Download Songs Onto Your iPod

An iPod is a music collector's favorite pocket accessory. For some, it can often be tricky figuring out how to download music onto the device. It all depends on how you download music, which is ultimately a personal preference, but downloading songs onto your iPod is easy as long as you have iTunes and can connect your iPod to your computer.

Steps

Using the iTunes Store on Your Computer

  1. Open iTunes.
    • If you don't have iTunes, then download it. It will only take a few minutes to download it onto your computer. You'll need iTunes to transfer songs onto your computer.
  2. Select what music you want.
    • If you have an idea of an artist or song, then search for it in the upper right search bar. If you would rather browse, select a genre style and browse through the music.
    • You can get songs onto iTunes by downloading them from iTunes or moving them into iTunes from a CD.
  3. Pay for the music.
    • After finding songs or albums, you wish to buy, select purchase song or album. You'll be asked to sigh into your apple account which has your credit card information saved to it. If you don't have an account setup, you'll need to create an apple ID.
    • Sometimes it is cheaper to pay for an album as opposed to purchasing each individual song.[1]
  4. Connect your iPod to your computer.
    • Attach your iPod to your computer's USB port. iTunes should recognize the device and show it in the left-hand bar under devices. Make sure your iPod has enough room to fit the new selections you wish to add.[2]
    • If you haven't set up your iPod yet, then iTunes will lead you through the process of setting it up.
  5. Click on "Music."
    • Once you can see your iPod in your iTunes -- it will say "Megan's iPod" or whatever your name is -- you should click on the "Music" option. This will allow you to manage the music that you sync to your iPod from iTunes.
  6. Choose your syncing option.
    • You'll see two main options for how you will sync your songs to your iPod. Choose between these methods:
    • Sync entire library. This will sync all of the music in your iTunes library to your iPod.
    • Sync selected playlists, artists, and genres. This option will allow you to only download certain songs and playlists onto your iPod. All of the songs and playlists will have little boxes next to them that are checked; to unselect the songs, just uncheck those boxes.
  7. Click "Apply."
    • This will either sync your entire music library or your selected songs or playlists onto your iPod, depending on the option you chose. Wait for the music to download onto your iPod. Once the sync is complete, you can disconnect your iPod and enjoy your new music.

Using the iTunes App on Your iPod Touch

  1. Click on the iTunes app.
    • This App should already be installed onto your iPod touch. If it's not there for some reason, just connect your iPod to your computer, open iTunes, click on the device, and then click on "apps." Once you do this, select the iTunes app and click "apply" and wait for it to download onto your iPod touch.
    • Once you have the iTunes app, all you need for the process to work is a strong WiFi connection.
  2. Choose the song you want to download.
    • You can search through the songs by clicking on "Genres," "Featured," or "Charts" at the top of the screen. You can also just click on the albums you see and look through the songs, or just browse the iTunes store until you find something that appeals to you.
  3. Click on the price of the song.
    • You can find the price to the right of the song. Once you do this, the price will be replaced by a green box that says "Buy Song or Buy Album."
    • Sometimes it is cheaper to pay for an album as opposed to purchasing each individual song.[3]
  4. Click "Buy Song or Buy Album."
    • This will bring up a new screen that will ask for your password.
  5. Type in your Apple ID password.
  6. Click "OK."
    • Wait for the song to finish downloading onto your iPod Touch.

Transferring from a CD or Flash Drive

  1. Rip your CD.
    • Take a batch of CD's that you want to add to your iPod, and enter them into your computer. If your computer does not have a disk drive, you can usually attach an external CD drive to your machine. Once your CD has loaded, open iTunes and import the CD.
  2. Transfer files from flash drive.
    • Insert a flash drive with the music you want to add to your iPod into your computer. Select the files from your flash drive and drag them onto into iTunes.
    • You may have to import the songs onto your desktop before importing them into iTunes.[4]
  3. Connect your iPod.
    • Attach your iPod to your computer's USB port. iTunes should recognize the device and show it in the left-hand bar under devices. Make sure your iPod has enough room to fit the new selections you wish to add.[2]
  4. Drag music to your iPod.
    • Now that everything is downloaded and connected, begin syncing your iPod. You can either sync your iPod, which takes automatically adds all your music, or manually manage your music.
    • If you manually manage your music, click on the music you've imported and drag it to your device.[2]

Downloading Music from the Internet

  1. Understand the risks of downloading.
    • Downloading music is illegal in certain parts of the world. Most times your internet provider will only flag certain types of downloads as illegal. If you try this out, stay away from mainstream, popular music. This is the music the record companies have flagged.
    • Once you've downloaded an illegal, flagged file, you'll probably receive a warning before legal action is pursued.
  2. Be selective of what you download.
    • Again, don't download mainstream music if you're illegally downloading. Some people are very successful in downloading music off the internet and others aren't. The risks might just not be worth it in the long run.
    • Record labels and internet providers have cracked down over the last several years.
  3. Use torrents.
    • Torrents are easy to use but also easy to catch. If you are looking for an obscure artist from the 1960s then maybe torrents are a good choice. If you're torrenting the newest top 40 playlists, then you might be in trouble.
    • You'll need an application to download the torrent for you.
    • Search for a torrent using a torrent searching website.
    • Open the torrent in the torrent downloading program. If you already have the application, then it should automatically open with this.
  4. Download .rar files.
    • This method of downloading files is much safer then torrents, but they're also becoming harder to use. Search in your browser's search bar the name of the album you want to download, followed by ".rar" This will bring up a few websites, and you'll just have to filter through them until you find a link.[5]
    • You'll also need a zip file opening software. This comes standard on many newer computers.
    • It can be easy to accidentally download a virus or spyware doing this technique.
    • Use with caution.
  5. Transfer music to iTunes.
    • Once you have the music downloaded onto your computer, import it into iTunes. Simply drag the file of music onto your iTunes icon. You could also right-click on the file and select import to application, and select iTunes.[4]
  6. Connect your iPod.
    • Attach your iPod to your computer's USB port. iTunes should recognize the device and show it in the left-hand bar under devices. Make sure your iPod has enough room to fit the new selections you wish to add.[2]
  7. Drag music to your iPod.
    • Now that everything is downloaded and connected, begin syncing your iPod. You can either sync your iPod, which takes automatically adds all your music, or manually manage your music.
    • If you manually manage your music, click on the music you've downloaded and drag it to your device.[2]


Tips

  • Make a list of songs you want to buy.
  • If you only need one or two songs, download the songs instead of the album-it's cheaper.
  • You can also buy TV Shows, Movies, & Music Videos. You can also download Photos onto your iPod.
  • You need to make an account for iTunes before you buy songs
  • Always Charge your iPod with the same wire for Syncing.
  • All songs are about $1.00, TV Shows/Music Videos are about $2.00, and Movies are about $10.00.
  • Install iTunes before you get your iPod and buy some songs.
  • If you get a lot of videos, you'll run out of room on your iPod. So buy more songs.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202023
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201253
  3. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204053
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20507?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
  5. ↑ http://www.liutilities.com/how-to/use-winrar
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