hi all
I've got a bit of a problem that I can't seem to find a solution to. I'm not a technophobe by any means but Apple stuff just seems to work very strangely for my primitive brain.
Basically I have an old iPod (80G I think with the circular scroller button thing. I think it's maybe called a video iPod) that I use solely to store allllllll my music. Everything.
I spent a very long time ripping all my CDs and still, by and large, buy any new music in cd format. My iPod comes with me in the car and means I can listen to anything I want whenever.
I don't really use the playlists very much (the kids have one and I think my wife has one for when she goes running) or any of the other features/gimmicks.
All the MP3 data is backed up on an external hard which I use because my laptop hard drive was too small at the time.
My problem is that I do not have the iTunes library anymore. Im not sure what happened to it but have vague memories of something either being corrupt or not working with a new version of iTunes or something.
Is there any *straightforward* way to extract this library from the iPod and carry on as before? I've tried a program that claimed to be able to do this but it didn't work (think it was called Syncios or something like that).
Or would I be better to wipe it and start again by reloading everything again...and if I'm doing that, should I be using a different program other than stupid iTunes?
Sorry for the rambling (and excessive use of brackets) and thanks in advance for any advice!
I've got a bit of a problem that I can't seem to find a solution to. I'm not a technophobe by any means but Apple stuff just seems to work very strangely for my primitive brain.
Basically I have an old iPod (80G I think with the circular scroller button thing. I think it's maybe called a video iPod) that I use solely to store allllllll my music. Everything.
I spent a very long time ripping all my CDs and still, by and large, buy any new music in cd format. My iPod comes with me in the car and means I can listen to anything I want whenever.
I don't really use the playlists very much (the kids have one and I think my wife has one for when she goes running) or any of the other features/gimmicks.
All the MP3 data is backed up on an external hard which I use because my laptop hard drive was too small at the time.
My problem is that I do not have the iTunes library anymore. Im not sure what happened to it but have vague memories of something either being corrupt or not working with a new version of iTunes or something.
Is there any *straightforward* way to extract this library from the iPod and carry on as before? I've tried a program that claimed to be able to do this but it didn't work (think it was called Syncios or something like that).
Or would I be better to wipe it and start again by reloading everything again...and if I'm doing that, should I be using a different program other than stupid iTunes?
Sorry for the rambling (and excessive use of brackets) and thanks in advance for any advice!
