If you don't have a iTunes folder just create one. Apart from this I had no problems! Forever grateful for this video! I went without my old school music for 3 years till I discovered this video!!
I love you. You have saved 10 years worth of music I lost by being a dick and deauthorising my new computer with my ipod. Now its all back and I'm ready to rock again
i ended up doing something a little different, but based on what you showed in this video and lets just say im like crying tears of joy right now, thank you so much!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My iPod has been broken for months now and ive been constantly trying to find a way to salvage my music and you, good sir have done just that! I can't even describe how thankful i am because i have several thousand songs that I've been collecting for years and my computer's memory got screwed up a while ago so all the songs got erased from my iTunes so when my iPod broke I was devastated but you have made me one happy guy!
Thank you so much for uploading. My iTunes crashed on me, over 3,000 songs gone. Because of you, I was able to import from my iPod back to iTunes. I was really dejected until I came across your informative video. THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much, much better than other, far more professional looking tutorials that left me high and dry......the reason I needed to do this was because the Itunes on my computer said *No burning software* when I tried to burn a disc, so I needed to get the tracks onto a back up computer, uninstall Itunes then install an earlier version, which did permit disc burning. The more these things update and upgrade the less use they are to me I have discovered.
Thank you very much for taking the time to take us step by step,on how to transfer songs from ipod to iTunes it really made my day simple and easy to follow.
I think this actually worked! I just got the waterproof shuffle and couldn't get the music from my other shuffle onto itunes - it's transferring now! Thank you!
Just done this and although alittle different for the latest iTunes April 2016 I managed to transfer all my music and I'm not IT gifted at all. Thanks for putting this video together.
Thank you so much. I thought my ITunes library was gone for good, hundreds of songs uploaded from my own CDs that took me hours, after my computer died and I had not backed the library up. Your video was easy to understand and follow along with, took some time but all is restored and this time there will be a back up!
Great and simple video to follow. Thanks a ton, I wanted to add a new album but forgot I've switched computers and lost my old iTunes stuff. It was still on my iPod but I couldn't risk 2k songs for 1 album trying to figure it out on my own. Also still working on Windows 10 in January 2018. Thanks again!
Heck yeah!😁 I was able to download a ton of stuff I had from an almost 20 year old ipod to itunes with all the data (titles, etc.) still there! this was great! thank you!
Thank you for your help. A windows 10 update went wrong and I lost all my music but I managed to get it all back from my ipod. I had about 17000 tracks, didn't realise I had so much! Anyway it still works
Still works on windows 10 in May 2017 with the latest iTunes as well! This is awesome, had a look at a fair few software options but all were paid beyond 100 files in a trial version - Thanks!
Hey I'm struggling with Windows 10 and my iPod touch. Any help with what to do after seeing the Internal Storage folder? I've already selected the show hidden folders option but I'm not able to find ipod_control.... :'(
Thanks bro for taking your time. I owe you a big one with this video. Shamed on some idiots with their rude comments. Keep it real bro and thanks again!
Amazing! I was gradually losing all of my music as I was synching my iPhone to my laptop. My iPhone didn't hold as many songs. So each time I transferred I was losing songs. After a while, I figured out what was going on! This got me all of my music back!!!
Official KezInAVan i have W10 too. you have to go to file and click on "change folder and search options" once you click that you'll get to where hes at i the video. took me a bit to figure this part out too. ☺🙃
It worked! I am so glad that I came across your video. Thank you so much. I deleted my iTunes Media folder by mistake and I couldn't play any song in my iTunes so I'm glad I found your video and was able to retrieve the songs from my iPod. I have a question, is it possible to transfer the playlists in your iPod to the iTunes?
Thank you so much!! I have Windows 10, and this brought over every single one of my 1500+ songs from my iPod-- track names and all. So glad I didn't have to download and pay for some sh**ty program! :)
This works well as of February 2016. Pro tip: Want to pull off certain albums, search author: or album: and the name and it will bring it up. Or just type album: and it brings up all the songs within their albums. Seriously, thank you. :)
I have an ipod touch gen 5 and already did the show hidden folders but my ipod only shows a folder called internal storage and inside that is one called dcim and inside that is just 2 folders 823WGTMA and 860OKMZO but they only hold my pics but no other folders. ive been to literally 6 other videos and nothing. so is there something that im missing that you can help with?
Stan Vanpaemel Maybe now that i reply is too late but try using itools. Once you install the program, plug in your ipod. It will show all the things that you have on your ipod. Then choose the File System and you will find the ipod_Control folder with all your music in it. At first i thought it was impossible,because i had the same problem as you but with a little luck i found this program.
