Transfering from iPod to iTunes ... is it possible?

Recently my iTunes had a major problem where it would not open. Long story short, I had to reformat my hard drive, so I lost EVERYTHING. I couldn't save the music, because they thought the virus might be in my music files. So, the only place I have my music is in my iPod.
Does anyone know how to go about transferring music from your iPod to iTunes, or where on this site it tells you how? I know it has something to do with turning your iPod into hardware, but I don't know how to do that...
HELP!!!!

Desiree,
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MacMuse, "Computer Crashed" #4, 10:49pm Feb 7, 2005 CDT
JJ
Don't steal music !! Just a statement, not an accusation
BTW: If the virus is in a song, it will still be there when you get things back on PC...

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Transfering from iPod to iTunes

Hey Everyone.
I understand why apple made this.. or at least I think they made this not possible.
I have been stupid and sometimes will drag a song file directly to my ipod, and not the iTunes library... and now as I prepare to buy my iTouch I want to transfer all my music to the iTouch.
Unfortunately I have no idea which songs I havent added to the library, and iTunes will not let me add songs to my library from the iPod.
is there any way I can do this?

If you're using iTunes 7, you can then copy music that you purchased from the iTunes Store back to iTunes directly (use the Transfer Purchases From iPod command under the iTunes File menu).
If you're not using iTunes 7 or want to copy back other tracks, the easiest way will be to search VersionTracker for "iPod". You'll find a number of utilities that can transfer your tracks from your iPod back to your PC.
It's also possible to do this manually, but the procedure is rather involved. If you're interested, though, see this thread:
MacMuse: Computer crashed

Compare iPod to itunes and transfering from iPod to iTunes

Does anyone know if a way I can see a comparision between what is on my iPod and what is in my iTunes library?
I basically want to see everything that is in my library but not on my iPod.
Also does anyone know of a way to eaisly transfer music from my iPod to my iTunes library? I just got a new computer and now all my music is in my iPod but I can't get it on my new computer and into the iTunes library.

To transfer songs from your iPod to iTunes,
Connect the iPod to the computer, open iTunes, you will get a message "do you want to link to this iTunes music library", say "no" to this. Change the syncing option to "manually manage songs and playlists".
In iTunes, click on Edit and then click on Preferences.
Click on the advanced tab, and select the "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library". Click OK.
Then, click file, add folder to library, select the iPod and then click open.
When the update is complete, go back into Edit, Preferences, Advanced, and uncheck the "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library".

Problem transfering from iPod to iTunes

Hi. I'm trying to transfer the music from my iPod to my iTunes. I have done this before on the same computer (Vista), and it has worked perfectly.
However, this time for some reason when I tried to copy all of the files from the iPod folder into a Music folder, it got half way before stalling and freezing - leaving me unable to close it.
Now, whenever I try to copy individual coded folders (eg F14), or the files within, the "copy" bar gets about 10% of the way before stopping, and staying there, with the predicted copying time staying the same.
I have no idea what to do and I can't find anywhere on the internet with a solution to my problem. Any ideas what's going wrong?
Thanks.

I tried that and I couldn't find a single bad file...
I ended up downloading a program that transfers files directly between the computer and iPod. I lost half of my library but to be honest, I don't miss that much of it - most of it was old stuff I never listened to anymore.

Transfering from ipod to itunes libary

hi there
my pc completely crashed out,on geting it fixed i re downloaded itunes and my libary is blanc,is there a way of transfering all the stuff on my ipod classic into my itunes libary.
yours hopeingly,
t.

Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. When your iPod appears in the iTunes source list change the update setting to manual, that will let you use our iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default: Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
The transfer of content from sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Comparison of iPod managers
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod2PC Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
Floola Mac & Windows
iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
iPod Access Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available on page 2 at this link: Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

Not all songs transfering from ipod to itunes?, Not all songs transfering from ipod to itunes?

Hi! Basically I have all of my music on my main pc, but I've just got a laptop and I would like to transfer my music from my itouch to my laptop, but it's only transferring 178 out of my 688 songs, does anyone know how to solve this?

