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Q: how do I transfer my music from Ipod to i-tunes on my PC without losing songs from i-pod?

How do I transfer my music from i-pod3 to PC without losing my music from i-pod?

iPod classic, Windows 10

Posted on Apr 13, 2016 8:50 AM

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Q: how do I transfer my music from Ipod to i-tunes on my PC without losing songs from i-pod?

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Apr 13, 2016 9:06 AM in response to GMCON
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    Apr 13, 2016 9:06 AM in response to GMCON

    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.

  • by Kenichi Watanabe,Solvedanswer

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Apr 15, 2016 9:24 AM in response to GMCON
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    Apr 15, 2016 9:24 AM in response to GMCON

    Is your "i-pod3" a 3rd gen iPod, from around 2003?  Does it have four round touch button in a row (that glow orange) between the iPod's screen and touch wheel?  If so, it is designed to connect to a FireWire port, not USB port.

  • by GMCON,

    GMCON GMCON Apr 15, 2016 9:30 AM in response to GMCON
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    Apr 15, 2016 9:30 AM in response to GMCON

    My iPod 3 doesn't have the colored buttons. P

  • by Kenichi Watanabe,

    Kenichi Watanabe Kenichi Watanabe Apr 15, 2016 10:47 AM in response to GMCON
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    Apr 15, 2016 10:47 AM in response to GMCON

    The buttons on a 3rd gen iPod are not colored.  They "glow" with an orange backlight when the screen's backlight comes on.