Comments on: 5 Ways to copy music OFF your iPod (Windows / Mac OS X)

By: Mandy's Creative Corner

Mandy's Creative Corner — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:15:08 +0000

Thanks for this! I’ve done it before but it’s been awhile and this explained it perfectly =D I was minutes away from wasting months of my previously downloaded CD’s to my old computers iTunes when I remembered there was a way to move them and that’s when I found you! What a relief!!!
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By: Davo

Davo — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:13:14 +0000

An answer to all the people who want to get music from a mac-formatted iPod onto a PC!! (Hopefully nobody has answered this yet, but I just read the question so many times I figured I’d scroll to the bottom and answer it..)

Download a program called HFSExplorer (http://hem.bredband.net/catacombae/hfsx.html)

It will let you view all the contents of your mac-formatted iPod as if it were an external hard disk (which I guess it is, really..).

All you have to do then is copy all of the files into a new folder on your computer (i.e. C:\ipodcontents\), then go to iTunes, then click File, then Add Folder to Library, and voila! All of your music, playlists, cover art etc is there. Start to finish, it took me about 15 minutes, though that was with a nano.

Hopefully this works for everyone.

By: Chote Ustad

Chote Ustad — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:27:16 +0000

I personally think you are an expert in this field. Keep up the good work. I will must thank the per son who gave the url of your site. Thanks for sharing.

By: jessem660

jessem660 — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:51:30 +0000

I am trying to use method one, and my computer keeps telling me that it can’t copy certain files because they are “too deep.” After that error message it aborts the file transfer. Any suggestions?

By: Alien Ninja

Alien Ninja — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:04:46 +0000

Thanks for giving these to us! It really helped.

NOTE: IpodDisk Does NOT work with new Ipod Nanos, but Expod does…just a note.

By: J

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:57:37 +0000

just curious but what is the best choice for a mac os x?

By: Camille Pittman

Camille Pittman — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:49:28 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I used your back alley way through a PC to get my songs back off my iPod and it was super easy! I am so grateful to you for posting these different strategies. I’m so so happy that I don’t have to deal with finding some other way of getting my songs back, or worst case scenario, buying them all back from iTunes. Steve Jobs needs to solve this conundrum! In the meantime, there’s your fantastic website. Thank you again.

By: addisalem

addisalem — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:08:36 +0000

Method 1 is great thank u

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:11:59 +0000

When i go to computer it comes up as portable devices, Daniels Ipod. I open it then open internal storage and all i can do is open a folder called DCIM, then there’s two options: 100APPLE and 999APPLE, both folders are empty yet i have hundreds of songs on my ipod? I’ve enabled the ‘show hidden files, folders, and drivers’ button yet still nothing comes up. Can anyone help?

By: Gamerskim

Gamerskim — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:59:38 +0000

guys, try ifunbox for windows, pretty easy software to use.