Switch iPod Classic from PC to Mac

Hi, I recently dowloaded ALL of my music/videos (nearly 33 GB) to my new 80GB Classic iPod using iTunes 7.5 on my Windows Vista. I am now getting rid of the Windows and switching over to a Mac. I know that I must reformat my iPod in order for it to correctly work on the Mac but I do not want to lose all of the music that I already transferred using my PC. Is there anything I can do to retain the music files I have stored on m iPod?
Any suggestions would be tremendously helpful.
Thank you.

You can copy what you have on the iPod to the Mac first and then restore it (which will reformat the iPod for Mac). If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Senuti Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
iRepo Mac & Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac & Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac & Windows
There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod

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  • Switch iPod Classic from PC to a Mac

    Hi, I recently dowloaded ALL of my music/videos (nearly 33 GB) to my new 80GB Classic iPod using iTunes 7.5 on my Windows Vista. I am now getting rid of the Windows and switching over to a Mac. I know that I must reformat my iPod in order for it to correctly work on the Mac but I do not want to lose all of the music that I already transferred using my PC. Is there anything I can do to retain the music files I have stored on my iPod?
    Any suggestions would be tremendously helpful. I have to return the crummy Windows-using computer back to the manufacturer ASAP...
    Thank you.

    You can copy what you have on the iPod to the Mac first and then restore it (which will reformat the iPod for Mac). If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
    The transfer of content from other sources such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
    Senuti Mac Only
    PodView Mac Only
    PodWorks Mac Only
    iPodDisk PPC Mac Only (experimental version available for Intel Macs)
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    iPodRip Mac & Windows
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    There's also a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to a Mac or PC. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod

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  • Hi there, I have a problem with my iPod Classic (from 2009). Everytime I connect it to my computer (Windows), iTunes does not work anymore. Music is automatically deleted on my iPod. Any suggestions please?

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  • Have you removed iPod Classic from your product line?

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    No, I haven't.
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