Papi off of the comment section asks:
… for the tech heads out there. I have an iPod with about 10 gigs of superb music, most taken directly from a vinyl collection. How do I get it off and into a new computer? The iPod works, for a bit, but I have no connection to the collection on iTunes. I’ve called Apple, they’re no help. All I have is the iPod. Help
Anyone?
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I think you can just connect to a laptop or pc and download the files to a folder, it doesn’t have to be into iTunes
I’ve tried all that, no joy, the original computer I had the files on went walkabout and I used the Ipod as the stereo until that went Kaput, now all I have is a black (not the one in the pic) brick, i can still play the Vortex game on it, but that’s it and only if I charge it for two millions of years.
The collection was painstakingly put from vinyl to files, then downloaded to the Ipod. There are original mixes and sets that would make any Henry’s head blush. Back bar, none of your techno malarkey.
“i can still play the Vortex game on it, but that’s it”, you seem to be describing a hard drive failure. Earlier Ipods have mechanical hard disks and they don’t last forever as they were usually bumped around quite a bit. If the Ipod can’t access the files to display or play the titles then an attached computer is very unlikely to be able to but a data recovery company might be able to help for a few grand.
It was put through the wringer for years, the poor thing, it has done more than it’s fair share. Good tip though, I’ll check a few out and see if they can help.
Looks like a first gen iPod, so you’ll need a Mac and a (1st gen I think ) FireWire cable to start. Might be best to look for the cable on eBay/aliexpress
Probably an older version of iTunes is necessary, they may have removed comparability at some point.
They have, if I could find the original files in Itunes, I’d be laughing, they’re not available, but I refuse to believe anything that is digital is gone. It’s somewhere.
Should be able to pull straight off the iPod in a file explorer type application on your laptop
There was an app called Senuti that did it for me. Not sure if it’s still around but it was super easy to use.
10 gigs… Mostly vinyl… that’s a lot of music to have to re-record as mp3!
Hope you find a solution Papi :)
It’s about three years worth. Mostly cos you’d record a track, get bickie’d and forget to record the next one. I probably have the first track of 500 albums. B side? Forget it. Good times though.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/transfer-music-ipod-computer/
look for iDump to grab the music from the iPod, tis free too.
This comment is the best here (providing iDump is still available and works!)
I’ll give that a go, cheers.
there are definitely ways for a computer to see and access an iPod as a drive and not a set device. I’ve only dealt with families devices and not one so old so I’ve no help to offer beyond that. There is a solution and what you have is definitely worth saving.
Fingers crossed. Cheers. I promise, if I get it it work, I’ll send the lads a lump of it and you can all crack your necks. It’s from my “in the day” years, bouncing the door of Henrys and with access to all sorts of nice things.
Are you just missing a cable from Ipod to Computer? Whats the connection like?
It’s Jurassic, I’ve done cables, hard drives, Apple store, hackers, tech guys, shouting at it, pleading with it, the lot.
First generation iPod (with the click wheel and Firewire 400 connector) was Mac only, so if you can find an older (pre-2009) mac with an older iTunes and a Firewire connector you should be in luck. Connect the iPod, in iTunes, enable ‘use this device as an external hard drive’, and then you can copy the folder of MP3s to another device. (Google should throw up instructions) Then, importing that folder into a newer copy of iTunes and telling it to organise your library, should restore useful filenames and folder names if the ID3 tags were set.
After firewire 400, a lot of macs had firewire 800 connectors, so you’ll need a firewire 400 to 800 cable.
After firewire 800, there are firewire 800 to lightning/thunderbolt cables
and after lightning/thunderbolt 1, there are lightning to thunderbolt 2 cables.
Current macs mount devices in the finder anyway, so you should be able to access the files, and then import into Apple Music to restore filenames.
Some of those could be pretty pricey at this stage if you don’t know a cable hoarder.
Good luck!
What I’m going to do, is copy what you said and give it, verbatim, to someone who can do that. I’m not even going to pretend I have the foggiest.
But if it works, i will give buy you a fine bottle of whatever you want. (Not Uranium)
Hang on Papi
You said it’s not like the one one the pic. So is the cable a FireWire connection or one of the 30pin yokes Apple used to use.
Like this. Is it like this?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008BR57VQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_WG6C6XATGWG2B6W4SPR1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I have an old Mac Pro tower lying around, it’s a V1.1 Intel model, (I think). As I haven’t booted it in a few years. But it also has FireWire and an old version of iTunes on it and it might be some help. I also have a few different FireWire cables if it is FireWire. 800 – 400 etc
Lemme know on the cable and I’ll see if I can help. (Or if the old Mac boots up) ;)
Gentleman, I’ll be home in a while and I’ll have a gander.
That’s the one!
Winamp?
I literally think someone needs to open the thing and pull out it’s brain. You have just seen my level of computer savvy.
Linux might be worth a shot, same base os OSX. If you could see the drive when connected then it’d sidestep all of itunes malarkey. You may have to do some forcing of permissions
I have to do a what now? I’m not the Catholic church, though I appreciate the help.
out of curiosity Papi what did you use to digitize the records day one.
I have plenty tunes I would like to digitize and have available away from the turntable.
I don’t want another turntable though.
Hope you get this resolved and I am no help whatsoever to you – sorry
It was one deck hooked up to a MP3 file converter gizmo. You download the Mp3 files to a laptop and then transfer to the Ipod. Painstaking, laborious, track by track but you had the crackle and hiss of the vinyl on your headphones walking down the road. Job. Plus you need a very patient DJ willing to let you access to their babies. Everything went on a USB stick that you shared around.
Thanks papi, I need an MP3 file converter gizmo to get me going so.
As you know the hiss and crackle are part and parcel.
There’s a guy in Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre – a computer repair shop – that specialises in recovering files from drives. Think his name’s Marius or Darius. I’m sure he can help you out and it wont’t cost a lot.
If all else fails those classic iPods used ATA drives, so you could get a cheap ATA/IDE enclosure somewhere, whip out the drive itself and cut out the middleman entirely. Bit of an aggressive approach though since the iPods weren’t designed for ease of disassembly.
How do you know somebody has a vinyl collection……..?
But seriously buy a cable on ebay.