Unable to transfer songs form Nano to Computer manually

I recently got a new desktop and have authorized this computer to be used with my nano. However, I am unable to move songs from my iPod to the computer. Any suggestions?

If you have any iTMS purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content 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 also 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
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. 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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I am unable to transfer song bought from the itunes store to my ipod- can anyone please assist?

What happens when you try?
If the song is an older purchase (from more than a few years ago), it may have DRM (copy protection). You can check by selecting the song on a list in iTunes, and doing a Get Info (right click - Get Into). On the Info window Summary tab, if Kind is Protected AAC audio file, it has DRM. Also note what it says there for Apple ID. You need to authorize the computer you use with the iPod to play content purchased with that Apple ID.
From the iTunes menu bar, under Store, select Authorize This Computer. Enter the Apple ID (and password) used to purchase the song. One computer can be authorize for multiple Apple IDs.
NOTE: More recent iTunes Store song purchases do not use DRM, although other type of media (such as TV shows and movies) still do.
If that's not the cause of your problem, please post back with more details...

Trying to transfer songs to a new computer

I was using my ipod as an external hard drive to transfer songs to my new computer. I followed all the instructions from this site to the letter, and yet when I ejected the ipod from the one computer and plugged it into the new one, it said the ipod was corrupted and would have to be restored, which as I understand it will erase everything on the ipod. Anybody have any experience with this? As a side note, when I tried to check to see if I could still download the music files from the ipod-as-hard-drive, my new computer said the hard disc had to be formatted first which again will erase everthing in the files. Do I have to format the ipod as a hard disc first and then go back and do the whole drag songs to a file thing all over again? Sorry for how long this is, but thanks if anyone can shed some light.

Sadly it sounds as though you may have to restore it and do this process over again.

I have a new computer but am unable to transfer pics from the old computer. I photo in the new computer shows no photos, events.

I have a new computer but am unable to transfer i-photo library form previous computer to the new one. l
I've tried to copy the library from the old computer to an external drive, and have been successful, however, how do I transfer this new copied library to the new computer's library. Unless I plug the external drive in the new computer, i-photo displays only what's in the external drive (copy of i-photo library in original computer). How can i transfer this file from the external drive to the new library in the new computer?

Link the two Macs together.
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine. Use drag and drop, not copy and paste.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.

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Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a new computer you transfer the content from the old computer (or its backup) directly to the new computer, not the device to the new computer. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

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I got an Macbook Air for a birthday present and i have all my music on my old computer! I am trying to figure out how to transfer it to my new computer. please help!

There are a couple of ways, you could share your library through iTunes on the original device and then let iTunes on the new machine access the share, then copy the songs to the new machine (You will lose all play stats using this route).
Secondly, create a network share on the original machine, access share and copy the library files over to the new machine, iTunes should on the first load validate the library (this route will keep all play stats).

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After a long time trying to get this iPod to function again,I am now unable to transfer some songs on to the iPod.When I attempt to drag and drop a song ,it doesnt want to know.Currently also,the iPod is not recognised by the desktop.Well!!!...It does when I connect it,then it dis appears.

Well since your getting the "Sad ipod" face, you may have to sent it in for repair. That said, the "iTUnesDB is corrupt" message is covered here along with ways to have windows format the ipod (Link Below)
Now if you do have to format the ipod with windows, when windows is done YOU HAVE TO RESTORE IT WITH THE IPOD UPDATER BEFORE LOADING IT WITH ITUNES!!!!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=361771
If you put the ipod in "Disk Mode" like the instructions say, and you can't get it to show in windows, you will have to disable the "iPodservice.exe" in task manager, format with windows THEN RESTART THE PC so the ipodservice is running again and you can restore it with the ipod updater

