iTunes - help!

[Gritt23]

Ok guys and gals, time to dip into the font of knowledge once more.

Scenario ... laptop buggered, new one purchased. Downloaded iTunes on the new laptop, but when I plug in my Nano it wants to erase it and replace it with a sync with the new and empty itunes library. How can I sync it the other way so that the music and podcasts that are on my nano get copied across onto my library?

Ta.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Turn the synching off for a start - I never have mine set to synch, always want to do it manually.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Music Rescue will do it, I don't think it's possible to do it through iTunes.

 

[Gritt23]

Music Rescue will do it, I don't think it's possible to do it through iTunes.

Nice one, will that then creat the music in a folder I can transfer in to my (new) iTunes library?

Will that also pick up Podcasts off the Nano, or do I have to trawl through setting up all my subscriptions again?

 

[Beach Hut]

Some additional help please (apologies) for asking on same thread.

Loaded around 200 odd tracks off CDs on ipod touch for the wifey and it said it was more than 8 GB where mine has around 650 songs.

What is going wrong ?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Nice one, will that then creat the music in a folder I can transfer in to my (new) iTunes library?

Will that also pick up Podcasts off the Nano, or do I have to trawl through setting up all my subscriptions again?

It will restore the music within the correct file structure, it wont pick up your subsciptions though, I'm afraid! It will pull off the podcasts though.

 

[Gritt23]

Cheers!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Some additional help please (apologies) for asking on same thread.

Loaded around 200 odd tracks off CDs on ipod touch for the wifey and it said it was more than 8 GB where mine has around 650 songs.

What is going wrong ?

What are the import settings for CD's you might be importing them in very high quality. Preferences > General > Import Settings. What does it say on there?

 

[Beach Hut]

What are the import settings for CD's you might be importing them in very high quality. Preferences > General > Import Settings. What does it say on there?

Import setting was AAC Encoder so what is a lower one ?

Bigger issue - her account is on the Netbook so I copy them on the Mac from the CD to a memory stick so any suggestion, should I import them to my iTunes then copy to a memory stick ?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

How bit is each file?

 

[Beach Hut]

Not sure but how can I move things from my iTunes to a memory stick ?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Fine the files in iTunes, select the ones you want, right click and select show in explorer.

Or all of the files should be in My Documents > Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Music > Artist Name > Album Name

Then drag them across to the memory stick.

 

[Beach Hut]

Got it - cheers

 

[Zed Seagull]

Music Rescue will do it, I don't think it's possible to do it through iTunes.

That worked a treat for me thanks!!