Whats the best FREE working program to transfer songs off my ipod and onto PC? All the ones I found on google cost $20 and its annoying. Anyone have any good ones?
Itunes? Just go into the options menu in itunes and select do not auto sync with PC and it won’t erase all of your music when you plug it into a new PC. Make sure that change the setting before you plug your ipod into the computer.
If you have a PC you don’t need to download any program to do what you want to do.
Just follow these instructions:
- Connect the iPod to your PC. If iTunes starts syncing (ie erasing) your music automatically, hit the X in the upper right hand corner of iTunes display, to the left of the search box, to stop it.
- In Control Panel, Portable Media Devices, double-click your iPod.
- In the Tools menu -> Options, in the View Tab, check “Show hidden files and folders.”
- Navigate to the Music folder. On my 2nd gen 'pod, the full path is
Portable Media Devices\JUSTIN’S IPOD (F:)\iPod_Control\Music - Select all the music folders, and drag and drop them into a folder on your hard drive, or directly into iTunes.
And you’re done!