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How to Transfer Music From Your iPod to a New Mac

Posted March 22, 2008 at 2:37pm by iClarified · 68785 views
These are instructions on how to transfer music from a Windows or Mac Formatted iPod to another Mac using Senuti. Follow this tutorial if you have bought a new Mac and want to transfer the music on your iPhone to the new Mac's iTunes Library

Step One
Download Senuti from here.

Step Two
Double click the downloaded dmg (ie senuti_0.50.1.dmg) to mount it.


Step Three
Drag the Senuti icon onto the Applications shortcut icon directory below to install the Application.

Step Four
Double click the Senuti icon in the Applications folder to launch the program.


Step Five
You will be displayed a welcome message. Click the Continue button.


Step Six
Press the Continue button again to accept the license.


Step Seven
You will be prompted to select a Copy Location for your iPods music. In this example we will copy to a specific directory. Select iTunes Music Folder from the dropdown menu. Then check the box next to Automatically add songs to iTunes. Finally click the Continue button.


Step Eight
At this point you will prompted to setup your iPod for use with Senuti. First, hold down the Command+Option keys while plugging in your iPod. This will prevent iTunes from syncing with it.


Once iTunes has detected your iPod, check the box titled Enable disk use.


You will be warned that this requires manual ejection of the iPod. Click the Ok button.


Now click the Apple button at the bottom right hand corner.


Your iPod is now ready for Senuti. Go back to the Senuti install process and click the Continue button.


Step Nine
When display some Senuti tips click the Continue button.


Step Ten
Finally you will be notified that configuration is complete. Click the Done button.


Step Eleven
Senuti will now open and display the music on your iPod!


Step Twelve
To transfer songs simply select the songs you would like to copy, then select Transfer from the File Menu.




You will notice a small indicator at the bottom left hand corner as your music is copied to your computer.


Once the copy is complete you can view the transfered songs in your iTunes Library.