1. Open iTunes and click Edit > Preferences… then select the “Advanced” tab.
The location path under “iTunes Music folder location” is where all your music will be kept, make a note of it, you’ll need to copy files into it later!
Typically it is something like this C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\Music though it can be changed to whatever you like.
Put a check in the “Keep iTunes Music folder organized” box.
2. Insert the data CD/DVD into your computer, click on “My Computer” and locate it, double click to see its contents.
Highlight all of the folders on the CD/DVD and right click selecting “Copy”. Now browse to the iTunes music folder we identified in step 1. Right click New > Folder and name it “_NEW” open the created directory and right click within it selecting “Paste”.
N.B The files will now start copying across, before doing this it might be worth checking you have sufficient hard-drive space on your PC!
3. Now go to iTunes, select File > Add Folder to Library… browse to the iPod music folder, as previously identified (step 1) and select the folder within it we called “_NEW” and click “OK”. iTunes will now begin to add the files to its library whilst simultaneously renaming and filing them.
After a couple of minutes the music will be transferred from the CD/DVD to your PC’s hard-drive and you’ll be able to see it in your iTunes library ready to be copied to your iPod, Touch or iPhone, through synchronisation or by dragging and dropping if you’re manually managing your device.
Friday, 14 August 2009
Copying the Music on your iPod on to your PC
I think it’s crazy that Apple don’t allow this to happen in iTunes with a simple drag and drop, it’s probably down to DRM and legal stuff. But there is a work around which is useful particularly if your computer has given up the ghost and the only copy of your library you have is on your iPod!
1. Open iTunes and click Edit > Preferences… then select the “Advanced” tab, within the Advanced tab select the “General” tab.
The location path under “iTunes Music folder location” is where all your music will be kept, make a note of it, you’ll need to copy files into it later!
Typically it is something like this C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\Music though it can be changed to whatever you like.
Put a check in the “Keep iTunes Music folder organized” box.
2. Connect your iPod, once it appears under DEVICES in iTunes click on it to access the controls, on the Summary tab ensure there is a check in the “Enable disk use” box.
3. Click on “My Computer” and locate the iPod device, double click to see its contents.
Typically you’ll see folders for “Calendars”, “Contacts” and “Notes” and nothing else as the music is hidden.
To locate the music we need to make it visible. In the explorer window click on Tools > Folder Options… then click on the View tab, under Files and Folders / Hidden files and folders make sure there is a check next to “Show hidden files and folders”.
You should now see a folder called “iPod_Control” within the folder is another directory called “Music” which contains all of the music files on your iPod, however these files are randomly named and randomly placed into directories called F00, F01, F02 etc. so there is no way of easily identifying specific songs or albums
Highlight all of the F## folders and right click selecting “Copy”. Now browse to the iTunes music folder we identified in step 1. Right click New > Folder and name it “_IPOD” open the directory and right click within it selecting “Paste”.
N.B The files will now start copying across, before doing this it might be worth checking you have sufficient hard-drive space on your PC!
Once the files have copied into your new “_IPOD” folder, select them all and right click selecting “Properties” remove checks from both the “Read-only” and “Hidden” boxes and apply the changes to all files and folders.
Now go to iTunes, select File > Add Folder to Library… browse to the iPod music folder, as previously identified and select the folder we created called “_IPOD” and click “OK”. iTunes will now begin to add the files to it’s library whilst simultaneously renaming and filing them.
Done.
1. Open iTunes and click Edit > Preferences… then select the “Advanced” tab, within the Advanced tab select the “General” tab.
The location path under “iTunes Music folder location” is where all your music will be kept, make a note of it, you’ll need to copy files into it later!
Typically it is something like this C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\Music though it can be changed to whatever you like.
Put a check in the “Keep iTunes Music folder organized” box.
2. Connect your iPod, once it appears under DEVICES in iTunes click on it to access the controls, on the Summary tab ensure there is a check in the “Enable disk use” box.
3. Click on “My Computer” and locate the iPod device, double click to see its contents.
Typically you’ll see folders for “Calendars”, “Contacts” and “Notes” and nothing else as the music is hidden.
To locate the music we need to make it visible. In the explorer window click on Tools > Folder Options… then click on the View tab, under Files and Folders / Hidden files and folders make sure there is a check next to “Show hidden files and folders”.
You should now see a folder called “iPod_Control” within the folder is another directory called “Music” which contains all of the music files on your iPod, however these files are randomly named and randomly placed into directories called F00, F01, F02 etc. so there is no way of easily identifying specific songs or albums
Highlight all of the F## folders and right click selecting “Copy”. Now browse to the iTunes music folder we identified in step 1. Right click New > Folder and name it “_IPOD” open the directory and right click within it selecting “Paste”.
N.B The files will now start copying across, before doing this it might be worth checking you have sufficient hard-drive space on your PC!
Once the files have copied into your new “_IPOD” folder, select them all and right click selecting “Properties” remove checks from both the “Read-only” and “Hidden” boxes and apply the changes to all files and folders.
Now go to iTunes, select File > Add Folder to Library… browse to the iPod music folder, as previously identified and select the folder we created called “_IPOD” and click “OK”. iTunes will now begin to add the files to it’s library whilst simultaneously renaming and filing them.
Done.
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