Music from ipod to mac and/or iphone

hi, for years i would import my CDs into itunes as MP3's and put them on my ipod. i thought you used to be able to get the tracks off the ipod so i didn't save them anywhere else. the computer that had all the files on it is now gone. i have all these tracks on my ipod and it won't let me add them to my new mac. i saw a post on how to get purchased music off the ipod which worked but there are probably about a thousand songs from my CD collection sitting on my ipod that it won't let me drag onto my mac or iphone. these aren't even protected tracks in any way, they're off my own CD's. i can't even go from my ipod to my iphone. any ideas? am i screwed?
next time - back up to something other than the computer. gotcha.

There is actually a way to transfer songs from your ipod to a Mac or PC without any 3rd party software. Cnet.com had a story about it some time ago, it involves putting the ipod in disk mode and on a PC when you open up the ipod in the windows viewer then turn on show hidden files and lots of folders will pop up each with ~30 songs in them and you can then move them to the computer manually. It works in a similar way for Mac but I don't own one so I am not exactly sure how it works. I searched on cnet for the article but I can't seem to find it. Maybe they took it down, but you can try to search for it.
Edit - Note, this will not work for your iphone since it does not have a disk mode like the ipods do.
Message was edited by: Randy Fast

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I am trying to move music from my ipod onto my mac. ...
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More Info Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

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[5 Ways to Copy Music OFF your iPod and onto iTunes|http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/articles/5-ways-to-copy-music-off-your-ipo d-windows-mac-os-x>
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[Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide|http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipo d-to-computer]
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[How to copy songs your iPod to your PC|http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-copy-songs-from-your-ipod-to-your -pc-105256.php]
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