Question for iPod owners

[bif]

I'm thinking of getting a new iPod. Is there a way to transfer all my music and playlists from my old iPod to the new one?

[scarpa43]

1. Through iTunes?

Can't you just dump your old iPod's files into iTunes and then load them from iTunes onto your new iPod?

[evlbstrd]

2. How'd you get them on the current iPod?

Sync current iPod with iTunes.
Plug in new one. Load music.

[bif]

3. It gets complicated

I do manual updates since three of us share the computer. Plus, my external hard drive did a crash and burn about a year ago and I lost a bunch of my music. A lot of it only exists on my iPod.

[Sultana]

7. There are programs that can extract the songs from your iPod to iTunes

For Mac

http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/

http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/application.php?app=iPodRip

For PC

http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/software/ipodripwin.php



-there are more programs out there but i hope these help you :)

[Cant trust em]

8. I don't trust external hard drives

Every piece of music that I get digitally I burn to a disc. I recently bought a 400 disc case logic to hold all of the stuff I've burnt.

[bif]

4. kick

[skygazer]

5. Maybe check Apple's web site for answers?

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

6. is it in the apple proprietary format, or .mp3 or something?

w/ mp3, just copy it all to your HD and copy back. I have no idea what, if anything, you'd be able to do with itunes store stuff.