Sounds like this would work easily. Only problem is when I plug in my device instead of saying removeable device my cmputer says portable device. It makes a difference with computer screen any advice??
hey thanks for the video, but what happens when the music files go on to iTunes without any info? for example when I copied the music into the iTunes music folder, the music was named like AACH or EXRT, I then went into iTunes, clicked file, added folder to library, the music went onto itunes, but my music on iTunes are still named AACH instead of Arch enemy, is there anything I can do to sort this out? please let me know, thank you.
I'm using Windows 10 and when I go to paste the copied music, I go to This PC/Music/iTunes. I don't have a folder titled iTunes Music. My folder choices are: Album Artwork, iTunes Media, or Previous iTunes Library. Under the Previous iTunes Library folder there is only an XML file which I can't access.
omg im going to try following this simple instructions,will be back to let you know how i did,looks pretty easy,but im scared,so i just want to know,once ive copied this playlist onto my laptop,will i be able to plug in my iphone in and put this playlist onto it? the music im putting on my laptop is from my ipod classic.thank you so much for this video,you are awsome,but please can you answer my question asap? thanks again
When I open the Itunes folder on the desktop, theirs no folder in their that says "Itunes Music" to copy the songs from the Ipod into. The subfolders within the Itunes folder are "Album Artwork", "Itunes Media", "Previous Itunes Libraries", "Itunes Library Extras, "Itunes Library Media", "Itunes Library Genius", "Itunes Library" and sentinal. What folder do I drop the song files from the Ipod into?!
I did this a while back when i fried my backup drive full of music. I just wish I watched this video instead of the one that didn't show how to add it to itunes. I rewrote each song from scratch.
If you don't have a iTunes folder just create one. Apart from this I had no problems! Forever grateful for this video! I went without my old school music for 3 years till I discovered this video!!
You are a god! 2020 and didn't want to have to rebuy my music but lost my iTunes account. Thank you so much!
I have never commented under someone's video but this saved my friend's and my live, THANKS PAUL!!!!!!! we love youuuu
hello Paul! I know this person and you helped us a lot! We love youuuuuuuuu
I love you. You have saved 10 years worth of music I lost by being a dick and deauthorising my new computer with my ipod. Now its all back and I'm ready to rock again
I can't believe how convoluted Apple makes this simple requirement. Thanks for the help
i ended up doing something a little different, but based on what you showed in this video and lets just say im like crying tears of joy right now, thank you so much!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! My iPod has been broken for months now and ive been constantly trying to find a way to salvage my music and you, good sir have done just that! I can't even describe how thankful i am because i have several thousand songs that I've been collecting for years and my computer's memory got screwed up a while ago so all the songs got erased from my iTunes so when my iPod broke I was devastated but you have made me one happy guy!
Thank you so much! I would never have been to retrieve my 100s of songs on my old iPod without you, thank you so much
Thank you so much for uploading. My iTunes crashed on me, over 3,000 songs gone. Because of you, I was able to import from my iPod back to iTunes. I was really dejected until I came across your informative video. THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much, much better than other, far more professional looking tutorials that left me high and dry......the reason I needed to do this was because the Itunes on my computer said *No burning software* when I tried to burn a disc, so I needed to get the tracks onto a back up computer, uninstall Itunes then install an earlier version, which did permit disc burning. The more these things update and upgrade the less use they are to me I have discovered.
Mate after all the videos I’ve watched about this yours was by far the easiest to follow
Thank you so much. I just used this tutorial successfully 13 years after its upload.
Thanks SO MUCH! You've helped me to unearth all of my old tunes from my ancient IPod in just 10 minutes! You're a total STAR!!
great video! Almost lost over 2,000 songs because my Ipod was just about fried and the music was accumulated over several years. Thanks!
Thank you very much for taking the time to take us step by step,on how to transfer songs from ipod to iTunes it really made my day simple and easy to follow.
I think this actually worked! I just got the waterproof shuffle and couldn't get the music from my other shuffle onto itunes - it's transferring now! Thank you!
Omg genius of the world m8! It's January 2016 and still works
Just done this and although alittle different for the latest iTunes April 2016 I managed to transfer all my music and I'm not IT gifted at all. Thanks for putting this video together.
Absolute fantastic video. I followed step by step and was able to put ALL my music from ipod to itunes. THANKS HEAPS
Finally got my old ipod music back into itunes, thank you
Dude, May 2016 and still holding. Best advice on procedure! Thanks !!!!!!!
Thank you so much. I thought my ITunes library was gone for good, hundreds of songs uploaded from my own CDs that took me hours, after my computer died and I had not backed the library up. Your video was easy to understand and follow along with, took some time but all is restored and this time there will be a back up!
Genius, appreciate the help. Saved having to download unnecessary stuff.
