Syncing to a 'New' Computer or replacing a 'crashed' Hard Drive - dates from 2008 and some outdated information now.Ĭopying Content from your iPod to your Computer - The Definitive Guide - mputer/ - Information about use in disk mode pertains only to older model iPods. 2010 Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them. Expod (free) - Mac, universal for 104.+ (newer machines try de-Tune) Examples (check the web for others this is not an exhaustive listing, nor do I have any idea if they are any good): ITunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - only purchases from iTunes Storeįor transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media.

Some of the information below has subsequently appeared in a document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device. iTunes 11 for Mac: Move your library to another computer. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the Option (alt) key (shift on Windows), then guide it to the new location of the iTunes l file in the moved iTunes folder.įor the record there's this reference for iTunes 11 but it really doesn't strike me as having the specifics you need.

Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive.

ITunes: How to move your music to a new computer - a somewhat bewildering and not always easily understandable set of options.

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