iPod Back up? What happens you lose iTunes/PC?

KAZ | 16:59 Sat 15th Mar 2008 | Technology

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If you lose your PC or have to replace it you would lose iTunes? Then the only place with all your music will be the iPod itself? Can a new iTunes on a new PC retrieve this or would it sync to "Empty" and everything be lost? How can you back up your music so this doesnt happen?

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fo3nix

iTunes itself doesn't like moving music from iPod to iTunes (only the other way).

However, plenty of other apps can do this for you -- Yamipod and Senuti being two that work well. Use these to copy music from iPod to your desktop, then just drag the music into a new iTunes library as usual to add them.

Then you can delete files from the desktop and dock the iPod.

Since the library is a new one, and the sync mechanism isn't that smart, it'll probably sync every single song, even though it's just copying everything.

KAZ

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Is this software (Yamipod, Senuti) that you would have to purchase?

fo3nix

No they're both free :) Google them and download. Senuti is Mac-only I think, but Yamipod is for Windows too.

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