How can I move music from an iPod classic to my computer?

I need to know how to transfer my 1800 songs in my iTunes on my iPod classic to my computer.

If your music collection was purchased from iTunes, you are in a good shape since that music is forever yours under your iTunes account. Therefore, after installing iTunes on your new computer, sign into your account and see all your music under "Purchsed". Then simply download it to be phisically present onto your computer (for free since you've already paid for it). On the other hand if you happens to not be a sucker to waist money on iTunes and your collection was ripped from the internet (via torrents and such), you can follow this guide to move iPod music back to computer. Hope it helps.

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I have read through lots of suggestions for moving my music from my iPod to my new computer...but can not seem to overcome a very difficult hurdle:
When I connect my very old iPod to my computer and click on the icon to open it, only 3 folders come up: Calendars, Contacts and Notes. I cannot "backup" anything useful here!
When I open iTunes, the program can see my iPod, and lists the complete library...but I cannot KEEP it in my computer! WHY?!?
When I go to iTunes > File > Library, I do not get a "backup" option to use to backup my iPod music, either.
HELP, please. I have spent hours fiddling around trying to figure out how to do this, and am getting crankier and crankier.
Thanks in advance...
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See this excellent user tip from another forum member turingtest2 outlining the different methods and software available to help you copy content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
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How can i move music from my ipod to new computer

how can i move music from my ipod to new computer

The sync is one way - computer to ipod. The exception is itunes purchases: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

How can I transfer music from my ipod classic 60GB to my iPhone 4 music library, just by song or whole CD that I have bought? Help needed!

How can I transfer music from my ipod classic 60GB to my iPhone 4 music library, just by song or whole CD that I have bought? Help needed!

load the current version of I tunes on the laptop and sync the pod. Then sync the phone - you can select all or as much of the music you want to.
Also - if the music on the pod was purchased from the itune store in the first place, you should be able to redownload it to the phone for free, as long as you are using the same apple id that it was bought with.

HT1473 how can i put music from my ipod to my new computer when my old computer died?

My old windows laptop died and can not get anything off it, I now have a new windows laptop and want to transfer the music from my iPod to my new laptop. How can I do this??

If you are using iTunes version 7 or later, then you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.
For all other non purchased music (your own CDs etc) try this method which works on some Windows PCs.
Enable your iPod for disk use.
See: iPod Disk Use.
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
The music files should transfer to your iTunes.
If this doesn't work (and it may not because officially it's not supposed to), check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it can be messy.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Another free program is Pod Player.

How can I move music from my iPod touch to my new macbook.

So here's the deal, I have been using my parents apple ID ever since I bought my first apple product. I have a TON of music stored up on their apple ID (Both cd's and iTunes music). I just got my own apple ID and have successfully transferred my music to my iPod touch. How can I move that music to my new macbook? The macbook is authorized for my parents apple ID and I can download the music that I bought from the iTunes store, but the problem is that I can't move the stuff originally from CD's. Most of the CD's are already trashed, lost, forgotten, and the only copy I have left is on my parents iTunes.

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

HT1386 How can I recover music from an iPod to a new computer?

I've lost all data from my computer and I want to recover music from my iPod. How can I do that?

Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities

How can I get music from my Ipod Classic to my new computer?

Can anyone Help me out please. Its really frustrating I've got music on my Ipod Classic that I want to put on my new Laptop but I don't want to lose it all. I've also got music on my new iTunes that I don't want to lose..

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

How can i transfer music from my ipod to a new computer

I have an older Ipod nano ( purple one)
My laptop which had all my songs on it completly died ( no power) and now im stuck with just the songs that i have on the ipod, I have just downloaded Itunes on my new computer but I dont know how to get the songs off that ipod and into my itunes without losing all my music
Also does anyone know if its possibel to retrieve music and files from a dead computer or am i just out of luck?

http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/
You really need to get an external drive and put together a backup plan.

How can I download music from borrowed iPod classic

I have borrowed iPod classic from family member. I am having problems downloading all the music onto my iTunes account. Can anyone please help.

Let's stick with the question asked: I think it depends on who and what your relationship is to the 'family member' is and where you live. You may be unable to download the music of your husband, wife, or domestic partner (where legal) from their account to yours but that doesn't make it illegal to assert ownership. I may be wrong (and I doubt it), but music that is legally owned by you is legally jointly owned by you and your partner if you are married or in a legal domestic partner relationship regardless of whether Apple recognizes that relationship with their willingness or unwillingness to merge two i-Tunes accounts. And certainly, one NEVER has to own music to LISTEN to it.
Now some will not like that answer, but I suspect they use Microsoft products, or don't buy music from i-Tunes.
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How can i add music from my ipod to a new computer

i authorized my computer and i lost all my music because it crashed and now i only have most of my music on my ipod and it wont let me transfer it to my new computer, please help!
Thank you!

Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities

How can I transfer music from my iPod Touch to my computer?

I have a second generation 8gb iTouch. I recently got a new iPod Classic. The iTouch has about 700 songs and has been synched to multiple computers (whose libraries have since been lost). How do I transfer all of those songs in order to make them accessible to the Classic?

Sync your iPod with iTunes.
Please get the iPod Touch user guide

I've had to rebuild my laptop. How can I move music from my iPod back to iTunes?

I know there are 3rd party programs for this. Can it be done with iTunes?

Recover media from iPod
See this post for options on moving your iPod data back to your computer.
iTunes itself won't help you, other than for purchases, but if everything is properly tagged and you're not bothered about playlists you can recover most things with Windows Explorer, then get iTunes to reorganize what has been recovered. Otherwise there are free tools as well as premium ones.
tt2

How can I transfer music from my Ipod Classic to my Macpro?

I´m trying to transfer all my music to my Macpro. No problem in seeing the songs in iTunes but I can´t transfer them further on. I would like to have some of the songs on my iPhone as well. Can anyone help me how to do it?

I think Senuti is the answer !
http://www.macinstruct.com/node/74

I have playlists on my original iPod but are not in the library. How can I move them from the iPod to the library?

I have playlists on my original iPod but are not in the library. How can I move them from the iPod to the library?

She can choose to either enable the setting on her iPod to Manually manage music and videos. With setting enabled she can sync content to her iPod from multiple computers without it affecting whats already stored her iPod. For more information on syncing content to an iPod manually see this article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
However, I would recommend copying whats on her iPod to her iTunes library first. There are several ways to accomplish this. See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer discussing the different ways to do it.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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