| Author | Message | ||
     Boney95 |
How would I go about transferring all of my iTunes stuff from one computer to another? I don't remember how I even installed iTunes onto the computer. Am I going to have fish up a cd that came with the ipod? | ||
| Ikeman |
Pretty sure iTunes is a free download from Apple. | ||
| Boney95 |
How do I then transfer all of my tunes from that computer to the new one? | ||
| Boney95 |
I figured it out. | ||
| Froggy |
Be careful, Apple infests the music with Digital Rights Management, and after being copied a few times you will not be able to access the music. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
I have nearly 500 gig of music in my iTunes library, and I can guarantee it's not infested with DRM. | ||
| Danger_dave |
>>Apple infests the music<< Or, you buy the rights to make six copies for personal use when you agree to the terms of an iTunes store purchase. | ||
| Seanp |
Beware the anti-Apple FUD! I've copied my iTunes library to many different computers with no issues. The music is now DRM-free. If one pays attention to the world outside of Windows, there's a lot to learn...  | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
I have transfered my itunes music from computer to computer many times with no problems what so ever. also if you burn you music you buy from them on to a cd using a normal cd format you can then rip it on to a computer as many times as you want. | ||
| Froggy |
Isn’t FUD, its simple truth. If you don't pay Apple to unlock your old infested music, you run the risk of it getting disabled. Thank you for the link Sean, it confirmed a few suspicions that I didn't know for sure before, like if TV was still protected or not. Dave, my sister somehow pissed off Apple and got some of her stuff locked out, she ended up re-downloading the stuff on Lime wire. Also, not many people knew about the restrictions if they didn't read the fine print, and would find out the hard way if they exceeded the limit. | ||
| Midknyte |
The music is now DRM-free. If one pays attention to the world outside of Windows, there's a lot to learn... Moot point. Their music is still subject to device lock-in. (Not all players play AAC files) | ||
| Midknyte |
also if you burn you music you buy from them on to a cd using a normal cd format you can then rip it on to a computer as many times as you want. And end up with a lossy format copy of a lossy format. Better to buy it in the format you want the first time. If you want mp3's, check out Amazon. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Well at least now I know I have my sh*t together better than your sister and people who don't read the rules. :-) | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Transfer, you music directly from your iPod to the new computer. It's pretty simple. Do some google searches, I can't remember exactly how I did it. | ||
| Midknyte |
http://www.softpedia.com/get/IPOD-TOOLS/Multimedia -IPOD-tools/iDump.shtml iDump. Nice and small. Can keep a copy on the pod itself so you can pull songs off of it wherever you are. | ||
| Indybuell |
Syncopation rocks! Well, for Mac to Mac transfers. | ||
| Seanp |
Moot point. Their music is still subject to device lock-in. (Not all players play AAC files) And end up with a lossy format copy of a lossy format. Since the OP is using iTunes already, I'd bet he has an iPod, which can play AAC natively. (There's about a 3/4 chance that he does.) Also, AAC is a better format than MP3, and the new DRM-free AAC is 256 kbps. | ||
| Midknyte |
And Beta was better too. I'm not going to partake in any format fights. I just wish and want for interoperability. Mp3 is just this generations VHS. | ||
| Lost_in_ohio |
AAC is neither better nor worse than MP3. What everyone needs to remember is that someone will come out with something better and you will be stuck with their tunes in an inferior format........... Some of my objections to apple and Itunes were dampened when they reduced the DRM nonsense. What about digital consumer rights??? How many times am I going to be forced to rebuy or rerent the same music and movies? | ||
| Ducxl |
Yeah..What i want to do is dump the contents of my Ipod to my computer.My computer doesn't have the Ipod libary. My Ipod has thousands of valuable tunes. How? | ||
| Froggy |
As many times as the MAFIA (RIAA + MPAA) can make you. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Agreed... I try not to buy DRM encumbered devices or content. It doesn't stop the pirates, and it makes my life more annoying. This isn't a philosophical stance for me, just a practical one. If somebody can make a compelling DRM encumbered model (like Apple came very close to doing), then I'll consider them. But I'll be evaluating value as "rent" versus "buy", and I hate renting things. Interestingly, Apple was the one company that was actually successful in this model, and even they want to move away from it. That is the *real* deathknell for DRM encumbered content. I also don't think you can make much of an argument that MP3 has better or worse quality then AAC, I can rip my MP3 stuff to a variety of bitrates, and from 192KBS and above, particularly with variable bit rate, my files are reasonably sized and sound great. Videos are the one place this might work. Boxes like the WII, PS3 and XBOX360 are already very close to "trusted computing platforms" (necessary for DRM to really work) and bridge the connection between many TV's and the internet. If I could get $1 movie rentals with a whip of my wiimote, I would probably rent quite a few of them... they are cheap enough that I will take chances on the movies I see, and if I want to see them again I will just rent them again. Not music though. I generally buy a movie to watch it once, but I buy music for a lifetime. | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Ducxl look here http://www.metacafe.com/watch/344327/transfer_musi c_off_ipod/ | ||
| Gunut75 |
I use an RCA. It comes up as a removable hard drive. I have never had any problems at all. A friend of mine has an Ipod, and it messed up his computer.  | ||
| Midknyte |
Neat little illustration of recompression loss. It's done with an image (jpeg), but the principle is the same. http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/22/jpeg-compress ion-600.html | ||
| B00stzx3 |
+1 on idump. There's also Senuti and SharePod. I'd link up but can't go to those sites at work. Apples features limit how you can transfer. If you open up your Ipod, the mp3s are accessible but hidden (enable seeing hidden files in Windows explorer settings) and oddly sorted/named/organized. The transfer back to the computer isn't always perfect but it works well enough. | ||
| Lost_in_ohio |
Netflix is a reasonable solution for video. Heck they will even stream some of it to my xbox. |
