Ipod playlist

[talyn]

I made a some great playlist which I have on my Ipod.... I had to reformat my drive I lost most of my data, so I want my playlist (on may ipod) back to my computer... is there an easy way to do this?

 

[fryke]

search versiontracker.com - you might find some tools under 'ipod'.

 

[brianleahy]

If you know some basic unix commands, you can also snoop through the music directories on the ipod via Terminal.

Also - any songs you purchased from iTms can be re-downloaded free of charge.

EDIT: I was wrong, as pointed out below. What a gyp!!!

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Oooh, no they can't. Not without special permission from Apple, and I doubt they'd give you special permission for more than a song or two.

If you successfully downloaded a song, and then somehow deleted or lost the music file, you're out of luck. Apple will not let you re-download the song for free.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93050

 

[twister]

Doug probably has some http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/index.php

 

[brianleahy]

Oooh, no they can't.

I stand corrected! I was sure I'd heard that your purchased songs were doled out PER COMPUTER, and not per download. My bad.

I would have thought that, once you'd entered your Apple ID & password into the new reinstall of iTunes, it would notice you didn't have your purchased songs & send them down.

 

[btoth]

The terminal is a good way to get those songs off, I'm also under the impression that as long as you have a password for your purchased songs, you'll be able to play them. Am I wrong?

Also, you can try a tool like Tinker Tool to show hidden files, then you might be able to copy the songs off your iPod in the finder.

Then, in iTunes, all you need to do is re-import the songs into your library and tell it to organize them and it will rename them all for you from the stupid iPod names. This is how I copied my Windows mp3s from my iPod to my Mac.