In order to transfer anything between your iPod and computer, all you need to have is the iTunes installed on your computer. In the recent years, Apple has made it really difficult to transfer the content between an iPod and computer and that is one of the main reasons that people search for the alternative software to complete the sync process. Do you have a lot of music present on your iPod and got a new computer? Well, as you might know, Apple will not allow you to transfer the music from your iPod to the computer and there are many reasons behind this thing. One of the main reason is protecting the copy rights of the songs which will finally prevent the piracy of the music. Most of the users get frustrated and think that there is no way around to fix this issue. If you are one of those guys, don’t worry, we have got you covered, we have a perfect solution that will let you transfer all music from your iPod to the computer in less than 5 minutes. Here’s what you will need to transfer the music from your iPod to computer.
Tools needed to transfer the Music from iPod to computer:
- A computer running Windows or Mac OS X and having a good internet connection.
- Old iPod from which you want to transfer the music and its USB cable
- dr.fone or Mac depending upon the operating system installed on your computer.
dr.fone -1 Click to Transfer Music from iPod to Computer
One of the most stable tool with a user-friendly interface is available for both the Windows users and Mac OS X users. Unlike most of the software present on the internet, you do not have to go through the long wizard to copy the music from your iPod to the computer. The 1-click feature of dr.fone will let you copy all songs from your iPod to the computer. You can copy all the songs from your iPod to a selected folder, iTunes library or even another Apple device such as iPod, iPad and iPhone. You can also transfer all the playlists from your iPod to your computer using the same software. Lastly, if you do not want to transfer all the songs, you can select some songs and can use the similar method to export them to a folder or the iTunes Library on your computer. The whole process of transferring the songs may take some time for different users depending upon the number of tracks present on their iPod. Here’s the step by Step guide to transfer the music from iPod to a computer.
Step-by-step guide to use dr.fone to transfer music from iPod to computer
No matter which method you want to use to copy the songs from your iPod to computer, get all the tools mentioned above. Run the dr.fone on your computer and connect your iPod using the USB cable.
Step 1: Connect your device to the computer
Download and run dr.fone on your computer. Connect your iPod to computer with a USB cable. After connection, it will take very few time to scan your iPod. After scanning, it will show the window like the screenshot shows.
Step 2: Transfer music from iPod to computer
Click on the "Music" tap at the top menu, from where you can see all the music from your iPod display in the window. Check the songs you want to transfer and click on "Export" button to export songs to your computer. Or you can just right click on the selected songs to click "Export" to complete this process. If you want to copy the whole playlist to your computer, you can find your playlists in the left side menus. Right click on the select playlist to export it. That's it!