Copy IPod Music from 1 Pc to 2nd PC

Well Don't invest in software when you can do in manually - But hay if you can't copy and paste then may be you should pay!!

I'm like to thank Chris for testing this out and lending me his Ipod.

Apple does not ant to make it easy for you so it encrpts the names of all your music on your ipod and mixes up all you albums.

Do the folowing:
1. Plug your ipod into a computer with itunes installed.
2. When it is detected by your computer you will see it as a hard-drive under My Computer
3. Right click on the icon & click open
4. You now have to make all folders visible -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Show hidden files & folders
5. Once you have selected to allow hidden folders to be visible, you will now see a folder called Ipod_Control, open this. Here you can see all your music you have stored on your ipod except as I said at the begining the names of each track is renamed to something like XYGB. Also each folder may contain 12 different tracks but these tracks are no longer the same album but a mixture of all your tracks from all your albums....................this makes it impossible to know what songs or albums you are looking at.
6. if you double click on each track (XYGB for example) it will be automatically opened in itunes, & itunes will then decode the encryption and give you back the track name along with album and artist as usual in itunesIn conclusion, you can pain stakingly double click all the tracks (or likewise import them through itunes) and you will get back all your music from your ipod into your PC WITH all the music attributes but where they are stored on your PC will always remain encripted and mixed up......but who cares about that as long as they are organised in itunes, which they will be. This will take a while.

Thats All, If you get a chance you can always put your ipod into a cracker.. :-)

On a serious note DUMP Itunes and get http://www.mgtek.com/dopisp/

That's right, kiss iTunes goodbye and start syncing your iPod with Windows Media Player! Finally, there is a solution that is fully integrated into Windows Media Player.

Some more info:

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s479.htm

I don't think this is the only software that does its job and DUMP Itunes.. If use anyothers please let me know.