iPod Music Download With Windows

Now, where transferring music from a PC to the i pod is very common, it is only Windows that enables you to copy music from your i pod to the computer. One way of doing this is through copy pod. Copy pod or what is now known as copytrans is a software that has to be installed in your i pod to enable you to transfer or recover songs and music videos onto a windows computer.

Share iPod is software that allows you to share music with your friends. With this you can move music off your computer straight into your friend's i pod. A popular software that runs on Windows operating system is winmx. This is a p2p{peer to peer} file sharing program that only shares audio and video files up to 2GB. Winmx is favored software because it is a safe network with limited number of viruses.

Apart from this there is another cheaper way to transfer music from the i pod to Windows It does not even need elaborate software. You will basically need an i pod that syncs to a Windows computer, and the computer must have enough disc space to hold all your music.

This process is pretty simple. You will first have to enable your ipod as an external device and then attach it to your computer with a USB cable. Wait for i-tunes to show up. Then click the menu pane and click on i pod options. Go to i pod music and check the enable box. Your i pod is now enabled to transfer music. Next connect it to the Windows computer with a USB cable. You need not use itunes if it shows up again because nowWindows is going to copy the music. As an external device your ipod is going to show up in the My Computer Windows as Devices with Removable Storage.

Double click on the ipod icon for your ipod to open up. Go to Tools and then click on the View tab. You will see all your files and folders stored in the ipod. You may have to click on "Show hidden files and folders" tab. Your music files will show up in the folder called ipod - control.

You can now drag and drop them on to your computer or copy paste them onto a new folder. You can also search for a particular album or all your music classified under particular types. Let's say you have grouped you music under heads, such as, classical music, rap music, pop music etc. If you go to types and select the albums, you can drag and drop or cut paste the list onto your new folder.

So you see how easy it is. With Windows, you can transfer your music off your ipod onto your PC, share you music with others or download it from your computer onto your I pod. At times you may have a problem in connecting some wma files that are protected - especially if it is a free download. In that case you have to use tools like WAM to MP3 converter. This can help to sync DRM wma free download music from Windows media player to your i pod. Now you have a perfect back up of your music files before you give your i pod for repairs.