ipod/itunes help

[wegotitugetit]

father in law has a ipod with xxx amount of music he does not want to delete current music all he wants to do is add songs

now he has deleted the old tunes and operating system so it wants to wipe it

is there a way or a prgorammge to help fix this please let me know thanks alex

 

[neil_g]

youll need to import all of the original music back into itunes. shouldve backed it up really.

you can get programs like copypod that extract files back from the iDevice but its not free and last time i used it the folder structure it exported was a right mess.

 

[WorkingClassHero]

Turn off automatic synching.

 

[wegotitugetit]

Turn off automatic synching.

and can you add music to it then without it deleting the old files ???

 

[wegotitugetit]

youll need to import all of the original music back into itunes. shouldve backed it up really.

you can get programs like copypod that extract files back from the iDevice but its not free and last time i used it the folder structure it exported was a right mess.

ok thanks will look at it he needs something

as for backing up he gave the computer to some one of a friend of a friend

even though i told him several times i can reboot it for him and do a proper job but he wont listen but i think he has just learnt his lesson hopefully

 

[Ploddles]

Linky on how to do it for free.

 

[WorkingClassHero]

and can you add music to it then without it deleting the old files ???

Yes you can.

 

[Ploddles]

Yes you can.

Are you sure? Thought when you synced it would delete what is no longer on your PC.

 

[neil_g]

Are you sure? Thought when you synced it would delete what is no longer on your PC.

if you have the library files you can import these into itunes and itll not prompt to wipe the device before sync.

thats the only way i know how to do it.

 

[Mikesphotaes]

Forget sync and set up itunes so you can add and remove your music manually.

 

[neil_g]

Forget sync and set up itunes so you can add and remove your music manually.

are you talking about itunes syncing with a folder full of music?

im talking about itunes syncing music to iDevice, not sure if we're talking about the same thing

 

[WorkingClassHero]

Are you sure? Thought when you synced it would delete what is no longer on your PC.

That's why you turn syncing off. Then in iTunes you can just drag and drop the songs you want to add to the device.

 

[neil_g]

That's why you turn syncing off. Then in iTunes you can just drag and drop the songs you want to add to the device.

ahhhhhhhh

 

[Ploddles]

That's why you turn syncing off. Then in iTunes you can just drag and drop the songs you want to add to the device.

But they don't copy across to the device until you hit sync, and then your old songs are deleted, surely. Never tried it like that though.

 

[Mikesphotaes]

are you talking about itunes syncing with a folder full of music?

im talking about itunes syncing music to iDevice, not sure if we're talking about the same thing

I am talking about NOT synching an ipad or ipod with a computer via iTunes, just drag and drop items manually.

Otherwise you get the entirely unuser friendly iTunes knackerring your stuff and layout on your iPad/Pod.

 

[Mikesphotaes]

But they don't copy across to the device until you hit sync, and then your old songs are deleted, surely. Never tried it like that though.

Of course they do, set it up in preferences not to sync then drag and drop to and from your collections.

 

[Ploddles]

Goes to show you learn something every day. Just out of curiosity I'll give it a go tonight.