What's the best program to transfer music to a computer?
So the computer I used to update my iPhone 4 recently crashed! A similar thing happened to me about five years ago when I had a nano but I have no idea what program I used to get the music over to another computer. Most of the programs I've found are pricey or out-of-date and don't work with any of the iTouch family. Plus, I really want to get this done soon so I can update to iOS5
No program necessary, use the file explorer on the computer to copy the entire iTunes folder from the old computer or backup of the old computer to the new computer.
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all my music is on a ipod
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Is there anything free or what is the easiest program?Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
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hustonsmom wrote:
the commercial is deceiving to me. i am not the most techy person and i thought that you could share full song playlist which to me meant the songs also. that is all, it wasnt anything you had said but i am really thankful you enlightened me because i would still be racking my brain trying to figure out how to do it.
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http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MC623Z-A-iLife-VERSION/dp/B003XKRZES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=U
http://dealmac.com/lw/artclick.html?1,527850,1872219
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See Here... This should transfer everything...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
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Congratulations on getting your son a new iPad, I am sure he will enjoy it.
Family Sharing is one way of managing both purchases and content between members of a related group of people. Each member must have their own Apple ID. You can choose what music you wish to share with the family from your own account. See this article -
OS X Yosemite: Share purchases with your family
In particular the section titled Hide a purchase from other family members
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Family Sharing - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Brett L
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