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How to Transfer Songs from Your iPod to Your Computer

By: Chad Kiser Click author's name for more of his/her articles

Several months ago I nearly had a heart attack. Not really, but I felt like I was going to have one when my hard drive crashed and my entire music collection (worth thousands of dollars) went with it.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I remembered that my music library was, for the most part, loaded on my iPod Touch. As soon as I got my new computer, I downloaded iTunes and planned to download my music back to the new computer. I was shocked when I discovered that iTunes did not have an option to sync from my iPod to iTunes. iTunes only allowed me to transfer data one way - from the iTunes library to the iPod and not vice versa. That was simply not an option as I am sure you can understand.

There's no doubt I was frustrated beyond belief at this point because I thought I could seriously lose all of my music. I actually contemplated buying a new iPod so I would not have to ever sync the old one, but I eventually thought better of it.

After a day long cooling off period, I started researching other options. I called some local computer repair guys. They were worthless. I made a phone call to the computer store where I purchased my PC and they were no help either.

I then turned to my friend Yahoo (yes, I'm one of the few people out there who actually prefer Yahoo to Google). I quickly read a couple of tutorials for transferring music back to a computer. Although they gave me hope, I was simply too afraid to try any of the techniques because I thought I would screw it all up.

I found the solution when I discovered a software program named Lenogo iPod to Computer Transfer. It was exactly what I wanted. A free demo version was even available for me to test out before buying anything. Without a moment's thought, I downloaded the demo version, installed it on my computer and fired it up.

After that, I connected the USB cord from my iPod Touch to the PC. Inside the Lenogo interface, I was able to see all of the songs, playlists and even videos on my iPod. Next I selected a new folder on my Desktop where I wanted to copy my songs to and clicked the button to start transferring. In about 15 to 20 minutes, I was done. All of the data was on my computer and ready to use.

I then ran iTunes and imported the music back into the library and re-synced the iPod. It was truly a piece of cake. If you find yourself in a similar position, do not panic. All is not lost!