Transfer songs to Computer

So after my computer crashed, I got a new computer. However, when I downloaded Itunes and wanted to add songs to my ipod, it said that in order to so, I would have to replace all the songs on the ipod with the ones in the current library. I don't want to lose my songs, what do I dO/?

It is basic for you to ALWAYS maintain a backup copy of ALL information that you do not want to lose. Computers and hard drives can and do fail.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup, then you can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod:
File>Transfer Purchases
You can also look through the forum as this is asked and answered very often.
Zevoneer explains the options very well.

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You really should read the manual .....
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Click on the iPod name on the left side under devices.
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Hey,
I know alot of users like myself have lost their music files from their computer but still have them on their iPod. Unfortuantly, alot of these questions have not been answered because it is impossible to transfer songs to iPod to computer with iTunes only. But, that does not mean it is absolutly impossible to recover the data. There is a software out called Pod Rescue, that can help with this problem.
Just sharing the luck!
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Start here: https://www.apple.com/support/itunes/syncing/
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This has to be one of the most useless forums on the Internet. Of the 15 problems I have posted here, I have gotten solutions to only THREE! Several others I found the answer to myself, and posted them. Many of my problems have absolutely NO responses to whatsoever, including this one.
If any real Apple employees scour this forum looking for ways to help customers, they aren't doing any kind of a decent job at it. In fact, I doubt that Apple "wastes" its money doing any such thing at all. We are left to our own devices, or to call Apple Support with its additional hassle.
I'm a member of several other support forums, and I can tell you that within hours and sometimes minutes, my questions are answered, often with very detailed suggestions from people who are obvious experts. Almost invariably, these are forums where the administrators are unpaid volunteers, and they are full of expert members who just like helping out. Why are there so few such people in this official Apple community?
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Could somebody tell me how you can take songs from an iPod Video and put them onto your computer... is it possible?
Thanks for your help in advance,
Ryan

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 the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
SharePod Windows Only
iRepo Mac and Windows
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
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Hello, I only know enough about computers to be very dangerous and i do not know the language of computers. I downloading songs from amazon onto my dell computer into i tunes and it also went to media player, i synchronized it to my i pod but it will not pick up the new songs. Help

You're welcome.
Also, when you get a chance, backup your iTunes purchases to an external drive or burn to CD's.
How to back up your media in iTunes
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Syncing music : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351
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Name wrote:
Sounds like a good plan. What folder/files do I move...the entire 'iTunes Media' folder? ...and how do I point to it...through the advanced preferenced feature?
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Select Mac HD/Users/Shared/Music - CREATE IT if need be
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Your question has probaby been answered already because it was posted a month ago but anyways what you do is you plug your phone into your computer. Next you want to open iTunes and click on File. Then you go down to "Transfer Purchases from *your name* iPhone". Then just wait for it to sync and you should be good.

Neither my ipad or ipod are being recognized by itunes so i can't transfer songs from itunes playlists to the two devices. this is new, as far as a week ago i transferred music from the computer to the ipod. can anyone help?

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Hey lightc,
If you are having an issue with iTunes not recognizing your iPad and iPod on your Windows computer, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
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I want to transfer songs on my Ipod to a new installation of Itunes on a new computer. I get a message that my Ipod is synced to another library and that I can only be synced to one library and that my ipod will be erased and synced to the currently libary. The problem is my current library is empty since it's a new itunes installtion and I don't want to erase my ipod and delete all my songs.
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I think I've read in a post before that you can't do it that way. That you can only transfer music from the computer to the iPod, and not the other way around. I believe they suggested backing up your library (to disk, I guess) and installing it on the new computer. Something like that. It seems silly that the transfer only works one way, but there you are.

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Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1534227&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-co mputer/
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/secrets/2006/12/twowaystreet20/index.php
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
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