ipod help

[Cypher]

how do i get the music on my ipod to a new computer if that music isn'y on my old one anymore?

[Motherland]

Are you using iTunes?

[Cypher]

yes

[sluggish]

iPod sucks, and because of this, if your old puter is kaput, you are screwed.  Learn a lesson and invest in a USB hard drive.

[Meatwad]

Ipods are over-rated over-priced pieces of junk.

Buy a normal Mp3 player that all you have to do is plug in the USB cable and drag and drop the songs onto it.

An excellent one is one of the RCA H series mp3 players. A lot cheaper and all you do is plug it in and start moving mp3's

[Cypher]

i have had an ipod for 4 years and have never had a single problem with it. Other than not knowing how to transfer my music, i can't think of anything negative that has plauged me.

[sluggish]

Are you using iTunes?

Come on dude, if he's using an iPod he's using iTunes.  The only way to manage an iPod is with iTunes.  And therein lies the problem with the iPod. With a "normal" MP3 player, you puter sees it as a USB jump drive and you can move files and folder on and off it without using an application.  The average iPod user is too lazy to manage their own music folder so they let iTunes do it for them.  Most don't even know the filepath to their music on their puter. When using an iPod, if your machine bites the dust, unless you have a USB hard drive, your music is gone FOREVER.  Chuck the iPod, get a USB hard drive and a "plays for sure" MP3 player, and chalk it all up as experience.

[Motherland]

yes

Plug in your iPod, go to the 'store' pull down menu in iTunes, and select 'authorize computer', sync it and you should be set.

[lagger86]

Plug in your iPod, go to the 'store' pull down menu in i-Tunes, and select 'authorize computer', sync it and you should be set.

Does that work for purchased music? I lost all mine after the great computer meltdown of 08 a few weeks back. I haven't even downloaded i-tunes since the Resurection.


BTW I have learned my lesson about the external hard drive for these sorts of things.

[Motherland]

Does that work for purchased music?

It ONLY works for purchased music, I had to re-rip all of my CD's after the system restore in which I found this out.

[CAVPFCDD]

Everyone isn't following him, hes saying from his ipod onto his computer

Ipods are stupid in this way that they prevent you from doing that

there are various programs online that you can find that allow you to drag music from your ipod to your computer

[Motherland]

Everyone isn't following him, hes saying from his ipod onto his computer

I know he is. When I had to my system restore, I had none of my iTunes music on my computer, did the steps above and got it back from my iPod.

Ipods are stupid in this way that they prevent you from doing that

No, they don't.

[AKHog]

There is 3rd party software that addresses these exact problems. I forget the name but some googling should turn them up. They allow you to manage music between the ipod and itunes (computer) without the restrictions of the itunes software, which is in place to try to limit copyright infringements (sharing music).

[mietla]

iTunes is the worst POS I've seen in years

AnaPod

http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/

[trigger2]

No, they don't.

Factory they do.
I enjoy my Zen V Plus, works like a charm. Plug 'er in, highlight your music, right click, and hit transfer, or just type in the file path, open up a new window, and drag and drop. Easy as that.