About iPOD and iTune

• dragg

  5 Mar 06, 15:58

  i have a few hundred mp3 files in my computer (iTune).
  
  it will be very troublesome to load everything again in case my computer crash. what is the best way to save the files?
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  5 Mar 06, 16:15

  Get an external hard drive and put all the files there. Alternatively, burn to DVD or CD.
• chanff8

  5 Mar 06, 21:30

  Store in your iPod(i assume you have one since its in your thread title) or get external hard disk
• SexyChin

  5 Mar 06, 21:34

  Use gmail to store all your songs. You can access them anywhere in the world.
• dragg

  5 Mar 06, 23:04

  if i am not wrong the iPOD take reference from the computer.
  
  lets assume that i lost all the mp files in the computer. upon sychronisation whatever songs i have in my iPOD will also be lost.
  
  funny?
  
  
• OCEANOS

  5 Mar 06, 23:17

  Merry Meet To All,
  
  I got a query. If i want to install iTune in my New PC, i plug in my iPOD, it will automatically sync right? All the stuffs in my iPod will be transfer & import into the New PC. I do understand its not possible to share files with others even they have iTune in their PC as its not accessible. Anyone care to shed some light on that? Creative Zen/Neon is much more user friendly definitely. Thanks.
  
  
  
  Blessed Be,
  Oceanos
• chanff8

  6 Mar 06, 16:14

  Originally posted by OCEANOS:

  Merry Meet To All,
  
  I got a query. If i want to install iTune in my New PC, i plug in my iPOD, it will automatically sync right? All the stuffs in my iPod will be transfer & import into the New PC. I do understand its not possible to share files with others even they have iTune in their PC as its not accessible. Anyone care to shed some light on that? Creative Zen/Neon is much more user friendly definitely. Thanks.
  
  
  
  Blessed Be,
  Oceanos

  Originally posted by chanff8:

  There is no way to do it using iTunes because of copyright protection. If you try to explore it using Windows Explorer you'll find the files hidden and the song file names will be replaced by numbers or letters in random order.
  
  If you are using Windows, use Yamipod. Shut off your iTunes without ejecting your iPod before launching this application. No installation required.
  
  If you are using Linux, there is Yamipod for Linux as well
  
  If you are using Macintosh, you can either download Yamipod, or use the more popular Senuti.

  If you reformatted your computer which is synced with your iPod, the alert about whether you want to pair with the computer should appear, when you plug the iPod into the newly formatted computer for the first time.
  
  To be on the safe side, plug your iPod into ANOTHER computer, select no when the alert to sync pops up, go to iPod options and change the setting to "Manually manage my songs and playlists"