Getting music off the ipod
I have a real problem. My hard drive just crashed hard. I have a somewhat recent back up of my iphoto pics but my Music is gone 
I can re-rip all my cd's, but ALL my music store purchases are gone.
Now I realize I should be backing this stuff up BUT
I do have some of my purchased songs on my ipod. I remember there is a program to move those files off the pod onto my computer.
Anyone remember this program
On a side note, I will NEVER buy music from the itunes music store again.
I lost all my audible stuff to but audible keeps those on their server so i can re-download them. Why in gods name doesn't apple do this? I really shouldn't have to burn backups of purchased music.

I can re-rip all my cd's, but ALL my music store purchases are gone.
Now I realize I should be backing this stuff up BUT
I do have some of my purchased songs on my ipod. I remember there is a program to move those files off the pod onto my computer.
Anyone remember this program
On a side note, I will NEVER buy music from the itunes music store again.
I lost all my audible stuff to but audible keeps those on their server so i can re-download them. Why in gods name doesn't apple do this? I really shouldn't have to burn backups of purchased music.
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_thedustin
Originally posted by JohnHenry
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On a side note, I will NEVER buy music from the itunes music store again.
I lost all my audible stuff to but audible keeps those on their server so i can re-download them. Why in gods name doesn't apple do this? I really shouldn't have to burn backups of purchased music.
Whinge, whinge, whinge!!!
Why do you think Apple should be responsible for your stupidity?
Here's an idea - goto your local music store (a real one) with the receipt for the last CD you purchased. Go to the counter and say that you broke the CD and you would like a replacement. See how far you get?!? If you paid cash for the CD how are you going to explain to the staff that this is YOUR receipt and not one you just found on the floor (assuming it is not marked by someone's crappy footprint)?
All I am saying is if Audible can do it, why not Apple?
And as far as stupidity, do you burn a backup of every freaking song you download? Thats a lot of Time/CD's.
Thanks thedustin!
You can use it 10 times for free and if you decide to buy, it's only $9.00. Well worth the headache it can save you.
iPodRip also copies your playlists over to the Mac, whereas I know some software does not. I can't speak for pod manager with regard to this.
Originally posted by JohnHenry
And as far as stupidity, do you burn a backup of every freaking song you download? Thats a lot of Time/CD's.
I backup everything I wouldn't want to loose. That mean on my mac I backup my entire home folder, iTunes Music Folder included. I only leave copies of my music in my car.
As for insurance, yes that seems like a good idea. I am sure you will find some company willing to insure your data against loss - not sure what the premiums would be like tho.
What you are not doing, is thinking of the problem from the seller's (Apple) perspective. Apple probably had to work damn hard to get the music industry to agree to setting iTMS up properly.
As far as I am concerned once you have downloaded your copy of the music - keeping it safe is down to you. If the track had been corrupt after download, I believe you can contact support to sort out a re-download.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15951
That way I can choose what type of compression I want to use... and do so without DRM.
Originally posted by Gargoyle
Whinge, whinge, whinge!!!
Why do you think Apple should be responsible for your stupidity?
Here's an idea - goto your local music store (a real one) with the receipt for the last CD you purchased. Go to the counter and say that you broke the CD and you would like a replacement. See how far you get?!? If you paid cash for the CD how are you going to explain to the staff that this is YOUR receipt and not one you just found on the floor (assuming it is not marked by someone's crappy footprint)?
i always thought this was a really weak argument. the nature of technology is that it is fickle: hard drives crash, files disappear etc. compare the number of accidental file deletions to physical cds breaking
so i guess you can argue (1) the user has another layer of responsibility -- backup (2) whoops, user error, screw them
anyhow, the ipod is basically a backup anyway. why shouldn't i be able to pull my music off of it? i mean, i don't have the resources for 40gb of backup space in addition to my computer hard drive and ipod.
blurb.