Use Senuti
Senuti is a Mac application for transferring songs, playlists, or videos from your iPod back to your computer. This is useful because you can free up space in your iTunes library or transport songs to a new computer with your iPod.
Steps
- Download Senuti. The latest version only works on Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and is a 30 day trial. (If you're looking for a freeware app that does the same thing check out PodView.)
- Install Senuti. Drag the Senuti application to your Applications Folder. Drag Senuti into your dock or save a copy on your desktop if you wish. Eject the Senuti disk image and clear your download folder.
- Make sure you have iTunes.
- Open iTunes.
- Plug your iPod into your computer.
- In the iPod settings window in iTunes, set your iPod to "Manually manage music and videos" in iTunes.
- Open Senuti. Songs with a note or dot next to them are already in iTunes. However if you changed song information separately in your iTunes library or your iPod, it will think the same song is two different ones.
- Go to "Preferences" and then "Copying" in Senuti. Choose the iTunes Music Folder as the "Save Location" for copied music. Otherwise two copies will be created of each song. (This will take up unnecessary hard drive space.)
- Highlight songs (hold down the Command key/shift and click on them or press Command key-A to highlight everything) and drag them to the text "iTunes". You can also drag and drop playlists from your iPod into "iTunes".
- Make sure all the songs look normal and that there are no double copies.
Tips
- Senuti works for videos and podcasts as well.
- Visit the Senuti website and click on "Support" for more information about using Senuti.
Warnings
- Songs could be deleted from your iPod if it is set to automatically sync with iTunes. Make sure to set your iPod to manually sync or put it into disk mode.
- iTunes will create a double copy of songs you transfer if you do not save them in the iTunes Music Folder.
Things You'll Need
- iTunes
- iPod
- Senuti