The music sync is one way - computer to ipod. The only exception is ituens purchases.
The ipod is not a backup device. Copy everything from your old computer or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.

I transfered videos from iPod to iTunes on Windows 7 PC but album art won't show up, even when I choose to find album art

I just installed iTunes 64 bit on my PC with Windows 7. I transfered my movies from my iPod Classic but no album art on any of them. I even try to find album art but nothing. I've downlaoded a couple of music albums onto same PC that I downloaded previously on iPad and they have art but not the videos I just transferred from iPod. I also can't play any of them on PC. I keep getting the no Quicktime message even though I downloaded QT. Any ideas?

I'm having the same problem, except I dont have itunes match enabled.
I synced my ipad and unchecked all my albums to remove them. Then I re-synced with the albums selected. They went back on WITH the artwork under 'artists' but then for some reason the next time I sync, some of the artwork under 'artists' is gone leaving only a music note for the cover.
It also has nothing to do with the cloud backup as I have experienced this with both backing up to the cloud and to my mac.
strange.......

I can no longer properly sync info from iPod to iTunes. Did iTunes change?

I have always been able to sync my iPod to iTunes. It updated number of plays, date last played, ratings, etc. from the iPod to iTunes.
I can no longer do this. I was on the phone with Apple Support for over an hour...kept getting put on hold while the technician searched for answers...and finally a "senior advisor" told me that it's impossible for information like this to be transferred from the iPod to iTunes. They're on "different" counting systems. This is amazing to me, because it's worked beautifully for years, but now this won't work. Information will transfer from iTunes to iPod, but not from iPod to iTunes.
I don't understand what happened.

The "expert" is wrong, partially. You must be using automatic syncing in order for iTunes to keep the "supporting data" (such as ratings and playcount) in sync. With automatic syncing, it is iTunes's "job" to keep the iTunes library on the computer "in sync" with the library on the iPod. You tell iTunes to replicate either the entire iTunes library on the iPod (if it will fit) or a defined subset of the iTunes library on iPod, and iTunes keeps all data for that media content in sync between iTunes library and iPod.
However, if you use the manual method to load content (drag and drop items on the iPod in iTunes), with the Manually manage music (and videos) setting on the iPod's Summary screen, THEN the iTunes library on the Mac is separate from the library on the iPod. iTunes just loads the media files on the iPod and then "forgets" about it. You can delete songs on the computer, and they stay on the iPod because iTunes doesn't care. In this case, iTunes also does not care about the supporting data, so things like ratings and playcount are not synced back to the Mac. Afterall, that song on the iPod may not even exist in the iTunes library anymore. It's possible that NONE of the song on the iPod are in the computer's iTunes library.

How to import songs AND all the data from iPod to iTunes?

Hi,
I am looking for a tool that can import more than just the music from iPod to iTunes. I have tried several apps to no avail. (many mentioned in another post here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1576568&tstart=15 )
I "upgraded to iTunes 9", but then my library disappeared the other night. All my music and video files are there intact, but the iTune Library.itl was wiped.
It gets even worse. Not knowing iTunes had lost my iTunes Library.itl content, I accidentally deleted all of the old library files (stored under "Previous iTunes Libraries" folder) and then de-fragmented my computer. So now the ".itl" file cannot be recovered in anyways as every data block on the HDD is overwritten.
Adding the music folders back into iTunes does NOT transfer all the metadata (play count, last played, rating, genre, last skipped, times skipped, track number, comments, artwork, lyrics, etc.). This information is VERY important if you have over 5k songs like I do.
Alas, there is another way to recover my library file. All this metadata information (as well as the music and video files) are available on my classic iPod with its massive hard drive.
The challenge is finding a tool that would transfer the metadata as well. And so far after trying 6 different titles none transfers all the metadata. They all change the "Date Added" field with today's date. The ideal tool needs to keep that field same as it is on the iPod.
These are the ones I tried:
-iPodAccess
-CopyTrans
-iDump
-PodtoPC
-TouchCopy09
-iPodCopy
Does anyone know a tool that would move all the information from my iPod to a new iTunes?
Thanks

Aniosoft iBackup Pro seems to be very user-friendly, but it's costly though, $40. http://www.aniosoft.com
They have a free trial version where you can backup 6 songs from each playlist, so try it out if you think it's worth it.

