iPod Music from iPod to Mac - What about Playlists and Play Counts?

[arcsbite]

Hi, sorry for the noob question.

the day before yesterday my iMac went tits up and died, I got a new one and have set itunes back up.

I keep all my music on an external drive, so I re-imported it, but of course the iTunes info was kept on my iMac, so now all ratings, playlists and play counts are dead.

I have my 60g ipod w/video, this was synced a few days ago and has all the ratings and playlists on it.
it there anyway of copying this to my iTunes library?

thanks.

 

[mcdermd]

My iPod Photo 40gb syncs the play count/last played from the iPod back to the master library automatically. Just plug it in.

 

[realityisterror]

You can't plug it into a different computer, and the original computer is dead as he pointed out.

I'm not sure if you can ever get playcounts back, I think iTunes just keeps track of how many times you played it on your iPod since last sync (+2 times) so that if you play it on both your Mac and iPod between syncs, things work out.

Senuti (link) can definitely get your playlists back, and possible ratings.

Good luck
reality

 

[arcsbite]

My iPod Photo 40gb syncs the play count/last played from the iPod back to the master library automatically. Just plug it in.

yes, but as the mac is new, technically this is a new library, so it will ask me if I want to overwrite everything,
If I say yes it'll wipe the pod, if I say know it won't update it.

 

[williamsonrg]

I am about to buy a Macbook, so I had the same question. I was doing some research, and it looks like this article us helpful.

Does anybody have anecdotal evidence about how well any of these utilities work? It's my ratings that I am most concerned about, as I like to use smart playlists based on those ratings.

 

[williamsonrg]

In case anybody with the sama problem stumbles on this thread:

I simply moved my entire library from my external hard drive to where it was supposed to reside on the new Mac. When I opened iTunes, *poof*, all of my songs were there, with ratings and play counts intact. Almost too easy...