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Summary
Do you find yourself with an iPhone or iPod full of music, but your extensive library is missing from your PC? Help is at hand! With TouchCopy, you can transfer your iPod/iPhone music to your Windows 10 PC or laptop.
To copy music from your iPod or iPhone directly to your Windows 10 hard drive, follow these instructions...
- Download and install TouchCopy on your PC or laptop.
- Run TouchCopy and connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod. Wait for TouchCopy find your device and display your Music.
- From the list of your device's music, select the songs you wish to copy. You can select multiple tracks and playlists by shift-clicking or ctrl-clicking them in TouchCopy.
- Click "Copy to PC" in TouchCopy.
- Choose where to save your music to your your computer.
The free trial version of TouchCopy enabling you to copy up to 100 songs is available here:
Free TouchCopy Download For PC
Visit our other article if you are interested in copying your music to your computer's iTunes library.
Details
TouchCopy is a handy tool which lets you transfer music from your iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPhone and iPads to your computer.
How to Transfer Music from iPod to Computer Windows 10- Simply open TouchCopy and connect your device to your computer when prompted to. TouchCopy will then access your device, and display a list of your device's music (as well as other data that you can copy from your device!).
Select all of the music which you would like to copy to your computer. You can select multiple tracks by holding SHIFT or CTRL when clicking song entries.
Once all of your chosen songs are highlighted in the list, hit the "Copy to PC" button at the top of the TouchCopy window.
A box will appear, prompting you to choose a location to which to save your music to on your computer. Select a location, and complete the copy.
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Most of us store music in two places: on our computer and on our iPod (or other MP3 player). But if your computer crashes indefinitely, all the music you (hopefully) purchased disappears along with it. So what's left? A handicapped iPod, as Apple restricts its gadgets to sync with one music library--any attempts to sync with a different computer will result in a deleted iPod.
Naturally, there's a workaround. If you'd like to safely move songs from your iPod (except the iPod Touch) to any computer, follow these steps:
How to transfer music from an iPod to a Mac
Step 1: Connect your iPod and launch iTunes. In the iPod management screen, scroll down to Options and check "Enable disk use." iTunes will give you a
warning--select OK.
Step 2: Now your iPod will show up as a drive on your Desktop. But before you can access its files, download and install a program called Houdini. Houdini lets you view the music folder that's automatically hidden by Apple.
Step 3: Open Houdini, click "Folders," and then "Reveal." Locate your iPod, and open "iPod_controls." Highlight "Music," and press Choose.
Step 4: Now in your iPod folder, open iPod_Controls > Music. Highlight all of the folders and drag them into the desired folder on your hard drive. This might take a while, depending on how much music you're transferring.
Once the files are copied, you've successfully transferred the music. However, you'll notice that the songs have four-letter names and are scattered among many folders. It's OK. Once you import the music into iTunes (or any other media player), the program will reinstate the titles of the songs.
How to transfer music to an iPod to a Windows computer
Step 1: Connect your iPod and launch iTunes. In the iPod management screen, scroll down to Options and check "Enable disk use." iTunes will give you a warning--select OK.
Note: If you get an error message asking you to reformat upon connecting, your iPod was originally formatted for Mac and cannot be used in Windows. One workaround is to install a program like MacDrive, which will allow your Windows machine to read Mac-formatted drives. Clicking "reformat" will erase your iPod.
Step 2: Now open My Computer and open your iPod drive.
Step 3: Open Tools > Folder Options. Click the View tab and check "Show hidden files and folders."
Step 4: Now in your iPod folder, open iPod_Controls > Music. Highlight all of the folders and drag them into the desired folder on your hard drive. This might take a while, depending on how much music you're transferring.
Step 5: Highlight all of the folders again, right-click, and select Properties. Uncheck "Hidden." Close this window.
Once the files are copied, you've successfully transferred the music. However, you'll notice that the songs have four-letter names and are scattered among many folders. It's OK. Once you import the music into iTunes (or any other media player), the program will reinstate the titles of the songs.