window, type: cp -R /Volumes/youriPodName/iPod_Control/Music yourDestinationPath

for example on my machine if I wanted to copy all my music to my music folder: cp -R /Volumes/dickyPod/iPod_Control/Music /Users/dicky/Music

then enter and wait for it to complete. When you see a new line prompt... you're done. All your music should be in there, in a bunch of numbered folders that the iPod creates

Answer 3

definite regrettably those terrible human beings at Apple made the iPod unable to acquire merely particular songs from yet another persons computing gadget. report sharing and all. I realized this the frustrating way even as i tried to reproduction a movie on my iPod the day in the previous a go u . s . flight. it may up erasing my entire library of 8000+ songs. *unhappy Face* the merely way you should do it truly is to move the song into your iTunes and reproduction it that way. A flash force or some style of exterior media could make it an basic transition from one device to the different.

Answer 4

YES! you can. Most people dont know that you can do it without thrid party applications, but you can. All you have to do is make sure that the ipod is enabled in disk mode in itunes. Then, go into my computer and open up the ipod. On the top bar click on "Tools" then "Folder Options...". From there click on "View" and in that list there should be an option that says "Show Hidden Files and Folders". Enable that and you should see more folders under your ipod in my computer. There should be one that says music, click on that and drag all of the folders into the new folder you want to put them in. They will be sorted funny but if you consolodate them in itunes they will show up normal. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

The third party apps will let you, but it is a process.
i-Tunes 7 will let youtransfer your downloads, but not your uploads.

I have i-Pod transfer and Tune Tools for i-Pod. They take a long time.

Answer 6

Not according to Apple...but thre are third party applications on the Internet that appairently allow you to do this.

I have not tried them so I cannot give you first-hand advice.
But like anything else, be careful as to what they claim they can do.