Can I transfer songs etc from ipod to itunes library?

Can I transfer songs etc from ipod to itunes library?

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

Any way to transfer music from iPod to iTunes

I had to get new laptop and lost all my music from the iTunes I had on the previous lap top. Is there a way to transfer music from iPod to iTunes ?

Or you can do it the cheap way...
In the options screens, check "Enable Disk Use." Your ipod should then show up in your My Computer as a new drive.
In My Computer, go to TOOLS>FOLDER OPTIONS...>View [tab] and under "Hidden files and folders," choose to "Show hidden files and folders"
A new folder will pop up in My Computer's Ipod Drive letter called "Control" or something like that. You should be able to dig around in there and find a bunch of mp3s randomly named... Those represent your music files. Drag all the folders that have your music in it to the new computer's harddrive.
Now go into iTunes, "add Folder to Library," Choose the folder that you drug from your iPod and iTunes will import all your music as if nothing happened. Synch it up and it will transfer all this "new music" to your iPod, replacing the old music with the "new" stuff. You'll see... It's like nothing ever happened.
Please note that you'll lose your ratings and playlists... But honestly... Who cares??
Happy transferring!
Crappy PIV 1.9ghz Windows XP

Copying Play Count from iPod to iTunes?

Hello, is it possible to copy the play count of songs from iPod to iTunes? I do not have my iPod syncing with iTunes (and do not want to have that feature enabled). Also, I do not merely want the play count to be overwritten, but added onto.
Thank you,
Victor Ly

Thanks for replying. I do not use autosync because the songs on my iPod do not come from a single computer, but the four computers I personally have and two other ones (my girlfriend's and another friend's). Also, I have a Nano and my song collection is way more than my Nano can hold. Just the music I have purchased off iTunes won't fit onto my Nano.
If anyone knows of an alternative way, please let me know. Is there anyway I can turn autosync on for the play count update and not have it do anything else? Thanks.

Transferring from ipod to new computer

I have authorisized the new computer, but still get the message that items i purchased could not be transferred from ipod because computer is not authorized.

Hi Brensam,
Have you tried re-authorizing your computer?
Select the "Store" menu in iTunes (it's with the other tabs on the top of the iTunes window), and click on "Deauthorize computer" to deauthorize this computer.
Once you've deauthorized, go to the Store menu again, and now select "Authorize computer" to authorize this computer again.
After doing that, try syncing purchases to your iPod - do you still get the "now authorized" message?
-Kylene

How can I transfer music from iPod to iTunes?

All of the music on my iPod nano is in my ex-husband's iTunes on a Mac. Now have a Windows PC and want to transfer music from iPod to iTunes. Computer says 'Need to Format disk in Drive E'. Will this lose everything? Not sure what the best way is to do everything but haven't got any way of backing up my iPod at present. Thank you!

any itunes purchased music can be transferred from phone to pc via hitting the "transfer purchases" option when u right click on the phone under devices in itunes on the computer when it is plugged in. any non-itunes purchased music is stuck on the phone and cannot be transferred to the computer. u will have to load it onto the computer from the original source or from the old computer.

Applications won't transfer from ipod to itunes

I recently got a new computer and I'm having trouble with transferring the applications. Whenever I click transfer purchases from ipod to itunes, nothing happens and when I go into the itunes store logged into my account and try to download previously bought applications, it makes me repurchase it. How can I transfer the applications in my ipod touch to itunes?

Have you authorised your new computer? Purchases will only transfer to a computer authorised to play/use content from the account the purchases were made from. These links may be of some help:
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