![]() ![]() Last week we posted our observation that the new new version of iTunes 4.7 disabled a popular and useful utility called "iPod Download" which lets you drag and drop files from the iPod to anywhere you choose. And besides, why should we, it's our music on our iPod? Back-ups are great, but we can't always back-up our entire library of music. We've needed to do a fresh install of the operating system for every computer we have ever owned (yes, including Macs), and sooner or later plenty of users will need to do the same, either because of a physical defect which requires new hardware, or to eliminate any of the spyware, viruses, and other exploits which are part of the computing experience these days. In our world, those things happen and once you've spent the time, money and effort to put music on your iPod, there isn't any reason it should be locked away. ![]() It would be a wonderful thing to know we'll never have a hard drive failure, a system crash with data loss or our computer stolen, but that's not reality. Why do we need to get our files off our iPod? Update: Since this version is rather behind the times, we've got a brand new, totally up-to-date guide for getting stuff off your iPod and iPhone! ![]() In this How-To we show you several different ways of getting the music off of your iPod and onto both Macs and PCs, all with free tools. There are already a lot of different ways to copy music off of an iPod, Apple is just choosing to spend a lot of time and resources to make it hard to do. ![]() Never did we think we'd need to do a How-To on something which should be part of the basic functionality of a portable music player, but once you put your tunes on an iPod unfortunately it's a one-way sync unless you know the tricks for getting them off. ![]()
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