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iPod Migration Question

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zythums

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 21, 2005
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Singapore
hi d00ds, i'll be getting an iMac/iBook really soon (as soon as the next update, which ever comes first). My iPod is formated in PC format (iTunes is on my company notebook), but how could I migrate my tunes when my mac arrives?

I dun really want to transfer my tunes from the notebook to the mac to the iPod.

I'm thinking, could I use samba (on my new Mac) to recognize the files in my iPod, port the files over into my Mac, re-format my iPod, and then port the songs back into my iPod?

Pls forgive my ignorance :eek:
 
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CubaTBird

macrumors 68020
Apr 18, 2004
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no worries dude... a pc formated ipod can be seen in os x just fine ;) soo what id do is this...

first dl this proggy...

http://www.isophonic.net/applications/

its the ipod extractor one...

once u hab that installed on ur ibook/imac.. run that and have it find ur pc formatted ipod.. which it should... then hit extract... now depending on how many songs u hab, it may take a while.. what id do is just have it extract to a generic folder on ur desktop... once thats done (the dark green arrow goes off) all ur songs are located in that one folder u saved em so ur good... now id dl this


http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/

which is the latest ipod updater for mac/pc... obviously dl the mac one and run it... u hab to hit restore to make it fully "macish" lol... once thats done, drag that big ol' folder that ur tunes were in into itunes and sync up ;)
 
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zythums

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 21, 2005
7
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Singapore
Hey thank you man.. Really appreciate your help there.. Cheers! :)

Let's see which Mac will be "bumped up" next..
 
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