I have a new generation nano that I want to put the music on a new laptop and upload to itunes? Anyway to do this?

 

Funny you posted this... I just got my wife one of the new Nano's, and tried to move some music to her Mac.

I pulled her stuff out of my main iTunes library (since damn Home Sharing doesn't work...), onto her new Nano, and synched to her Mac. iTunes took only the songs purchased from iTunes, and ignored the songs that were imported from CD's. And I haven't found the way to move the songs to the hard drive, like DJ is trying to do.

 

You're saying you've got some music on an iPod, which was not synced to the computer in question, and you want to transfer it to the computer?

If so, it's relatively easy to do it. If you're afraid of the terminal and the gremlins that live within, you can get any number of third party apps that will do this for you, like this one.

If you want to do it for free, do this:

BEFORE YOU PLUG THE iPOD IN: Open iTunes.
- Open the Preferences, select "Devices".
- Check "Prevent iPods and iPhones from syncing automatically".
- Close iTunes.

Now plug in the iPod. It will appear on the desktop, make a note of the name.

1) Open a terminal. It's in Applications -> Utilities

2) Type "mkdir iPod" without the quotes and hit enter.

3) Take note of your iPod device name. It'll be whatever it shows up on the desktop as, be it "iPod" or "Doggie" or "My iPod".

4) Run the following command, replacing IPODNAME for your iPod's name.

cp -Rp "/Volumes/IPODNAME/iPod_Control/Music/" ~/iPod

Make SURE you get the command exactly right. Make ABSOLUTELY SURE you get the iPod name correct, including capitalization and any spaces. INCLUDE the quotes and hit enter when complete. The system will then begin copying the files over, you will not get any kind of visual indication of this save that the prompt will return once the operation is complete.

5) Type "exit" without the quotes and hit enter, then quit terminal.

Your music is now in the "iPod" folder in your home directory.

 

Simba that program is for mac's any for windows XP or Vista ?

 

Yup.

Alternatively, Control Panel -> Portable Media Devices.

Double Click iPod, Tools -> Options. Check "show hidden files".

Should now be able to navigate to [ipod drive]:\iPod_Control\Music

Note that you still must prevent iTunes from syncing before connecting the iPod.

 

Thanks Simba will try it this week and let you know

 

thanks Simba! I had to figure the hidden files on Vista but got it all working now!

 

can i do this for the pictures on my gen2 touch as well?

 

Yes, the process is similar, though the photos are in a different directory. I believe it's Photos on the iPod root.

 

ugh, when i plug in my ipod it won't appear as an icon on the desktop.
it is frustrating....