Want to transfer my ipods songs to another machine
hi folks.
my question is I want to transfer songs from machine 1(my playlists ) to another- machine 2 I tried to transfer to machine 2 and my ipod prompts and says I am linked to another PC(machine 1). if I continue, it will erase all I have on my ipod and "replace" my playlists with nothing since machine 2 has no ipod songs to begin with.....
do reset ipod?
Thanks in advance
-Chris
Hello Chris.
There are also a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the files from your iPod. This is just a selection.
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
PodPlayer Windows Only
PodPlus Windows Only
Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward.
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive through Windows posted in this thread: MacMuse - iPod to iTunes
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