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[Memles]

I know that Apple does not allow this feature directly, due to "copyright law" but I really don't have any other options and I am in a situation where it is legal. I lease this laptop from the university for the academic year, I'm heading home on Monday and the computer can't come with me. And, over the summer, they wipe the hard drives on these computers and fix any problems that may exist. Thus, I have to find a way to keep my music over this period of time.

Enter a large range of third-party applications designed to do just this. I was wondering if anyone else had done this before and what their luck was with programs of that nature. If they're unreliable, I'll try to burn as much of it as I can. If they're generally reliable, I'll just load it back onto the laptop in September from my iPod.

There's PodUtil, ipodcopy, copypod, etc...any help would be appreciated!

 

[Mr Mike]

Use EphPod. It copies them direct with a single right-click.

 

[Memles]

Use EphPod. It copies them direct with a single right-click.

Does this save play counts and the like or no?

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

Sell your Ipod and buy a good mp3 player?





I kid, I kid.

 

[Memles]

Sell your Ipod and buy a good mp3 player?





I kid, I kid.

Aha...I don't even mind this kind of mockery, but that doesn't even do ANYTHING close to officially solving my problem. Next time, contextualize!

 

[BTMash]

One thing I think you can do - set your ipod to act as a hard drive (ensure that itunes does not open up). Copy the mp3s into a folder you create on your ipod. Once at home, copy the stuff over from the ipod to your home computer (your computer should be able to detect it as a hard drive).

I have been able to do this with movies, word/pdf/powerpoint docs, but haven't tried it for music files.

Otherwise, I think mlpod (use with winamp) or ephpod should do the trick.

 

[Memles]

One thing I think you can do - set your ipod to act as a hard drive (ensure that itunes does not open up). Copy the mp3s into a folder you create on your ipod. Once at home, copy the stuff over from the ipod to your home computer (your computer should be able to detect it as a hard drive).

The problem with this concept: Home computer is unable to use iTunes, due to it being only Windows 98. Thus, I would lose all access to my music all summer long, as I do not believe it can play the files that it has when used as a hard drive.

 

[cvxfreak]

Yes, the iPod hard drive solution works like a charm. I was able to back my laptop files up before I sent it to have its keyboard repaired (laptop got lost in the mail; damn FedEx).

 

[Uncle Dukey]

Does this save play counts and the like or no?

I am not positive, but I think play counts are stored on the itunes/ipod database file, so if you're just pulling the MP3s off and putting them on your PC, it won't have them.