Fantastic!!!!!!!! works like a charm even on the latest version of windows 10 and itunes (March'16). Can't thank you enough. Keep up the great work.
14 years later and this video is still useful!
It worked! Thank you! This tutorial saved me thousands of songs.
Thank you! Very clear instructions, can now enjoy my old iPod songs again!
Just dug out my old iPod Classic and trying this in October 2017.
Looking promising! Thanks for the helpful video!
Thank you so much! 2017 and this method still works! Needed to do this because of a new computer. Wish Itunes would be more considerate.
I was able to get this to work on Windows 10.
Some of the files are in different locations, but it worked none the less.
Thank you
Great and simple video to follow. Thanks a ton, I wanted to add a new album but forgot I've switched computers and lost my old iTunes stuff. It was still on my iPod but I couldn't risk 2k songs for 1 album trying to figure it out on my own. Also still working on Windows 10 in January 2018. Thanks again!
Finally a tutorial that actually works! Thanks!
Heck yeah!😁 I was able to download a ton of stuff I had from an almost 20 year old ipod to itunes with all the data (titles, etc.) still there! this was great! thank you!
How did you ever figure this out, you're a genius! Thank you, this saved me so many headaches! Great How To video!!
The best tutorial thAt I have seen step by step and clear thanks
Thank you for your help. A windows 10 update went wrong and I lost all my music but I managed to get it all back from my ipod. I had about 17000 tracks, didn't realise I had so much! Anyway it still works
Still works on windows 10 in May 2017 with the latest iTunes as well! This is awesome, had a look at a fair few software options but all were paid beyond 100 files in a trial version - Thanks!
Hey I'm struggling with Windows 10 and my iPod touch. Any help with what to do after seeing the Internal Storage folder? I've already selected the show hidden folders option but I'm not able to find ipod_control.... :'(
Thanks bro for taking your time. I owe you a big one with this video. Shamed on some idiots with their rude comments. Keep it real bro and thanks again!
Amazing! I was gradually losing all of my music as I was synching my iPhone to my laptop. My iPhone didn't hold as many songs. So each time I transferred I was losing songs. After a while, I figured out what was going on! This got me all of my music back!!!
You could always just make a new folder and preform the exact same process he demonstrated in the video :) I just finished doing it!
MY GOD. It works! You may have to rename some files but IT WORKS! Thanks :)
Awesome! Still working on windows 10 in August 2016!
Hey man im using w10 too and i can't find the Organize tab/button that was shown at around 1:40. Any clue where to find it?
Took me a while to find it. Go to "file", "change folder and search options", "view". then scroll down for the hidden folder option :)
Official KezInAVan i have W10 too. you have to go to file and click on "change folder and search options" once you click that you'll get to where hes at i the video. took me a bit to figure this part out too. ☺🙃
Thanks man :)
Got to this point but the new folder 'ipod control' doesn't come up, any ideas on where to go from here?
Do the album covers and lyrics come over as well??? How about songs from CDs and their lyrics and album covers?
This video was soo helpful, the only one I found on You tube that actually worked, thanks!
It worked! I am so glad that I came across your video. Thank you so much. I deleted my iTunes Media folder by mistake and I couldn't play any song in my iTunes so I'm glad I found your video and was able to retrieve the songs from my iPod. I have a question, is it possible to transfer the playlists in your iPod to the iTunes?
Worked perfectly for me, which is saying something! Great and helpful video. Well done!
I only see the DCIM folder and nothig else does anyone know??? PLEASE HELP
Alvaro Cuyar Same problem, PLEASE HELP!
+darien johnson And me. The ipod doesn't show up!
Me too!
Thanks a million. Got all my music back, I am very happy.
Thank you so much!! I have Windows 10, and this brought over every single one of my 1500+ songs from my iPod-- track names and all. So glad I didn't have to download and pay for some sh**ty program! :)
Thanks dude! April 2016 and still works
I am so going to try this. I'm so done with ipod!!! I'm going to save all my music and buy an mp3 player. so done with the headache of itunes!!!
And i wonder why people are buying Samsung these days.
tbh I might do this too, smh..Itunes is fkin crazy. I gotta authorize this, authorize that, bla bla blaaa...ugh...
November 2015 and it still works fine... The menu set-up has changed a bit, but once you figure that out its easy... Thanks..
+Tim Sharky how to enable disk usage?
That cool technic , but music back to computer will be all mix up then.?
Will this transfer over my music in the playlist I placed them in?
ok I didn't have an itunes music folder, can I just make one?
