How to Move Music from iPod to Computer?

Publié le 17/12/2010 à 12:55 par mycomputerzone Tags : you

 

Today we have a multitude of options when it comes to listening music. It is hard to imagine times when the only device that could play music was a gramophone. Listening to music was never as convenient as it is today. First there was the walkman, then came portable audio DVD players and then came MP3 players and the Apple ipod, which changed everything.

When we have lost all our music stored on the iPod and the music stored on the computer is lost, deleted, or corrupted, what can we do then? In such a situation, if we want to get our audio files back into our desktop computer or laptop computer, we will have to copy the files from the iPod onto our computer's hard drive.

There are many people who have been using iPods from years, but do not know how to transfer songs from iPod to computer. This may probably be, because of not having a need to do so. All Apple ipod users know how to transfer files from their computer to the iPod, but some do have a misconception that copying audio from the iPod is not at all possible.

Apple computers, the company that manufactures iPods is well-aware of the music piracy, which is having a negative impact on the music industry and hence they have not allowed easy music transfer from the ipod to computer. If you want to transfer music from an mp3 player to the hard drive, you simply have to open the MP3 folder in your system and copy and paste the files you want. However, if you want to transfer music from iPod to computer, the procedure is slightly different.

If you want to transfer music from iPod to computer; you would required an iPod, its data cable, a computer with sufficient space to store the files, and Apple itunes software.

Copy-Paste Files in Your Computer
Copy-paste the files that you want in a folder on your hard drive. At this point of time, you would be thinking how the file names are to be renamed and identified. However, the best option is to open the saved folder in Apple iTunes. After doing so, you will have all your music files sorted out in the iTunes music library. In the library, you will be able to view the names of the files.

Guide: How to Transfer songs from iPod to Computer?

Step1:Plug the iPod into the USB. Launch the program and it will search for the device automatically. If the device is available, the files will be shown in the list.

Step 2:Under the various lists in view, there is an option for showing the hidden files and folders.Choose the list and files you want to transfer, click the "Export" button.

Step 3:The following window will pop up after you export the selected music. And you can choose transfer to computer or iTunes directly.

Step 4:When finished,You can click the "OK" button to view the output files.

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