Cari Sultanik's List: Useful

• • Plug in the iPod.
   
  •   If iTunes doesn’t launch automatically, launch it. 
    If the music library on your iPod is not linked to iTunes’ music library (as would be the case when you’re restoring your music library from your iPod to a fresh copy of iTunes installed on a reformatted drive), iTunes will ask if you’d like to sync the contents of the iPod with the contents of the iTunes library. Click Cancel. 
   
  • Select the iPod in iTunes’ Source list and make sure the Summary tab in iTunes 7’s main window is selected.
• Enable the Manually Manage Music option as well as the Enable Disk Use option.
• • You’ll discover that several more items now appear in the iPod window. Among them is a folder called  iPod_Control. 
   
  •   Double-click the iPod_Control folder. 
    Inside the iPod_Control folder you’ll find a variety of folders. The one you care about is the Music folder. 
   
  • Drag the Music folder to your Mac’s Desktop to copy it to your computer. As the name implies, this is where music is stored on the iPod.

• Windows  At the risk of making my Windows readers feel like second-class citizens, please follow the first four steps outlined in the instructions for Mac users. Once you’ve done that: 

     

  • Double-click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop.
   
  • Locate your iPod in the window that appears and select it.
   
  • Choose Folder Options from the Tools menu in the My Computer window.
   
  • Click the View tab in the Folder Options window that appears.
   
  • Look for the Hidden Files and Folders entry. Below this entry enable the Show Hidden Files and Folders option and click Apply to reveal the hidden files.
   
  • Dismiss the Folder Options windows by clicking the OK button.
   
  • Double-click the iPod’s icon in the My Computer window.
   
  • Sorry about the return to second-class citizen status, but please follow steps 8 through 10 in the Macintosh instructions above.
   
  • Once the Music folder is on the Desktop, right-click on the folder, select Properties from the contextual menu, uncheck the Hidden option in the Attributes area of the General tab, and click Apply. In the Confirm Attributes Change window that appears make sure the Apply Changes to This Folder, Subfolders, and Files option is checked and click OK.
     

  The folder and all the items in it are now visible and can be dragged into the iTunes library.

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