How to Transfer Music from Ipod to Computer

Download transfer music iPod to computer PC iTunes.

Below procedure can be used for transferring photo album, music from iPod touch to computer and moving selfie photo from iPod to iTunes computer. This process is useful for iPhone, iPod shuffle 4th generation and iPod nano all generation.
 Easy free way for how to transfer music songs from iPod to computer or iTunes. Best post for how to get songs from iPod to PC. This method is same for all type of iPod whether it is iPod nano, touch or shuffle to copy music. This post help to transfer music from iPod to PC or iTunes. But if you want to download songs to iPod. Here is the way how to Download Music to Ipod.

As a new to iPod, there are lot of question and problem about how to transfer music from iPod to computer and iTunes. For this you need to understand how iPod store music. This will help you to take back up of music library, if your computer get crashed.

Steps for how to transfer music iPod to computer.

1. First connect your iPod to computer and avoid iTunes auto sync.
2. To avoid auto-sync, press shift and ctrl key of keyboard, when you are connecting your iPod to computer.
3. Hold shift and ctrl keys and open iTunes (normally iTunes will open automatically when you connect iPod).
Don't let go of Shift+Ctrl.
• Wait until the iPod shows in the Source list under iTunes devices. (It takes sometime to show iPod in device of iTunes while, but don't let go of Shift+Ctrl)
Note: iTunes ark one pop up message to choose an existing library or to create a new one. Click on Create a new one so that it can just open.
Once it shows up, close iTunes.

  You can find iPod into my computer as a Removable Disk usually drive E:, F: or G:). As iPod is shown as a drive to your computer. It may possible that some folder are hidden into iPod. You need to unhide them by following steps.

How to Unhide iPod music folder for transfer.

Go to tools > folder option then click on view tab > choose show hidden files and folders and click OK.

4. Find songs on iPod and copy them to some folder on computer hard disk. This will transfer music from iPod to computer.

Location of iPod songs album for transfer to computer.

•Look in the iPod drive, and open a folder called iPod_Control.

• There is one music folder. Insider music folder, many folder file named as fOO, FO1 so on. Tip:- To check the original name of the song and file just mouse over it.

  If you want all the data from iPod. Copy whole music folder and If you want only some files. Select those individual files and copy them.

This continued procedure is also applicable to copying photo album from iPod to computer and iTunes also.

Note: All the hidden files that are on iPod are playable on iTunes, once you transfer them to computer's iTunes.
• The files copied have unintelligible four-letter file names. To reveal the names of the songs and other data tags. Add the files to the Windows Media Player or iTunes libraries or switch to “Tiles” view in Windows Explorer. Rename the file if necessary.
The transferred music will be playable without any restrictions, if the songs are ripped from CDs. If the songs or videos are bought from the iTunes music store, they will play in iTunes after you have “authorize” the computer. To authorize, try playing a purchased file. It will prompt you for your iTunes username and password. Up to five computers can be authorized at any one time.
Now import folder to iTunes music library.
• Open iTunes and click on File > Add Folder to Library.

• Select the folder you want to import and click OK.

  This will take some time and it may make your iPod hot while copying.

Above steps are same for all iPod like iPod touch generation 4th, 5th 6th generation, iPod shuffle generation and iPod nano all generations. It may possible that one or two steps may different. But logic remain same for all kind of apple iPod.

Advice: Set iTunes to manually manage iPod. This means you will have to drag-n-drop new stuff onto the iPod yourself. This will good for newbie to iPod.