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Add Music From iPod To Computer - Guide For Newbies

It is fairly easy to transfer music to your iPod, but knowing how to add music from iPod to computer is another thing.

You can simply automatically or manually synchronize your music library from your computer with your iPod to copy the files from PC to iPod, but to transfer back the files the other way around is no easy process.

Perhaps, Apply intended for this to happen to lessen the possibility of piracy and abuse. After all there are plenty of music companies using Apple’s iTunes program, so Apple naturally will find ways and means to protect them. If the feature that lets you add music from iPod to computer is readily accessible, people may tend to abuse that certain feature.

For those of you with clean and pure intentions — do not despair. Adding music to your computer from iPod is still possible. You can still make a back up of your files in case your iPod crashes.

Before music can be added back from iPod to computer, you must make the music folder in your iPod visible. This can be tricky because normally the music folder is hidden and cannot be accessed easily.

Mac users will need to download TinkerTool, a software that will give you access to hidden files, then plug the iPod to the PC and launch iTunes. iTunes will then prompt you to replace your iPod’s contents with songs coming from its library, and you must say no to this. Next, enable the Manually Manage Songs and Playlists and also the Disk Use option and launch TinkerTool. Click on the Finder Tab and the Relaunch Finder. Double click the icon of the iPod on your desktop. Hidden in this folder are several other folders, one of which is the music folder. When you see this, drag this out to your desktop so you can copy the files from your iPod.

If you are using Windows applications, plug your iPod, launch iTunes, select the iPod icon from the iTunes source list, and enable the Manually Manage Songs and Playlist option and the Disk Use option. Next, double click My Computer and look for the iPod icon; click it. Go to Tools Menu and click Folder Options and then View Tab. When you see the Hidden Files and Folders option, enable the Show Hidden Files and Folders option and click Apply. Now, double click your iPod folder on your desktop, double click the iPod control folder and drag the music folder back to your desktop in order to add music from iPod to computer.

I have listed in my blog more tips and tricks to enable you to add music from iPod to computer.