Best way of removing music from an iPod?

Question

My iPod is looking old and battered and I'm thinking of upgrading it. However I've spent 2 years growing my music list and I really want to keep it!

I have a Mac OSx computer and I want to download my playlists so I can upload them back onto my new iPod. I know you can't officially do it but can anyone suggest a method or programme I can use?

Thanks!

Just to clarify, I don't have the original music on iTunes anymore so I will need to get the tracks off my iPod and back onto my computer.

Answer 1

since you can mount your ipod as a disk, you can get the music back to the mac... you just can't use finder to do it!

I would go into Terminal and cd into the /Volumes directory then to the ipod then into the music when you get far enough you can use the command "open ." which opens that hidden folder in the finder then copy the files or just open them!

You might have better luck with one of the shareware/freeware programs at http://versiontracker.com to do a ipod->mac sync!

good luck, and don't smash the ipod, as another answerer suggested!

Answer 2

You can put all your songs on your itunes music library by doing the following: Connect your ipod to your computer and then open itunes. Click ipod options. On the screen then click manually manage songs and then you can drag all the music that is in your ipod to your computer or the itunes library.

Answer 3

you can use ipod transfer software to copy your Apps, Contacts, Songs, Videos, Photos, Playlist, Games, etc from ipod to computer. Here's the one I used to use
http://www.001-software.com/resource/how-to-transfer-ipod-photo-movie-music-playlist-to-computer-and-itunes-on-windows.html

Answer 4

Just forget to take your medication, go Mental and throw your ipod out of the window while screaming "Eeeeek, help me Bernard". You will find you feel much better. After you've done that...... Call me on The Samaritans hot line. I'll be waiting.

Answer 5

if you have itunes on your computer you can upload your song onto your new ipod through your itunes library without deleting the old one off your old ipod

Answer 6

next to the music names on your library there might desire to be a sprint field with a tick in it. click the field and the tick will disappear. then collectively as the ipod is linked click on the tab which comes up on the area of your itunes window that proclaims the call of your ipod and close to the backside of the internet website there might desire to be a field that proclaims sync in elementary words ticked products, and click that. desire it facilitates

Answer 7

Probably like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB52MjaviF4

or use anapod (I use anapod for Windows not sure if there is a mac version)

Answer 8

Here you go....

http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/copygear-mac.php

or try this found on the apple website.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173