If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier or a Windows PC, use iTunes to sync content to your devices. Before you use iTunes to sync content to your iOS or iPadOS device, consider using iCloud, Apple Music, or similar services to keep content from your Mac or PC in the cloud. This way, you can access your music, photos, and more on your devices when you aren't near your computer. Learn more about using Apple Music or iCloud Photos instead of iTunes.

If you use iCloud or other services like Apple Music to keep your content up-to-date across all of your devices, some syncing features through iTunes might be turned off.

What you can sync with iTunes

Before you transfer music from your iPod to a Mac, you need to disable syncing so that the media player won’t try to sync with your iPod and overwrite all the data on it. This happens because your music library on the Mac computer may not have some or all the songs and other files that the iPod contains, and you’ll eventually have an iPod. IPod users will find that when they connect their iPod to computer, the computer will recognize their iPod but won't display the music file in the window. Actually, the music files are just hidden by the computer, and the users only need simple steps to unveil the music files. Then they are allowed to transfer music from iPod to iTunes. In iTunes on your Windows PC, click the iPod touch button near the top left of the iTunes window. Click File Sharing, select an app in the list, then do one of the following: Transfer a file from your iPod touch to your computer: Select the file you want to transfer in the list on the right, click “Save to,” select where you want to save. Part 1: 4 Best Free iPod Transfer Software to transfer music between iPod and Computer The following are some of the best free solutions when looking to transfer data from your iPod to computer or another device. ITunes As much as most people look for an alternative to iTunes, it is still one of the best transfer tools for iOS devices.

• Albums, songs, playlists, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks.
• Photos and videos.
• Contacts and calendars.

Connect your iPod to the computer. Hold down the keys “CMD’ + option keys while connecting your iPod. Don’t release them until you see it connected. ITunes will still recognize your iPod but the automatic sync will not run. Open up iTunes, or, if you are using the latest macOS Catalina, go ahead and launch Finder.

iTunes features might vary by country or region.

Sync or remove content using iTunes

1. Open iTunes and connect your device to your computer with a USB cable.
2. Click the device icon in the upper-left corner of the iTunes window. Learn what to do if you don't see the icon.
   
3. From the list under Settings on the left side of the iTunes window, click the type of content that you want to sync or remove.^* To turn syncing on for a content type, select the checkbox next to Sync.
   
4. Select the checkbox next to each item that you want to sync.
5. Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the window. If syncing doesn't start automatically, click the Sync button.
   

* You can only sync your device with one iTunes library at a time. If you see a message that your device is synced with another iTunes library, your device was previously connected to another computer. If you click 'Erase and Sync' in that message, all content of the selected type on your device will be erased and replaced with content from this computer.

Sync your content using Wi-Fi

After you set up syncing with iTunes using USB, you can set up iTunes to sync to your device with Wi-Fi instead of USB.

1. Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable, then open iTunes and select your device. Learn what to do if your device doesn't appear on your computer.
2. Click Summary on the left side of the iTunes window.
3. Select 'Sync with this [device] over Wi-Fi.'
4. Click Apply.

When the computer and the device are on the same Wi-Fi network, the device appears in iTunes. The device syncs automatically whenever it's plugged in to power and iTunes is open on the computer.

Get help

• Learn what to do if you see an error when you try to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes.
• Learn what to do if you see an alert in iTunes for Windows that says syncing contacts and calendars has been deprecated.
• Learn how to redownload items that you purchased on another device.
• Learn how to import photos and videos to your computer.

Get Music From Ipod Free

iTunes can help you easily sync media files to your iPad, iPod or iPhone (iPhone 4S included), but has nothing to do if you wanna transfer your iPod songs or videos back to the iTunes library. It makes it really annoying when you accidently delete your iTunes Library, have a hard disc reformated, or want to move iPod content from one computer to another one. In these occasions, you need a professional Mac app to do the task, such as iSkysoft iTrasnfer for Mac (dr.fone), which is an easy-to-use iOS Devices app. It helps you transfer content from iDevices to Mac. The following paragraphs are the step-by-step guide about how to transfer music from iPod touch to Mac/iTunes, or sync movies from iPod touch to computer.

Step 1: Launch dr.fone and then connect iPod touch or iPhone to Mac or PC

This Mac app can clearly shows you your media files in the main interface. Just as the image shown as below. You can click the 'Music', 'Videos' or 'Photos' menu to show your file list.

Step 2: Transfer videos, music from iPod touch to Mac/iTunes (iPhone included)

To sync your music as well as video from your iPod touch to Mac/iTunes (iPhone contents included), you can do as following: You can directly click the 'Name' button at the top of the song list, and click “Export to Mac”. This smart application will intelligently transfer all the songs to your Mac. Alternatively, you can click the 'Music' menu and select the music you want, and then click the 'Export to Mac' button on top of the primary window to start transferring.

How to transfer songs, pictures and movies from iPod touch to computer (PC)

Download Free Music To Ipod

ml_iPod is a Winamp plugin which enables you load music onto and off of Apple iPod without using iTunes instead of using Winamp's Media Library. One of the main attractions of the plugin is being able to transfer movies from iPod to computer which is not possible with Apple's iTunes software, and also enable you to transfer songs from iPod touch to computer( other iPods included). The newest iPod plug-in of Winamp can copy files from iPhone in Windows, no jailbreak needed. Creative Zen and PlaysForSure certified devices are also supported.