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Q: Transfering Songs from iPad Classic to iPad AIr

I have an iPod Classic & an iPad Air.  I am having the following issues syncing the devices & transferring the songs on the iPod Classic over to the iPad Air.  I need help with the following:

 

  1. At this point I do not have any of my iTunes songs at all on the iPad Air but are all on my iPod Classic.  So how do I move songs/playlists from the iPod Classic over to my iPad Air?  I want to move ALL my songs from my iPod Classic over to my iPad Air as I want to stop carrying around both devices however a large portion - nearly 400 songs - were synced from CDs that I no longer have….at least 11 of which (if not even more) are not even available in the iTunes store!
  2. Home Sharing is not working!  I am, in fact, logged-in but my Dad’s play list(s) are nowhere to be found!  I have sent screen shots multiple times in the past regarding this matter but I still have not gotten any response whatsoever indicating why it is not working!
    1. On that note, what is the difference between Home Sharing & Family Sharing anyway?  Would that explain/resolve why Home Sharing is not working [anymore] when it was previously?  If so, how to I switch from Home Sharing to Family Sharing?

 

I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Posted on Nov 3, 2015 2:50 PM

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  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Nov 3, 2015 3:02 PM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 3, 2015 3:02 PM in response to ImSpike

    You'll need to transfer the songs to your computer and then synn the iPad.

     

    HomeSharing does not apply to iPod Classic at all since an iPod Classic has no Wifi.. So will not work.

     

    HomeSharing lets you share content from a computer and any other devices that are using the same Apple ID. The Computer is the source of the media for Home sharing.

     

    Family Sharing lets you share content bought by different Apple IDs between different devices.

     

    Neither one will have any effect on whatever is currently on your iPod Classic (again no Wifi on the classic).  If the content is not in your computer's iTunes Library, You need to get it there first before either option can have any relevance.

     

    You'll need a 3rd party App to extract the music from the iPod:

    https://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/

  • by ImSpike,

    ImSpike ImSpike Nov 3, 2015 5:08 PM in response to Phil0124
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    Nov 3, 2015 5:08 PM in response to Phil0124

    Well, the iPod Classic itself does not directly have Home Sharing but I do have to sync it to iTunes software on my computer (as I’m sure you know that is the only way to even get songs onto it anyway) which does, in fact, have Home Sharing & that is what I meant - therefore it does apply.  I had only used once in August 2014 but hadn’t used it since but when I have been trying it wouldn’t work.  So how does what you said help?

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Nov 4, 2015 7:25 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 7:25 AM in response to ImSpike

    If your music in not on the computer that has activated HomeSharing, then its meaningless.

     

    Again, the music in your iPod classic needs to exists on your computer for Home sharing to do anything.

     

    So once again you need a 3rd party App to move the music on your iPod, onto your iTunes library on your computer.

  • by ImSpike,

    ImSpike ImSpike Nov 4, 2015 8:33 AM in response to Phil0124
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    Nov 4, 2015 8:33 AM in response to Phil0124

    You do not understand what I am saying.

     

    I am logged into Home Sharing with my DAD’s Apple ID but his play list(s) are nowhere to be found on MY computer although it was working when I got a song from him is September 2014 (which is the only time I had used it) - that is what I am saying!  So why it the connection/link-up not working?

     

    What I meant about stuff not being on my computer is that I do not have any of my iTunes songs at all on the iPad Air but I want all of the songs that are on my iPod Classic onto the iPad Air so I want to know how to move those songs/playlists from the iPod Classic over to my iPad Air!  Also, on that same note, I want move ALL my songs from my iPod Classic over to my iPad Air a large portion - nearly 400 songs - were synced from CDs that I no longer have & at least 11 of those songs (if not even more) are not even available in the iTunes store!  My past iTunes purchases are on the computer but NOT the songs I had synced from CDs - I no longer have the physical CDs anymore NOR are the songs from those CDs on my computer!  So I want to know how to move EVERYTHING that is on the iPod Classic over to the iPad Air?

