Mr. Seven Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 iTunes-related question. I have my iPod open in iTunes right, and I can play all the music that's on it through the program. However I can't take the music and put it into a folder. I want to do that or merge it with my iTunes. How do I do this? I'm afraid to press "sync" lest it erase the iPod completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted May 13, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2011 This used to work for me, but Apple may have changed things up in the last few years so apologies if it doesn't do the trick: Â If you've got your iPod plugged in to your PC/laptop, then go to your explorer and navigate to it. If you ensure that all hidden folders are shown (folder and search options > view > show hidden files etc.), you'll be able to see a folder which contains a load of subfolders (usually named 1-49). You can copy all of those files to your desktop, My Music, or wherever, to back them up. Â Just add them to your iTunes and you'll have the songs merged with the existing library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 That's the weird thing. Unlike any other usb connected device, it's not showing up in my computer independent of iTunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Miz Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Can someone educate me on the history of Brian Wilson off of The Beach Boys please. Poor fella looked lost on Jooles Holland just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted May 13, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2011 That's the weird thing. Unlike any other usb connected device, it's not showing up in my computer independent of iTunes. Fucking Apple. As daft as it sounds, have you tried just copying every song on your iPod through the iTunes screen and then pasting them in to a new explorer folder? The track names may all go to shit, but when you re-import them they'll tidy themselves up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 When you say "through the iTunes screen" can you elaborate? I can't seem to drag a single file from the iTunes to say, the desktop or even into any sections of iTunes itself. It's like they're read-only files or something. Fucking Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted May 13, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2011 When you're in iTunes viewing the playlist showing all the songs on your iPod, just select them all and copy them. Go to a new explorer folder and right click > paste (for some reason, Ctrl +V didn't work). I've just tried it in the latest iTunes version and it seemed to work okay. Â EDIT: Just tried it with my old iPod and it didn't work. Christ knows what those fuckers have done with their updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kookoocachu Posted May 13, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2011 Can someone educate me on the history of Brian Wilson off of The Beach Boys please. Poor fella looked lost on Jooles Holland just now. He was on Jooles Holland!?!? Shit I missed it. Brian Wilson is one of the greats, Brian's wiki. Musical genius who has got himself through a whole lot of crap and is somehow still going. Thoroughly in love with him, he's my weird crush. Â Â Probably still would to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denzel_maggiore Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I got problems with my Itunes....where my iphone connected to the old itunes on my old PC I don't want to sync with the current itunes incase I lose all my songs. Â Is there a away around this? Don't want to chance it as something similar happened many years ago. Â Any help would be great or a pointer towards any programmes that can take songs from my phone onto my mac, I got things like apps as well that I could do without losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Still no joy. When I go to Edit and hit select all it doesn't give me the option to copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kookoocachu Posted May 13, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2011 I love apple, but fuck do I HATE iTunes I feel your pain, all of you. Thinking about it, I don't actually know anyone who likes iTunes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Can someone educate me on the history of Brian Wilson off of The Beach Boys please. Poor fella looked lost on Jooles Holland just now. He was on Jooles Holland!?!? Shit I missed it. Brian Wilson is one of the greats, Brian's wiki. Musical genius who has got himself through a whole lot of crap and is somehow still going. Thoroughly in love with him, he's my weird crush. Â Â Probably still would to. Â I saw him on The One Show last night - he was playing his piano and promoting his new album, but the woman presenter was so blatantly ignoring his answers so she could ask the next question on her list, so he just gave up on it. Short sharp yes and no answers, and he couldn't even be drawn into plugging his tour. It was great. It will still be on the iPlayer I'd guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted May 13, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2011 Sorry Sev; edited my last post whilst you were probably in the midst of trying it. It worked on my iPhone but not my iPod. It used to be a doddle to swipe music from them, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kookoocachu Posted May 13, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2011 Can someone educate me on the history of Brian Wilson off of The Beach Boys please. Poor fella looked lost on Jooles Holland just now. He was on Jooles Holland!?!? Shit I missed it. Brian Wilson is one of the greats, Brian's wiki. Musical genius who has got himself through a whole lot of crap and is somehow still going. Thoroughly in love with him, he's my weird crush. Â Â Probably still would to. Â I saw him on The One Show last night - he was playing his piano and promoting his new album, but the woman presenter was so blatantly ignoring his answers so she could ask the next question on her list, so he just gave up on it. Short sharp yes and no answers, and he couldn't even be drawn into plugging his tour. It was great. It will still be on the iPlayer I'd guess. She's like it with everyone she interviews Complete waste of time people going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members swiftstrike Posted May 13, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2011 I remember using a program to get music off my ipod before when I had a computer failure last year the program was recommend here for someone else  http://www.ukff.com/lofiversion/index.php/t117434.html  here is a link to the program recommend hopeful it will help you.  http://www.getsharepod.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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