I-Pod help and I-Tunes

[kb1dqh]

Posted on the "other" board...but..

I have just reformatted my harddrive on my G4 Mac. I have OS X Panther. The problem is I have no music in I-Tunes, and whenever I attach the I-Pod to the computer it updates to mirror what is in I-Tunes, so if nothing is there the I-Pod will automatically erase itself. Is there anyway to reverse this- and move music from the I-Pod to the mac? I still want to add more songs, but don't want to lose the 5 gigs I have on it. Thx, kb

[Platinum Pete]

Are your MP3s on your G4? It could be that with your Panther upgrade, your new iTunes is not finding the MP3s. Just drop the files into iTunes and let iTunes re-index those files - that should solve your updating problem.
If you have an iPod full of songs that do not exist on your hard drive, and you want to keep them, you need to get the right applet to allow you to pull iTunes files from your iPod and drop them into your hard drive. I do not remember the name of this applet (there are a few), but they are available and reviewed at www.ipodlounge.com (that place is the epicski of iPod nerds).
Report back on what you did and what worked or didn't, I'm curious as I am not a OS X user, but soon will be.

[backpack]

there is a setting in itunes that you can turn off to keep it from "synching" with your ipod... not on a mac right now, and the windows version isn't the same, so I can't tell you exactly where that is. Just fuddle around a bit and you'll figure it out.

[kb1dqh]

Pete-

That seems to have worked w/ your link. Downloaded iPodRip- and haven't connected the iPod yet, but it seems to be the right software. It rips the songs from the mp3 player to the harddrive. Perfect because all of the songs were reformatted OFF the drive. Thx.

[basom]

to reset your pizod not to sync with itunes you need to 1.plug it in the your cpu 2.click on the ipod icon when you are in itunes (if its already set to sync then you will have to wait for this to finish) when the ipod is clicked you will see the songs you have on your pod. on the botom right next to the eq icon and the eject icon and the one that looks like a snowflake is another ipod icon 3. click this icon, from here you can select which playlist you want to sync. say you have 15gigs that you always want on the ipod, keep them in a playlist which is not syncd, then make others which will update automaticly.