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BigRock91

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Anyone here familiar with Ipod to PC problems? I lost my hard drive a few months ago. So lost all my music but had about 1,000 songs on 2 different older Ipods units. The new (or old) Apple Itunes programs I loaded to the computer will not accept back my songs from the individual units. Wants me to buy all new music! What a rip! Anyone here know how to get around this?
 
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logres

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After installing iTunes, 'activate' your computer from the drop down menu. This syncs the purchased music catalog with the iTunes server.

Doing this might work...I'm not quite sure.
 
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BigRock91

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logres said:
After installing iTunes, 'activate' your computer from the drop down menu. This syncs the purchased music catalog with the iTunes server.

Doing this might work...I'm not quite sure.
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Thanks Wayne, Yes tried that already. Still wants me to synch units to blank and buy new music. Message given "not compatible with this program, please re-synch" . Both Ipods tried on it and it gives identical message. I've loaded back the original discs back on to PC to try the old programs that I started with, thinking that there would be no excuse for it not to work, but to no avail.
 
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Mike P

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you can go to apples customer service online, find it on their site and request back, one time I think, all purchases you made in the past. They will activate them in your current itunes account and in the download area. I had to do this recently
 
tixer

tixer

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there are some 3rd party ipod sync programs out there that will allow you to copy the files back off of the ipod. It's been years since I've used one, but I assume they will still work. (unless, perhaps you have one of the touchscreen models?)

The ones I have used before are xplay, and Ephpod
(ephpod was free. I'd start there.) http://www.ephpod.com/

Also, Wikipedia has a good article with a number of other options if those fail you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_iPod_Managers
 
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black97lsc

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What tixer said, there are third party programs that will allow you to import songs off the ipod. I believe you can also pull the music off through windows explorer. The file structure is hidden, so you'd have to change the settings on your computer to "show hidden files and folders". The last time I checked, the folder structure is a mess. Nothing is named for artist or music, but if you copy this to your hard drive and then import into iTunes, you should see your music.
 
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BigRock91

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Thanks black97 andTixer. I'll give those a try. Yes my units are old Ipod Minis. Lot of news on the net recently of how apple is getting to be quite the scam not letting you re-install your previous tunes.
 
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logres

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BigRock91 said:
Thanks black97 andTixer. I'll give those a try. Yes my units are old Ipod Minis. Lot of news on the net recently of how apple is getting to be quite the scam not letting you re-install your previous tunes.
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You need to get a program that converts the ARC files to MP3's, then back those up on disc or something.

There are free ones...just search around.
 
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LeoC2

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Calling Apple's policy a scam is like complaining to a record store that you lost a CD and they should replace it for free. They're not scamming anyone, they are under obligation of the copyright holders to protect their property.

In any case, why not just call Apple customer service and they'll talk you through it. It happened to me about 5 years ago when I changed computers and I messed something up. They talked me though it and I was able to synch everything on the iPod back to a new computer. You could also go to an Apple store and talk to one of the Apple Geniuses and they'll tell you what to do.
 
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logres

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LeoC2 said:
Calling Apple's policy a scam is like complaining to a record store that you lost a CD and they should replace it for free. They're not scamming anyone, they are under obligation of the copyright holders to protect their property.
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If you can prove that you purchased some software, the company should have no issues replacing it, and are actually obligated to do so if it was the fault of the company (losing it is not their fault). When you fork over the money for software, you are purchasing a license, not a disc.

One of my anti-virus program discs cracked and no longer worked. After calling the company, they said they don't make that software anymore and that I would have to purchase version 2.0. After explaining to them basic licensing law, they decided they wanted to avoid legal action and gave me version 2.0 for free.

Besides converting my iTunes files to MP3, I also keep my iTunes receipts. In case of loss, they would be obligated to replacing my music (via download) because again, I purchased a license, not the 0's and 1's that were downloaded to my computer.

Apple better be careful lest they find themselves in a class action lawsuit. They fancy themselves different than Microsoft, yet they are doing the exact same thing that Microsoft did against Netscape and Sun Microsystems (makers of open license Java) some years ago.
 
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I think the main reason they do this is so you don't plug your iPod into other computers and "share" music "claiming" it was stuff you downloaded. I agree with the re-issuing of the already downloaded music....pretty lame if they don't do that.
 
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