iTunes Issues

I'd forgotten about my iPod being synced to the iTunes install that was on the hard disk that crashed.

I had a new problem: getting the content that's on the iPod to my new iTunes installation. The problem is that you can't normally transfer songs themselves from iPods to whatever has your iTunes software (laptop, desktop).

I went here and followed the instructions. Although the instructions are straight-forward, I did issues with two of the recommended 3rd-party packages before I actually had success in backing up the data that resides on the iPod.

The software I had issues with were iPodRip and YamiPod. With the former, the software started fine but would choke on file transfers that involved more than one file. The software would lock up and I'd have to force-kill it. With the latter, the software never loaded, locking up without the GUI showing. I'd also had to force-kill the process (this one locked the software up in a way that the system fans would kick in after 10 sec of the software trying to load).

I was successful with Senuti.

I installed Senuti, then had it back up the iPod's data to the default iTunes library location. From there, I backed up this location's files to another place (just in case). I then synced iTunes with my iPod successfully!

The only issue I actually have (had) is that my playlists didn't sync. :( That was expected, though.

So, my music is good now. I just have to remember to back up my music to something other than the MacBook's hard disk (maybe an external drive, which I've several).