The transferred music will be playable without any restrictions if the songs are ripped from CDs. Note that most of the above software, if still developed, will now be supporting both Windows and Mac platform.
#Irip for pc reviews for mac
Other iPod Manager or iPod song transfer utility for Mac include Senuti (30 days 1000 songs trial), iPodRid (now iRip – shareware at $24.95), iPod.iTunes (shareware) and PodWorks (resource no longer available) and PodUtil (Music Rescue). For MacOS 9, try escapePod (resource no longer available) and iProber. So these third party utilities with iPod copying will be useful to transfer files and music from iPod to PC’s hard disk and iTunes library.įor MacOS X, try Broken Helix (also Ollie’s iPod Extractor) (resource no longer available) and Rob’s iPod Exporter (resource no longer available). Similarly, in Macintosh running MacOS X or MacOS 9, it’s harder to show hidden files and folders.
The freeware iPhone Explorer supports iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
#Irip for pc reviews manual
To reveal the names of the songs and other data tags, add the files to the Windows Media Player or iTunes libraries or switch to “Tiles” view in Windows Explorer.īeside above manual ways to copy and transfer song library from iPod to computer, or import into iTunes, there are several third party program or more commonly called iPod Manager that has the iPod copying function such as SharePod ( freeware (shareware at $20 – no longer free), iExplorer (shareware at $25) or PodPlus (now iGadget ($19.99) or iRepo ($16.99)). The files copied have unintelligible four-letter file names.Copy the library to local computer hard drive’s My Music folder. The Music folder contains the iPod’s music and videos, divided into folders.Open the iPod Control folder, and then the Music folder.To unhidden it so that it’s visible, go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View, and then check (enable) the option Show hidden files and folders. If you don’t see a folder called iPod Control, it’s hidden and invisible.