My wife's old iPod has a load of music which she no longer has on any other media. Is there any (free, of course) software out there which will enable me to upload it from her iPod onto our Mac (OS 10.11.6 running iTunes 12.5.5), which you could recommend?
It's an old-enough iPod that it doesn't have any kind of wireless connectivity, so using the Cloud is not an option, as far as I can tell.
Thanks for your help!
I've just started using CopyTrans for quick ipod transfers - www.copytrans.net - simple and quick.
Youll have to check if there's a Mac version.
If you're willing to dabble with Ubuntu (linux), Rhythmbox is the native mp3 software that's a bit like iTunes and will connect to any iPod without doing the Apple checks of whose account it's linked to. And you can upload mp3s from anywhere to your iPod and it will work (after a couple of intermediate steps - google "Ubuntu and iPod" for more details.
You can download an Ubuntu boot USB image, create a bootable USB stick and boot your computer from it without having to monkey around installing new operating systems on your computer.
Be careful that iTunes doesnt automatically start up when you connect it to the computer and try and sync with it.
I have no idea if this is still valid - suggest you have a search around using similar terms...
https://www.lifewire.com/copy-tunes-from-ipod-to-mac-2260103
Thanks all, good advice (esp Rockhopper!).
Time for a play methinks...
Worth doing some checking but iTunes should not do anything automatically inless its a known device (ie previously synched)
There is a way to do it without any other software. often the software will only work for a limited number of song.
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Spotify and Apple Music will likely have this music to stream won't they?
If the music was bought on CD from amazon you can [url= http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/amazon ]download the mp3s in many cases for free[/url]. If she bought the music from the iTunes store then you can restore the purchases by signing into iTunes on the Mac with the purchasing account.
If you do want to take the stuff off the old iPod and clog up the Mac with it have you tried copying it across using iTunes on a new user account on the Mac? If that doesn't work then despite its hefty $40 price [url= https://macroplant.com/iexplorer ]iExplorer[/url] is a handy utility. Irrelevantly, it was invaluable for adding mods to my children's iPod Touches back when they played Minecraft on them and wanted the various skins and maps added. There's a free trial version. [url= https://www.fadingred.com/senuti/ ]Senuti[/url] alleges to do something similar for music only and has a free 30 day 1000 track trial.
If the iPod is as old as the op says, it's likely that much of the music was ripped, which is why it isn't any where else. If it had been downloaded, then of course there wouldn't be an issue.
If you do want to take the stuff off the old iPod and clog up the Mac with it
You know what, a great many people want their music stored locally, not on somebody else's server; I absolutely refuse to put my music anywhere other than on my Mac, it's all ripped at 320kb, putting it into Apple Music or any other crappy streaming service automatically downgrades it to 256kb, which is unacceptable.
Plus there are many places I go where I want my music available and there is absolutely no data signal available, and hardly any phone signal either.
Putting your music into the cloud, means you're renting back music you've already paid for, which you'll lose if you don't keep up the payments.
Bugger that.
I absolutely refuse to put my music anywhere other than on my Mac
What happens when your hard drive dies?
Reload from back up Cougar. That's how I'd do it!
Well, likewise. But CZ said his music was only in one place, I was just checking whether he'd thought to back it up.
Thanks again, particularly to [b]jimdubleyou[/b] for the link to lifewire. Worked perfectly!!
(Although having looked through exactly what I've been copying, I'm not sure I should have bothered: we're just going to have to listen to more of her music in the car now...)
Putting your music into the cloud, means you're renting back music you've already paid for, which you'll lose if you don't keep up the payments.
In the early days of unsubscribing from Apple Music some people reported that they lost the music that they originally had prior to Apple Music . IIRC this was to all intents and purposes a defect. It should only remove the music you've stored for offline use that you didn't previously have on your computer. I can see why this puts people off though.
