iPod Syncing iPod to Mac without erasing new music

amadagg · 10-07-2011, 01:11 AM

I have two computers with iTunes. All the music from Computer 1 has been downloaded to my iPod. I would like to download all that music onto Computer 2. However, Computer 2 has newer music on it that is not on my iPod/Computer 1. I can't figure out how to get the music from my iPod onto Computer 2 without erasing the new music. Suggestions? Thanks.

PS: Both of computers are on Mac OS.

Ben Thornton · 10-07-2011, 02:55 AM

The easiest way is to copy the music files from one Mac to the other using a USB stick or a drive. If you have to use the iPod, there is software available for the Mac which will allow you to access the files on it, and therefore treat it as a drive and copy them off. Then you'd load them into iTunes, and you can sync as normal. If these other tracks were purchased in iTunes, you should be able to download them to the other Mac without repurchase, so a copy wouldn't be needed.

Cpl Punishment · 10-07-2011, 06:42 AM

There is Ipodtransfer.app that will transfer the music from your IPOD to your computer...

http://www.macsome.com/ipod-file-transfer-mac/

victoriabrad · 02-05-2013, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton

The easiest way is to sync music files from iPod to Mac using a USB stick or a drive. If you have to use the iPod, there is software available for the Mac which will allow you to access the files on it, and therefore treat it as a drive and copy them off. Then you'd load them into iTunes, and you can sync as normal. If these other tracks were purchased in iTunes, you should be able to download them to the other Mac without repurchase, so a copy wouldn't be needed.

Select your iPod in iTunes, click the iPod options button, and change the synchronization management mode to Manual. iTunes won't auto-synchronize anymore, but you can now control what iTunes does when it syncs your library with your iPod.

murraypaul · 02-05-2013, 01:33 PM

You could also sign both computers into Home Sharing with the same account, and copy the music directly from one iTunes library to the other, no need to involve any other device.

10-07-2011, 01:11 AM	#1
amadagg Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: ipad	Syncing iPod to Mac without erasing new music I have two computers with iTunes. All the music from Computer 1 has been downloaded to my iPod. I would like to download all that music onto Computer 2. However, Computer 2 has newer music on it that is not on my iPod/Computer 1. I can't figure out how to get the music from my iPod onto Computer 2 without erasing the new music. Suggestions? Thanks. PS: Both of computers are on Mac OS.

10-07-2011, 06:42 AM	#3
Cpl Punishment Guru Posts: 670 Karma: 3722468 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: On The Move Device: Ipad 3rd Gen	There is Ipodtransfer.app that will transfer the music from your IPOD to your computer... http://www.macsome.com/ipod-file-transfer-mac/ __________________ The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so. - Ronald Reagan

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10-07-2011, 02:55 AM	#2
Ben Thornton Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 779635 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPad 2 (but not for e-books)	The easiest way is to copy the music files from one Mac to the other using a USB stick or a drive. If you have to use the iPod, there is software available for the Mac which will allow you to access the files on it, and therefore treat it as a drive and copy them off. Then you'd load them into iTunes, and you can sync as normal. If these other tracks were purchased in iTunes, you should be able to download them to the other Mac without repurchase, so a copy wouldn't be needed.

02-05-2013, 01:33 PM	#5
murraypaul Interested Bystander Posts: 3,090 Karma: 7357565 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS505, Nook Color(CM7), iPad3	You could also sign both computers into Home Sharing with the same account, and copy the music directly from one iTunes library to the other, no need to involve any other device.


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