Thread: Ipod Question

A friend of mine has an Ipod and wants to know -

Can put your tunes in different folders ie. Pop, Rock etc?

and

Can you copy the tunes from your Ipod to a PC?

Thanks in advance

yes and no.

yes you can have as many playlists as you like on your ipod. what you put in them is up to you. i have genre and artist playlists as the ipod doesnt duplicate the file if it's in more than 1 playlist.

no you can't copy from an ipod onto a pc or mac. i've even tried plugging someone elses ipod into my mac and seeing if you can drag tunes across to itunes but it wont let you. i think there is a hack out there that will allow you to use your ipod like a regular usb drive, but i wouldn't recommend doing that tbh.

Thanks Haze

I am a bit surprised you can't copy your tunes from your Ipod to a PC to be honest - i thought it might be like an mp3 player where you can copy the tunes onto your PC

i believe that's what they call digital rights management

if you browse the files on an ipod from a pcor mac from anything other than itunes you can't find any of the music files at all. proof that apple use magic imo

if you search the net there are programs which allow you to take the music form the ipod on to a pc/mac. just put in a search engine ipod to pc transfer software.

ive done it before and it works fine.

Thanks Haze

I just done a google search to see if anyone has cracked it.

This is what came up -

http://www.wikihow.com/Copy-Music-fr...-Your-Computer

Anybody tried this?

Originally Posted by dogg

if you search the net there are programs which allow you to take the music form the ipod on to a pc/mac. just put in a search engine ipod to pc transfer software.

ive done it before and it works fine.

Thanks Dogg

I've just done a google search - i've just posted it.

Which programs did you use Dogg?

I-Pods are a pain in the ar*e!

They have a very different file structure to a normal mp3 player (which works like a normal usb type drive) so making it impossible to put tunes on or off without special software (ie - i-tunes).

But there is a prog out there which can rip any mp3 from the i-pod onto the pc as I put it on my missus old laptop years ago (but that laptop is long since dead, so can't get u the name of the program).
All it did was pull the tunes off into a folder.
It won't copy protected files though (such as certain wma files).

Better off with a nice mp3 player like the ones creative do - much cheaper per gb & more rugged than the posy i-pod.

have a look at http://www.ilounge.com

its a good forum with loads of sotware and advice . i cant off the top of my head remember what the software i used was called.

ooh that is good info dogg. confess i never even googled the subject as i've only ever used my ipod with either my macbook or my imac (get me, the mac fan boy! )

Originally Posted by dogg

have a look at http://www.ilounge.com

its a good forum with loads of sotware and advice . i cant off the top of my head remember what the software i used was called.

Copy Trans seems to be good software and it works on all Ipods

Thanks Dogg

Software suggestions:

Ipod > PC, try 'ephpod'
Ipod > Mac, try 'ipod rip'

Both of these are demo licence as you download them but you can usually find serials if needed (try youser.ials.com)

Hope this is of some use