Reverse Sync Software

What is the recommended software to do reverse sync? I need to move music from an iPod to my iTunes w/o erasing the iPod.

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
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  • Reverse Sync iPod Bookmarks to my MBP

    Hi,
    Don't know what happened yesterday, but I did something in my Safari bookmarks collections menu and all of a sudden all of my bookmarks were gone (hundreds, neatly organized, and very necessary to my work). After panicking, it occurred to me that they all still reside on my iPod Touch, but now I'm afraid to plug it in because a two-way sync will erase all of the bookmarks on the Touch, too.
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    Welcome to the discussions,
    First of all, disable autosync and backup your ipod manually by right clicking on it in the device list and choosing backup. After that at least your bookmarks can be restored on your ipod again, just in case.
    See this article about syncing: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
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  • How do I perform a reverse sync?

    I bought a new laptop.  After I install iTunes and plug in my iPhone, can I perform a reverse sync to add my music to my new PC?
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    The music sync is one way -computer to iphone.  The only exception is itunes purchases.
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  • Sync software?

    Hello all can anyone recommend some form of sync software for mac. I have dropbox but I am not so fussed about online syncing just the ability to sync folders from two macs onto an external drive.
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    Are you always syncing from the Mac to the Network? If so, then its a simple process for rsync and launchd.
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  • I cant load the Media Sync software for Ituens

    I run windows XP.   Bberry Desktop software 4.7 downloaded and installed.   When I go to Media Sync for Itunes it tells me the software is not loaded and then starts to download it. 
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    all other BBerry desktop software seems to be working fine.
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    I have the same result when trying to load the Media Sync for iTunes.  Looking forward to getting an answer soon. 

  • Reverse Sync?

    Ok, so this isn't so much a technical problem as much as it is just very very annoying, fist-through-the-wall, situation.
    Long story short, I had to do a full system restore on my computer for unrelated reasons. Naturally, this will wipe all the songs I had on iTunes, my library, everything; so, I moved everything to a 400 GB Portable Hard Drive I bought a little while back. Everything transferred over just fine to the PHD, however, when I tried to move it back to the "Music" folder in my re-formatted computer, not everything transferred, and what didn't, is missing.
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    iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows
    Floola Mac & Windows
    iPodRip Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
    iPod Music Liberator Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
    Music Rescue Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
    iGadget Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
    iRepo Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
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    TouchCopy Mac & Windows (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
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  • Not able to download Actice Sync software for windows XP

    Dear All,
    The below link is not working, how i can downloadActice Sync software for windows XP, please help.
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/help/synchronize/activesync45.mspx
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    Hi..  Welcome to the Palm forums.   I just tried the link that you had and was able to succesfully download activesync for XP.  Try it again, if it still does not work try going to google and do a search for "download activesync 4.5" which should give multipul options for the download.  If that does not work then the problem is on your end and you may need to talk to a computer repair shop. 

  • HOw do I reverse sync iphone's calendar with ical on my mac?

    I think I must have selected Mac to iPhone when syncing the first time and now it's set in perpetuity - I can't even merge my calendars, can only enter it all on my Mac's iCal for transfer to my iPhone calendar. If I enter data on my iPhone, then sync, it gets dumped.
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    Posts: 3
    Registered: Oct 7, 2009
    Re: iPhone does not sync to iCal
    Posted: Jul 15, 2010 8:49 PM in response to: jumpinjs
    Reply Email
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    MacFabio suggested
    Posts: 1
    From: San Francisco, CA
    Registered: Jul 21, 2010
    Re: iPhone does not sync to iCal
    Posted: Jul 21, 2010 8:07 PM in response to: bboot
    Reply Email
    I also experienced the same problem, i.e. iCal not syncing with iPhone. Contrary to most other users who experienced this problem, for me it appeared after updating the MacOS to 10.6.4, long before I updated the iPhone to OS4.
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    Afterward, follow the same procedure janice0927 suggested. For your convenience, I copied the steps here below:
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    Deuce

  • Best folder sync software

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  • Apple TV reverse sync photos

    My portable hard drive has cratered and I'm not sure if I can have the data recovered or not. However, alot of my photos on the drive were synced to my Apple TV and are still there. Is there any possibility of reverse syncing those photos back to my computer? My hard drive is a WD Passport, btw, and it is not initialized in the Disk Management. Maybe someone knows a fix to that as well which would resolve my problem as well. Many photos on the hd are my son's photos that I backed up for him before he left for Iraq. Those photos are NOT on my Apple TV so data recovery is the ideal solution. Thanx

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    - hack AppleTV to gain command line access (you might need some utilities to do this on Windows)
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  • Suggested Sync Software

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