This works well as of February 2016. Pro tip: Want to pull off certain albums, search author: or album: and the name and it will bring it up. Or just type album: and it brings up all the songs within their albums. Seriously, thank you. :)
+Hey Lauryn how do you search for specific songs only?
probably song: then the title
Awesome, thanks so much. Exactly like your video, except my option had "automatically add songs" folder, which did the same thing.
Thank you! It took me a bit, but I eventually figured it out. Very helpful :)
I have an ipod touch 5, how do I make it work for this?
I have an ipod touch gen 5 and already did the show hidden folders but my ipod only shows a folder called internal storage and inside that is one called dcim and inside that is just 2 folders 823WGTMA and 860OKMZO but they only hold my pics but no other folders. ive been to literally 6 other videos and nothing. so is there something that im missing that you can help with?
same prob dude....:(
hey just found something that works. check out total commander. it worked for me. only prob is u have to download it
Stan Vanpaemel with total commander?
Stan Vanpaemel
Its the itunes update
Stan Vanpaemel
Maybe now that i reply is too late but try using itools. Once you install the program, plug in your ipod. It will show all the things that you have on your ipod.
Then choose the File System and you will find the ipod_Control folder with all your music in it.
At first i thought it was impossible,because i had the same problem as you but with a little luck i found this program.
Very helpful, thank you!
I appreciate you taking the time to make this video in a very simple and easy to follow manner.
Cheers!
Thank you SOOOOO much!!! It even worked on the newest Itunes!! You're a genius!! :)
Sounds like this would work easily. Only problem is when I plug in my device instead of saying removeable device my cmputer says portable device. It makes a difference with computer screen any advice??
Sooooo helpful! Thank you so much. Worked like a charm.
Still working in 2020 Win 10. Thank you!
Very cool, checked out a couple other videos this one worked. Thanks mucho!!
Awesome. 80% was done perfectly, however some songs are still "coded" and their artist and album are blank. Any fixes for this?
This was a big help!! Thanks in August 2016
Totally worked in 2017 hahaha thanks sooo much for this video!
hey thanks for the video, but what happens when the music files go on to iTunes without any info? for example when I copied the music into the iTunes music folder, the music was named like AACH or EXRT, I then went into iTunes, clicked file, added folder to library, the music went onto itunes, but my music on iTunes are still named AACH instead of Arch enemy, is there anything I can do to sort this out? please let me know, thank you.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!! You are a life saver!!
You saved my life. Thank you!
Fantastic. Simple solution. Thanks.
Do this work with the Playlist also?
amazing!! thank you i got back all my fav music form my ipod nano to my new pc
Is there a way to transfer the actual playlist from the ipod?
Still worked for me. Thanks!!!
Great Video....easy to follow. I feel bad for all these extremely rude comments!
I don't see enable disc usage anywhere, has it moved?
OK so it worked!!! awesome! How can I merge the old and new library and reload them onto my iPod?
I'm using Windows 10 and when I go to paste the copied music, I go to This PC/Music/iTunes. I don't have a folder titled iTunes Music. My folder choices are: Album Artwork, iTunes Media, or Previous iTunes Library. Under the Previous iTunes Library folder there is only an XML file which I can't access.
omg im going to try following this simple instructions,will be back to let you know how i did,looks pretty easy,but im scared,so i just want to know,once ive copied this playlist onto my laptop,will i be able to plug in my iphone in and put this playlist onto it? the music im putting on my laptop is from my ipod classic.thank you so much for this video,you are awsome,but please can you answer my question asap? thanks again
Now if I do this will it take the songs completely off my iPod or does it just copy the songs?
you're the best! THANK YOU!
Thank you soooooo much man!! and I did all 3 just because im soooooo thankful!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for this, you're a life saver!
what kind of software it need or it is done with itunes
Will this restore playlists too or just the songs themselves?
Old video but it still works, thanks bro.
When I open the Itunes folder on the desktop, theirs no folder in their that says "Itunes Music" to copy the songs from the Ipod into. The subfolders within the Itunes folder are "Album Artwork", "Itunes Media", "Previous Itunes Libraries", "Itunes Library Extras, "Itunes Library Media", "Itunes Library Genius", "Itunes Library" and sentinal. What folder do I drop the song files from the Ipod into?!
This was SO helpful, thank you!
This just saved me so much damn time, thank you sir.
Thank you! Very simple and helpful! xx
Thanks so much for this great tutorial! Much appreciated!
how can i do this on A mac? i want to save the music i have on my old i Touch so then I can transfer the songs to my new iTouch
OMG....THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! IT WORKED!!
I did this a while back when i fried my backup drive full of music. I just wish I watched this video instead of the one that didn't show how to add it to itunes. I rewrote each song from scratch.
Awsome! You're a lifesaver. Thank you.
Thank you Paul. It’s still relevant
Thanks a ton. Excellent tutorial.