Syncing iPod To New iTunes Account

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Syncing iPod To New iTunes Account

When my computer crashed I lost all of my music on iTunes. Apple helped me retrieve the music I purchased from the iTunes store, but I had to start a new iTunes account to do so. Because of this the new account does not recognize my iPod. Is it possible to add my iPod to the new account without losing all of the music on it? Also, is it possible to sync this music from the iPod to iTunes? I have thousands of songs on my iPod from my cd collection and I don't want to have to upload all of them again. I also have newly purchased music on my iTunes which is not yet on my iPod.

I guess the overall question is this: Is it possible to sync my iPod and my iTunes so that all of the music previously mentioned is on both?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Windows Vista

Posted on Feb 3, 2010 12:01 PM

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Zevoneer

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Feb 3, 2010 12:07 PM in response to Raycoy

If you want to recover the music from the iPod and transfer it to your new library there are a few things you can do. For music from CDs, other downloads etc there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
iTunes & iPod software
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers

A selection of iPod to iTunes utilities:
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
SharePod Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
YamiPod Mac and Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)

There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide

Once you have recovered everything from the iPod and your iTunes library has been rebuilt it will be safe to sync again.

I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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