HelenaHeinonen

Q: How to transfer music from iPod touch to Mac

I just got an iPhone 5c and MacBook Pro (15 in, mid 2012). I used to just have an iPod touch 4th gen. My iPod was with MY apple iD but with MY MOMS computer. My iPod has music on it that I want on my iPhone and computer. I can't seem to put the music from my iPod onto my computer because it was linked with my moms computer which uses a different apple iD (but the iPod is with mine).

 

I have tried using iExplorer which worked and it was great but I have to buy it for full use. I only managed to transfer like 5 songs. I think it is ABSOLUTELY CRAZY they would make people pay to transfer music that they already bought. If someone could please help me transfer my music for free (I ALREADY PAYED FOR THE DARN MUSIC C'MON GUYS!!!) that would be great.

iPod touch, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Mar 27, 2016 6:19 AM

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Mar 27, 2016 9:04 AM in response to HelenaHeinonen
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    Mar 27, 2016 9:04 AM in response to HelenaHeinonen

    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 independently backed up against loss.  To use a device with a different setup you transfer the old library from a computer or a backup directly to the new setup, not the device to the library. Media 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.

     

    Redownload or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201267 - "This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store." As of iOS9 it no longer does apps which now must be re-downloaded directly from the 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  Even this method may not fully recover what you had in the library originally. For example if in order to save space when syncing you had converted music files to a lower bitrate, or photos to a lower resolution, it is those lower quality files you will recover.

     

    If you subscribe to Apple Music, tracks which are not part of content you have purchased or uploaded cannot be transferred and have to be downloaded directly from iCloud.