Getting music off an Ipod?
Nov 6, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Also, if your ipod name has spaces or special characters in it, wrap the path in quotes. e.g.:
cd "/Volumes/Some iPod/iPod_Control"
Nov 8, 2011 | 12:56 AM
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If it's an iPod (rather than an iPhone), you don't need to buy some silly app to pull the music off.
Plug it in, open Terminal (Applications/Utilities) and run the following commands:
cd /Volumes/IPODNAME/iPod_Control
rsync -r Music ~/Desktop
The files will appear in a "Music" folder on your desktop once the command completes (returns to shell prompt).
Obviously, replace IPODNAME with the name of the iPod.
Once the files are moved, you can just drag the whole folder into iTunes to import.
Plug it in, open Terminal (Applications/Utilities) and run the following commands:
cd /Volumes/IPODNAME/iPod_Control
rsync -r Music ~/Desktop
The files will appear in a "Music" folder on your desktop once the command completes (returns to shell prompt).
Obviously, replace IPODNAME with the name of the iPod.
Once the files are moved, you can just drag the whole folder into iTunes to import.
Last edited by sean73T; Nov 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM.
Nov 8, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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What you can do is mount the iPod, change your explorer preferences to "Show hidden files and folders", and the files will be in [Drive Letter]:\iPod_Control\Music
Nov 8, 2011 | 02:55 PM
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They both accomplish the same task. Primary difference is that OS X will retain the change dates and most of the metadata, whereas doze will gleefully throw it away and generally munge the data.
Still better than paying for an app that largely does the same thing, though.
Still better than paying for an app that largely does the same thing, though.