How can I restore an iTunes playlist from iPod Classic to iTunes INCLUDING folders and playlists?
English (auto-detected) » English
Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
English (auto-detected) » English
jpkirchner wrote:
⇄English (auto-detected) » English
I don't know what's up with the translation window thing appearing. Anyway...
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. To use a device with a new computer you transfer the content from the old computer (or its backup) directly to the new computer, not the device to the new computer. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
I don't know what the deal is with that window thing up there either.
The problem isn't that I don't have all my song files. I have them on my computer.
The issue is that I had a complex system of folders and playlists in iTunes that somehow or other got lost. I went back to a backup of the computer and got a copy of the iTunes library before this happened, but it hasn't restored the folder structure.
This struture is still in my iPod, and I want to restore it.
English (auto-detected) » English
How can I restore an iTunes playlist from iPod Classic to iTunes INCLUDING folders and playlists?