Can i back up my ipod to external harddrive...pictures also

i see how you can go into advanced and consolidat files...but it looks like it only does itunes..
what i need to do, is back up or extract all the info from my ipod to an external drive...i need the picture files that are on there, i already have itunes backed up..
any advice here??

If you copied photos to your iPod using the full resolution option, enable disk use, open your iPod in "my computer" in Windows or Finder on a Mac, open the photos folder then open the "full resolution" folder and drag the photos out of that folder to your desktop. For enabling disk use look here.
Disk Use.
If you only copied the photos as thumbnails, you can't do this so you'll need a program such as this one.
Copy photos from iPod to a Mac.
Photos as thumbnails won't be of the original quality when copied back to your computer.
For music, try Senuti.
It's a program that transfers music from iPod to iTunes (or anywhere else such as an ext hd) on a Mac.
As is Music Rescue.

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