     

    I don’t see how I can be any more clearer then that!

  • by hhgttg27,

    hhgttg27 hhgttg27 Nov 4, 2015 8:48 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 8:48 AM in response to ImSpike

    "I want all of the songs that are on my iPod Classic onto the iPad Air so I want to know how to move those songs/playlists from the iPod Classic over to my iPad Air!  Also, on that same note, I want move ALL my songs from my iPod Classic over to my iPad Air a large portion - nearly 400 songs - were synced from CDs that I no longer have"

     

    You can't transfer content directly between iDevices. In your case you will need to use one of the procedures described in turingtest2's user tip on Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device to copy music from your iPod Classic to your iTunes library, and then sync from iTunes to your iPad.  Note that you should delete any songs from your devices and from iTunes if you no longer own the CDs they were extracted from - retaining digital copies in this scenario is an infringement of intellectual property law.

  • by ImSpike,

    ImSpike ImSpike Nov 4, 2015 9:08 AM in response to hhgttg27
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    Nov 4, 2015 9:08 AM in response to hhgttg27

    None of this helps me!  I have been putting up with this since Christmas of 2014 & am fed-up with the lack of help I have gotten from Apple!  All I am asking for is some reasonable help but I can't even get that!  Telling me I can't to what I an trying to do is unacceptable!  What kind of help is that?

  • by hhgttg27,

    hhgttg27 hhgttg27 Nov 4, 2015 9:48 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 9:48 AM in response to ImSpike

    You are not talking to Apple - this is a users' forum.  Each response to your postings has been correct - Home Sharing doesn't work with iPod Classic, you can only transfer media between iDevices by going through iTunes, you need to use 3rd party tools to transfer media from an iPod to iTunes, ...

     

    You have the information you need to do what you want: transfer media (except that which you don't have rights to) from your iPod to iTunes, then sync with your iPad.

  • by ImSpike,

    ImSpike ImSpike Nov 4, 2015 10:46 AM in response to hhgttg27
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    Nov 4, 2015 10:46 AM in response to hhgttg27

    First of all, I was referring to how long I’ve been trying to do this - I came here because Apple has been of no help whatsoever.

     

    Also, each response has NOT been correct!  If Home Sharing does not work on iPod Classic then why was I IN FACT able to get a song from my Dad’s playlist form the iTunes software on his computer to the iTunes software on my computer & that song IS IN FACT on my iPod Classic?  Therefore, that PROVES that Home Sharing DOES IN FACT WORK on the iPod Classic when IT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER TO EVEN GET MUSIC ONTO IT & Home Sharing IS IN FACT on the iTunes software on out computers!  How would I have been able to get that song from my Dad via Home Sharing if it “does not work with iPod Classic”?  So Home Sharing DOES IN FACT WORK with iPod Classic via a computer & I have PROOF of it as I HAD DONE SO BEFORE!  Do I need to send you screen shots to prove that to you?

     

    Who are you to tell me what I can & can’t transfer?  Do you know or have any reason to know or have any business knowing why I might not have CDs anymore?  How do you know they weren’t stolen from me?  Are you therefore saying that a thief would then have the rights to those songs because they stole CDs from me?  Because saying “you should delete any songs from your devices and from iTunes if you no longer own the CDs they were extracted from” is exactly what you are you are implying & that you condone
    robbery if you believe thieves have the right to things they steal!  I paid for those CDs so I own those CDs so how do you know the reason I don’t have them anymore?  I am the rightful owner of those CDs so who are you to tell me I don’t have right to them?

     

     

     

     

     

    You say I have the information I need but that is not true
    when I do not know how to do anything any of that nor have I gotten songs back
    you clam I have no rights to yet you do not know why I don’t & are calling me
    a criminal for having them on my iPod!
    It is not information I need when it does not help me!