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Hi!
Please help!
I'm not able to transfer songs to the SD card, either by connecting it via a cable or even an adapter.
I can't seem to even edit the names of the folders on the SD card.
I copy a song and it shows up there in the folder on the card, but as soon as I remove it, I can't seem to find it on the walkman app. It also disappears once I connect the phone/sd card again to the computer.
I delete a song, and it turns up again.
Please please please help! This is making me very very anxious.
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As well as being a great backup tool Tune Tools has loads of other handy and useful utilities:
http://www.valusoft.com
Tune Tools for iPod (PC/Mac)
Tune Tools for iPod: Easily perform back-ups, transfer songs, videos and podcasts, instantly recover lost songs and files, clean-up and sync your iPod library, detect and fix problems, back-up and restore media and view and edit song information with this robust software.
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Transfer songs from Ipod to computer? Any way possible at all?

Hi all,
I'm in a huge bind, I recently had to reformat my hard-drive and lost all of my songs, but I updated my touch before the format and now that is the only way possible to get those songs back onto my computer. I know the touch cannot be disk enabled so I'm just trying to see if I am totally screwed on this. Does anyone know any possible way to tranfer these songs from the touch to my laptop? Please help!

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 or iPhone to a computer
The transfer of content from 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. These one are advertised as iPod Touch compatible, they'll give you somewhere to start your research:
TuneJack Windows Only (iPhone and iPod Touch compatible)
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My computer recently got erased and I had to reinstall everything. Needless to say, I had songs on my computer before (not purchased from iTunes) that are on my iPod. I cannot for the life of me get those songs back onto my computer. Any assistance appreciated.
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I have a bunch of music on an old external HDD so I can get away from all those CDs, but recently I have changed computers and now a bunch of my songs show up as 'unable to locate'. I want to manually manage my ipod and get the songs I have on it now in my new computer / itunes account.
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I have exactly the same problem and have no idea how to do it. I am too scared to try random things in case I lose all 800 of my songs on my iPod!!!
I don't really know how these posts work so I'm assuming that someone will (hopefully) post the answer on here so that I can find out how to transfer my iPod songs to the library.
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Kate

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hi, my computer recently crashed, and deleted all of my songs from itunes. they are not in itunes or my "my computer" drive. all of the songs still are, however, on my ipod. (i unfortunately did not back them up on a CD) iwhat i am wondering is how i transfer the songd from my ipod nano back onto my computer on itunes. thanks!!

If you have any iTMS purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers has been introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there is a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward. You can read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
iGadget Windows Only
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
PodPlayer Windows Only
CopyPod Windows Only
If your iPod is set to update automatically take care when connecting back to your computer and an empty iTunes. You will get a message that your iPod is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. Don't uncheck Sync Music it will be unchecked by default when you choose the manual setting: Managing content manually on iPod
You can also use a keyboard command to prevent your iPod auto-syncing with iTunes. While connecting the iPod to the computer on Windows with iTunes 7 installed hold down the Control and Alt keys (or Shift + Ctrl keys in older versions). This will stop the iPod from auto-syncing with iTunes and the iPod will appear in the source list. Wait until you are sure the iPod has mounted, and that it will not auto sync and then you can let the keys go. This may take between 20 to 30 seconds depending on your computer: iTunes 7 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync again. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up in case you have problems again. External drives are comparatively inexpensive these days and you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

Download songs from Nano to computer.

My laptop was stolen. Luckily I had my iPod Nano with me. Lost all of the songs on the laptop, but they are still on the Nano. How do I download them back to my computer?
Please e-mail me at [email protected] if you know how to do this.
Todd

Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer.
There's also another method. I've successfully tested this across several different Windows PCs.
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
The music files should transfer to your iTunes.
If this doesn't work (and it may not because officially it's not supposed to), there's Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.

How can I transfer songs from nano to itunes library?

I initially acquired songs from my father's cd's and computer. Came home, set up itunes here and want to transfer my dad's songs into itunes. Help! Thank you!

If you have any iTMS purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers has been introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there is a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows. The procedure is a bit involved and it won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
If you prefer something more automated then there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. This is just a selection, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
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