ipod problem :rolleyes: please help me :(

My next door neighbour, who is a pc engineer, has had a look at it for me and cannot read the hard drive

Try Ephpod or a simple way via this Lifehacker suggestion.

You can do it. You need to download some nifty software off the internet called podutil. The reason apple make it hard is to stop you from going to your mates house, loading your ipod up and then putting it onto your computer.

If you search for it some sites charge but I dug around and got it for free.

I used it to fill up my pc with music that I had transferred across the Atlantic.

This is called sticking it to the man.

Originally Posted by Gibbo

My ipod has approx 3000 tunes on it that I loaded from my own cd collection via itunes. Recently my pc hard disc died a death and took everything with it.

My question is, can I restore my tunes back onto my pc from my ipod? At the moment my level of knowledge is close to zero and it would appear that itunes wants to erase everything on my ipod before it will load any more. I don't like that option

Please help an old man who is fast losing his grip on technology

The quick answer is 'yes you can'.

The wife sent her work laptop back to her head office a while back to have software updates etc. installed and when it came back the bustards had wiped iTunes and all her music files off.

We found some free software that enables you to bring your files back from your iPod into iTunes, but it takes a while (depending how much music you've got on there).

Can't remember the specific name of the piece of software but there are lots out there if you do a search.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by jonnybigfoot

...called podutil.....

That was the fella!

Any idea if a memory stick would serve the same purpose as a rewritable DVD, as I think you could get a lot more storage space on one of them......

Should've stuck with vinyl!

Cracking New iPod Docking Station (ReggyLinky)

Originally Posted by Nev

Cracking New iPod Docking Station (ReggyLinky)

The ultimate iPod dock! I want one.

Don't think it would fit in my house though.

But then if I had one of those I wouldn't need a house!

Well guys and particularly jonnybigfoot and Mr-T, I installed podutil and have successfully used it to reload all my tunes and podcasts back onto my pc from my iPod. Brilliant and thank you so much for your help

Result!




Pity they never thought to have iTunas
do that.

Indeed, hope I don't need to do that again


I have just tried my iPod with the headphones I use
for my hifi. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than
the phones that came with it

Originally Posted by Gibbo

Well guys and particularly jonnybigfoot and Mr-T, I installed podutil and have successfully used it to reload all my tunes and podcasts back onto my pc from my iPod. Brilliant and thank you so much for your help

Good news you got it working Gibbo. There's a piece of Software called MediaMonkey on the net that will replace iTunes alltogether and lets you transfer tunes from the iPod to the computer as easy as copy-paste.

It organises your PCs music collection, doesn't set up autosyncs and automatically delete everything like iTunes. Far easier to use, lets you take control over your own music, don't have iTunes installed on any of the PCs I use after using MediaMonkey.

... Actually, got Rockbox installed on the iPod so I can copy-paste folders of music straight from Windows/ Linux without using any software. Bit of a fiddle to set up but it makes the iPod much more friendly.

Originally Posted by Gibbo

I have just tried my iPod with the headphones I use
for my hifi. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than
the phones that came with it

The standard ipod phones are shocking quality. Bin them straight away!

Yes, I was just going to say PodUtil too - we had the same issue and it's been very useful on more than one occasion.

I would also say that, if it's the first time you ask, Apple does sometimes reinstate your iTunes store account for a one time download. I sent them a very very nice letter and they very kindly reinstated my iTunes account within the day. It's always worth asking.

I then bought a MyBook external drive and so everything gets backed up to that. External drives are so cheap, it's reallly worth getting one now. (I use Cobian backup software which is free.)

Originally Posted by Dibby

The standard ipod phones are shocking quality. Bin them straight away!

They certainly are.

I've got two unused sets if anyone wants them.

I've got 2 unused sets kicking about in the house too! Just can't give these things away

Here is a very thorough and informative article on uploading media from an iPod into iTunes. The bottom 1/2 of page 2 is useful for those with a bit of IT knowledge, otherwise page 3 discusses 3rd party applications.
Copying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide | iLounge Article

I just caught this thread. I had a similar issue a while back and used Music Rescue.

You can read from the iPod as an external hard drive but the problem is the way the iPod files the music. It certainly doesn't make things easy.

Having said that, I find Itunes easy enough to use day to day. It's fairly straight forward and does everything I want it to.

Originally Posted by Nev

They certainly are.

I've got two unused sets if anyone wants them.

The ipod earphones make me feel like that I have water in my earhole!

Originally Posted by norbert

The ipod earphones make me feel like that I have water in my earhole!

I binnned mine in favour of some Bose ones. They are absolutely brilliant. You get a removable rubbery insert for your ears in 3 different sizes so they will fit just about any ear and they are really sound deadening.

On a busy commuter train all you can hear is your music and you don't annoy other people with the usual sound leakage associated with in ear headphones because it is virtually non existant.

They cost about £80 but well worth it.

Originally Posted by Discopants

I binnned mine in favour of some Bose ones. They are absolutely brilliant. You get a removable rubbery insert for your ears in 3 different sizes so they will fit just about any ear and they are really sound deadening.

On a busy commuter train all you can hear is your music and you don't annoy other people with the usual sound leakage associated with in ear headphones because it is virtually non existant.

They cost about £80 but well worth it.

I like the sound of those..but i've only got a rubbish ipod shuffle that I use for running. It cost me a fiver