  • by hhgttg27,

    hhgttg27 hhgttg27 Nov 4, 2015 10:52 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 10:52 AM in response to ImSpike

    Home Sharing works as you describe it: between iTunes running on different computers.  The fact that you subsequently synced content to an iPod Classic is irrelevant - the point is that non-iOS devices don't support any form of sharing except via iTunes.  As has been stated in every response, you need to transfer your media from the iPod back to iTunes (which will require use of a 3rd party tool or procedures outside iTunes) then sync to the iPad.  I really don't understand why you're saying that this info is not helpful.

  • by roaminggnome,

    roaminggnome roaminggnome Nov 4, 2015 11:02 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 11:02 AM in response to ImSpike

    The way to get music to your devices is to sync it from your computer.

     

    Put the music on your computer.  Sync it to whatever device you like.

  • by ImSpike,

    ImSpike ImSpike Nov 4, 2015 11:27 AM in response to roaminggnome
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    Nov 4, 2015 11:27 AM in response to roaminggnome

    I can't put it on the computer when I CAN'T GET IT onto the computer which is what I am asking!  How to GET IT BACK onto the computer when I CAN NOT GET ACCESS TO IT in order to transfer it!

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Nov 4, 2015 11:38 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 11:38 AM in response to ImSpike

    ImSpike wrote:

     

    First of all, I was referring to how long I’ve been trying to do this - I came here because Apple has been of no help whatsoever.

     

    Also, each response has NOT been correct!  If Home Sharing does not work on iPod Classic then why was I IN FACT able to get a song from my Dad’s playlist form the iTunes software on his computer to the iTunes software on my computer & that song IS IN FACT on my iPod Classic?

    Because you got it onto your computer first. And then synced it to your iPod.  The way it got to your iPod has nothing to do with how it got on your computer.

     

    It had to be on your computer before you could sync it to your iPod.

     

    Now you are saying the music is in the iPod Classic. You cannot use Home sharing to get it out of the iPod Classic.

     

    If the music also exists, on your Father's iTunes Library, then you can use Home sharing to get it onto your computer from his computer, and then sync it to your iPad. The iPod would not be involved.  Your Father's computer would need to be turned on, iTunes needs to be running on it, and your father's computer must be on the same network as yours to access its library through HomeSharing.

     

    If the music is in your Father's iTunes Library, then you can use HomeSharing to get it onto your computer, and then sync it to the iPad.

     

    Use Home Sharing to share iTunes content with other devices - Apple Support

     

     

    If the music is not in your Father's iTunes library, but instead is only present in your iPod Classic, then you need a 3rd party app like a mentioned previously to extract the music from it.   iexplorer is one such application.

     

    Once its extracted, you can then sync it onto the iPad.

  • by hhgttg27,

    hhgttg27 hhgttg27 Nov 4, 2015 11:42 AM in response to ImSpike
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    Nov 4, 2015 11:42 AM in response to ImSpike

    "How to GET IT BACK onto the computer when I CAN NOT GET ACCESS TO IT in order to transfer it!"

     

    The available methods to transfer content from your iPod back into iTunes are in the previously referenced user tip on Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

  • by ImSpike,

    ImSpike ImSpike Nov 4, 2015 12:00 PM in response to hhgttg27
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    Nov 4, 2015 12:00 PM in response to hhgttg27

    I know everything needs to be on the computer & that is what I am asking about!

     

    All of the songs I have ever bought from the iTunes Store & want to transfer ARE IN FACT on my computer EXCEPT for the 2 things that I have been asking about: (1) song I’d need Home Sharing for to see my Dad’s playlist that I want but have not been able to access & (2) the songs I had gotten from CDs that I can’t get back!

     

    So THAT is what I have been asking - but have not REALLY gotten an answer to - is how to get Home Sharing working again (when it was in September 2014) so that I CAN access my Dad’s playlists & how to get the songs from CDs back so that I can transfer them!

     

    I also SHOULD NOT have to recreate all of the playlists (<artist name>, favorites, etc.) that I had created!  They should stay as they are on the iPod Calssic & just be moved/transferred over to the iPad without having to redo everything but everything I have been told would not do any of that & all that would take way too long!

     

    I am not being unreasonable to I am not getting the help I am asking for!

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