Copying Music from an old iPod.

Wrote this guide ages ago. My cousin Amber, say hi Amb, asked me about it today.

So I said I'd post it for her.

Oh an thanks to Paul for being the first person to purchase an product through my A m a z o n adds.

Anyhoo on with the guide. This guide is for windows so may need a few changes/may not work for mac (see bottom of post.). It will work for old iPods (Pre-iTouch), not sure about the classic but will know soon after Santa has been.


Adding Music from your IPod to Itunes.

1.Open Itunes.


2.Goto Edit -> Preferences


3.Open the Devices tab


4.Ensure that “prevent ipods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically” Is checked. This will prevent the loss of all the music on your ipod.

Prevent syncing

5.Attach the ipod to your computer.

6.When its loaded click on the ipod in itunes. You will be presented with the ipod summary screen. Find the options section, ensure that “Manually Manage music….” And “Enable disk use” are checked as below.

Use as hard drive.

7.Click Apply if necessary.

8.Your ipod is now set up. For manual access.

9.Now for the tricky part. Open “My Computer”. You’ll now see the ipod listed as a device with removable storage. Double click the ipod. You’ll a similair list of folders as below.

Find ipod_control.

a.Notice the ipod_control folder is “Ghosted” this means it is currently hidden. If you can’t see it you need to goto to Tools -> folder options when the dialogue opens. Click the view tab. In the box below you will see a folder (yellow icon) hidden files and folders change the option below it to “show hidden files and folders.


10.right click on ipod_control and select properties.


11.Uncheck the “hidden” option and click apply.


12.Press ok on the next box. You have now unhidden your music on your ipod. Congratulations.


13.Go back to itunes.


14.Go File-> add folder to library


15.Navigate to your ipod than ipod_control -> Music click ok


16.This will add all the music from your ipod to your itunes library.


17.One last thing even though your music is in the library it resides on you ipod. We must move it to you computer. To do this goto File -> Library -> Organise Library....

Organise library.

18.Click consolidate library. And ok.

Consolidate library.

19.this may take some time. Once its finished you now have a copy of all your music on your computer. You may wish to select all (ctrl + A) and do Advanced -> Get Album Track Details and Advanced -> Get Album Art Work.


20.You are now free to add and remove files from your ipod manually by dragging and dropping from your itunes library to your iPod.



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