Ipod info please guys. Stuck...

[Spiezels]

i lost my ipod on holiday so am gonna invest in a touch.

All my songs are on my laptop but i now have an imac so would prefer to set the pod up on that. Whats the best way to get my tunes from laptop to imac etc.

I tried to download the transfer thing so i could plug jus transfer them that way but as its diff format it wouldnt work.

Could i just usb my laptop to imac and transfer or put songs onto a HD then the mac or wat.

Cheers.

 

[Michael172]

do you like having an mp3 player which is a brick and you have to often use 2 hand to operate ? I hated ine so much i sold it. Having said that they were good software wise.

In my honest opinion id get another classic, or whatever they do these days i cannot remember.



can you use a data stick of some sort would that work ? Ive never used a mac before and i seriously doubt i ever will.

 

[Spiezels]

Yeah true they are huge but i loved using my mates, and i do see the benefit of jus gettin a classic or maybe a small one, ill research

its more to do with transfering my songs though. I dont wanna loose my 2000 songs really. But now i have an imac and laptop i'd rather set the pod up on mac for compatability.

 

[planetx]

create a new folder on your imac connect your laptop and drag and drop.
open itunes, go to preferences, advanced and locate all your music.

what the hell is the world coming to...."do you want an mp3 player that you need both hands to operate"???

who needs mp3 when you have a mac and apple loseless?...mp3 is so last year lol.

 

[Spiezels]

cheers bud.

 

[Initiale]

Run iTunes on both machines, close down the app, then replace the iTunes folder on the new computer with the contents of the iTunes folder from the old one...then when you open up the app on the new machine all your content will appear.

 

[Spiezels]

Im not to sure i know how to do that mate, Im gonna get a firewire to USB cable then do it like that, or i'll just save them all to my removable HD and then plug that into the mac an upload the files, then just drag them into the mac itunes.

 

[turnby]

here's what you do: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329 but use an external drive instead of an iPod. let ME know how you get on

 

[Spiezels]

CHeers mate, i have the touch on order so ill try tonight or when that comes.

I might try it with DVD first as my rem HD was playing up. But if i use the HD do i just do the step by step as if it were an ipod. Sound.

 

[turnby]

Yep just use the external hard disk, Either way iPod Touch doesn't apply to that guide as you cannot use it as a mass storage device. If you are using the external drive, you may have to format it as FAT32 so that both Mac and PC and read and write to it.

 

[Spiezels]

Sorted it mate, jus burned them to dvd them whacked it in the mac.

Although i put the rem HD in the mac first n it said make back up something i clicked yes by mistake and the thing erased the HD inc some photos. Now when i put it in the PC it says there's a usb therer but i cant find it anywhere. As in its not in My computer..... Fucked...?