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HOW DO i TRANSFER MY IPOD CONTENTS BACK TO MY ITUNES

can anyone help me transfer my music from my ipod back to my computer, I am not very computer savey and need help. I am using a dell computer with Windows xp. please help thank you
I can also be reached at jag2406@aol.com
Joe

DELL, Windows XP

Posted on Nov 12, 2006 5:08 PM

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Nov 14, 2006 12:32 PM in response to JAG2406

You can't sync or drag your non iTMS music back directly from an iPod to iTunes. The transfer of non iTMS content is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod, the transfer of purchased content has recently been introduced with iTunes 7. However there is a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes

If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward. As iTunes 7 is just out some of these may not have caught up with it yet though I haven't experienced any problems with the Mac software I use.

YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
iGadget Windows Only
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
PodPlayer Windows Only
CopyPod Windows Only

For more on the new function in iTunes 7 look under under File>"Transfer Purchases from iPod" which transfers iTMS purchases. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

HOW DO i TRANSFER MY IPOD CONTENTS BACK TO MY ITUNES

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