Lost IPod Library

I have recently had to reload windows on my laptop as it crashed completely, before I could save my I Tunes Library. I have lost the library. I have all the tunes saved on my device, but how can I upload these to the Laptop so my device and Library are in sync?
Thanks for your help. Ivor

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes7
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer using iTunes6
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304304
Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=776996&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=805256&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
iPod: Frequently Asked Questions
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
Patrick

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I went out running with my third generation iPod today and about half-way through the thing locked up on me. I just ignored it--keeping it in the unlocked position--and proceeded with my run only to discover that my entire library had been erased. At some point it appears the thing shut off and then started up again, but I didn't realize that it might be capable of erasing everything as it jiggled around in my pocket. Does anyone know how this might have happened--so I can prevent it from ocurring again--and how (gulp) I might be able to recover my files. Is that even possible?
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See this post from forum regular Zevoneer for options on moving your iPod data back to your computer.
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My old hard-drive has corrupted and i have lost my library. i lost my back up too. I have restored all my purchased stuff but had 5000 songs uploaded from my CD collection. Is there anyway of transferring the CD tracks from my ipod or ipod to my iMac?

My old hard-drive has corrupted and i have lost my library. i lost my back up too. I have restored all my purchased stuff but had 5000 songs uploaded from my CD collection. Is there anyway of transferring the CD tracks from my ipod or ipod to my iMac? Or do I have to manually upload the CDs again?

Hi,
See if this doc helps https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
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HT1329 I have just uploaded a new operating system (windows 8.1) on to my computer but seem to have lost my itunes library. Can this be restored? Can I plug in my ipod and syncronise so that my ipod library transfers to my computer Itunes account?

I have just uploaded a new operating system (windows 8.1) on to my computer but seem to have lost my itunes library. Can this be restored? Can I plug in my ipod and syncronise so that my ipod library transfers to my computer Itunes account?

Have you failed to maintain a backup copy?
You should never update without making sure your backup copy of your computer is up to date.
You can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod to computer: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

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I just replaced my lost iPod Touch with a new one. How do aI go about loading my existing library on the new device when I don't have the old one to transfer from?

Maybe here:
iOS: Transferring information from your current iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device
Restore the new iPod from the backup of your old iPod. See:
iOS: How to back up
If you restore via iTunes all your synced media has to be in the iTunes library since the backup does not include synced media. Restoring from the iCloud backup will also restore iTunes purchases.
To redownload iTunes purchases:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

I lost my iPod library

So my grandpa cleaned out my old computer since I have a new one now but he did it before I had a chance to move my iTunes library. I just got an iTouch but I cant load any of my music onto it since I don't have my library anymore. My old iPod still has all my music, but I want to get it onto my iTouch. How do I do that when I've lost my library?

There's a few step process.
1. Plug you're iPod with music into the computer.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Make sure hidden files are not hidden.
3.5 If they are or you're not sure, go to "Tools", then "Folder Options". Click the "View" tab and check "View hidden files and folders"
4. In My Computer, open the iPod icon [E: Drive]
5. Open the semi transparent folder "iPod_Control".
6. Open the semi transparent folder "Music".
7. Open the folders [Ie: F00, F01] and select all the files [Ie: WLYN]* [shortcut to select all: ctrl + a]
8. Drag and drop the files into iTunes.
*The files with look like WLYN, but when they're in iTunes, they should go back to normal.

HELP, MY COMPUTER CRASHED AND I LOST MY LIBRARY!!!!!

My computer crashed and I lost my library. I have the songs on my ipod, can I put them back into itunes?

Yes, check this out
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=797432#797432

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My itunes recently lost its library for no apparent reason. The only library backup is an old one that does not reflect my current iPhone, and I do not want to have to re-input all the lyrics for the music I have imported in that time. Does itunes not automatically create a backup of its libraries? Is there anyway to copy this information off the iPhone?
I'm okay to simply drag all my music into a new itunes library, I don't want to go through the process of editing each individual file again, whether its cutting certain start/stop times, or inputting the lyrics for every single song...
Any ideas? I've tried googling a solution for hours. I even tried to system restore. This morning when opening Itunes, it simply told me that it could not locate a library, please select a library.

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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IOS Ipod Library Access [ANE]

Hey Everyone,
Just putting together an extension to get tracks from your iOS library into AIR as Sound objects inorder to access their SampleData. I haven't seen one around that needed what I wanted so I thought I'd share it with you all.
At the moment you can request the whole library information and it will all be returned in a custom Vector of ILMediaItem's, which have all the properties of the tracks in them. You can then use the ILMediaItem.ipodID to request the track from the native iPod Library and it will physically extract the track file from the library, and copy it to wherever you like, and return the URL once it's copied.
Debug development is available too, so you can run the thing on Desktop while you develop.
Docs are here:
http://audiobrush.com/developer/ipodlibrary/docs/
Extension is here:
http://audiobrush.com/developer/ipodlibrary/IpodLibrary.ane
Let me know if you think there could be some additional features added to it, but it's there for now =).
Hope you like...
O.

Hmm, strange, I'm a little lost as I've updated the code on my machine and it's not revisioned at all, so the line number is a little useless to me actually. I've had a look through that method, and I can't see anything that would be null.
In the console do you see:
"Ipod Library: Running in desktop mode, please set Debug Properties before proceeding further."
When you run on a desktop?
Are there MP3 files in the directory that you are pointing to?
I should probably blow the dust of my old laptop and fire up Windows to test this, but I really can't see why it would be different to Mac OS X.
I'm actually in the process of playlists as I type this. So they will be here in the next week or so, it willl be part of the ILFilterType.PLAYLIST when you call the getLibraryOf method. Other features coming up are the ability to switch between, iPod Library, Spotify, Pandora and SoundCloud.
I will keep this thread updated.
As for a full version I'm a little reluctent to give it out a version which lists everything. Maybe once I know what I've created I will have lite and premium versions. If you send us a PM i'll get back to with a full version.
Let me know about my questions and I'll try get this fixed for you.
Sneak Peak at how I'm using it =) : https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/517dc37959cfd16d03001813/5251b2f39e228e4816003 f58/00ac8b83fb3c14a750c7e31199157ef2/photo.jpg

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/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/Xcode/Plug-ins/iPhoneR emoteDevice.xcodeplugin/Contents/MacOS/iPhoneRemoteDevice: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
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