I want to reformat but save my Ipod music

[nboy22]

I haven't had any experience with this but I want to be able to re-sync my ipod into my computer after reformatting. What is the best way to go about doing this? Thanks!

 

[nboy22]

bump

 

[IAteYourMother]

transfer it all to your comp

 

[nboy22]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
transfer it all to your comp

Consolidate library? is that the feature you're mentioning? if so does this also copy over all the album art?

 

[SLCentral]

You can't do it in iTunes. Make sure all your music is on your iPod, reformat, re-install iTunes, and then download iPodRip. It'll do what you want.

 

[nboy22]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
You can't do it in iTunes. Make sure all your music is on your iPod, reformat, re-install iTunes, and then download iPodRip. It'll do what you want.

Thanks, I'll try it out!

 

[Philippine Mango]

This is why I hate apple, no easy way to go about doing such things.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: SLCentral
You can't do it in iTunes. Make sure all your music is on your iPod, reformat, re-install iTunes, and then download iPodRip. It'll do what you want.

Thanks, I'll try it out!

No problem .

 

[Goosemaster]

simple except that it invloves an extra step for some people.


Assuming that you have ALL of your music saved in the

my documents > my music > itunes > itunes music

folder, than all you do is copy the entire itunes folder to where you need it, and then copy it back after you reformat and reinstall itunes.


If you music is somewhere else, you need to back it up and the itunes folder. After you reformat and install, put the itunes folder back as well as your music, and fire up itunes.


It will all be there

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
This is why I hate apple, no easy way to go about doing such things.

copy folder to backup, paste folder to restore the xml data and your files?

how much easier can it get besides having a big button?

 

[The Stigenator]

okay copy all your music from the > my music folder, which is where its in by default.. if you bought music, make sure you 'deauthorize' the computer (in one of the pull down menus) before reformatting... that way the next time you put it back in, you dont lose 1 more authorization to your computer's itunes library.

if that makes sense..

so yeah deauthorize computer first (look at the menus) and then copy the itunes folder to your external drive..

 

[Paulson]

If you're talking about copying the data from the iPod to the computer use a program like sharepod...

You can do it manually as well however sharepod automatically renames the files so they're in a standard format rather than the format apple has them in while on the iPod (a 4 letter random filename is used such as LEAQ.mp3 or OTUE.mp3)..