Help to transfer songs from Ipod to Computer

I believe these are the instructions you were trying to follow.

Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.

Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.

Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.

The music files should transfer to your iTunes.

There's also Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer.

Hey Caroline.. Now this can be done quite easily without any programs or none of the complex stuff. First go to Control Panel and choose Apperance and Themes, once you have done this click folder options, there will be a window that pops up, click the view tab and choose 'show all hidden files and folders' under hidden files and folders. Once you have done this you can minimize it, and then open my computer and click your ipod. One you have done this click 'ipod_control' click the folders to open them and copy the music. Make a new foler somewhere with easy access and paste them there. DO NOT RE-ARRANGE ANYTHING AS THIS CAN ALTER YOUR IPOD AND SONGS WONT PLAY. Hope this helped....need anymore help just reply back.

Kyle

Ipod 20GB Windows XP

I think if you read her first post, she already tried that.

And you think this isn't complex?!

Caroline,

Yamipod is an easy program to use for retrieval of songs. Make sure iTunes is closed first. if you need help on working it, then click on the "documentation" link on the Yamipod home page. It has comprehensive instructions.

Getting your music from iPod to computer is just a few mouse clicks.

Well, you've tried 3 options now and none of them have worked (I'm surprised about Yamipod, in my experience, it's one of the easiest and most reliable programs out there for retrieving songs). Maybe you got a corrupted version of Yamipod when you downloaded it?

There are other programs like Yamipod out there, but many are not free (although some have a free trial version).

I haven't used any of them except iPod Agent (when i was a Windows user), so I cannot recommend any of them personally.

You can Google for "music from iPod to computer Windows" for a host of ideas.

Maybe someone else can come up with recommendations for you.

"does Yamipod transfer songs under their song names?"

Yes. Remember to close iTunes though first. Yamipod won't work with it running.

This is how it works. I'm doing this from memory so bear with me.

Connect the iPod. Open Yamipod. Wait a few seconds. You should then see all the songs artists etc on your iPod in the Yamipod display.

Highlight all the songs you want to transfer. From the Yamipod menu (top of the screen), select song, then copy to.....

You should now see a window with "destination". Click on that and choose where you would like to send the songs. Desktop is probably easiest.

Now click "copy" and you should see a windows with the "copy from iPod" info and a progress bar. Depending on how many songs you have, this could take a while. You may want to do the songs in chunks, or one album at a time to check that they are all being copied correctly.

Once they've copied, the window closes. Check your desktop. The songs should be there.

Now, open iTunes, and go to file/add to library. Use that window to select 'desktop', click on the songs to highlight them, and select "choose".

Your songs should be back in iTunes with their correct names.

Try it with one song at first, see how you go.