New PC - iPod sync concern

[slipd]

Hi guys,

Asking for a friend - I would never own an 'iDevice'

So basically they have a new PC; their former, family-setup was recently retired and they're concerned that when they plug their iPod Touch, iPod Nano into the new machine, and sync with iTunes, their extensive device libraries will be lost. In particular, they're worried about retaining custom playlists etc.

The last time I owned anything Apple, an iPhone 4S, I had a similar issue - hard drive went down, I used an app called Sharepod. I was able to use my device like a removable storage device, amazing, and simply copy my library, photo's (pre-cloud) and files etc. just like a NORMAL device. That was 2011, what's the score now?

They've got 60% of their library on the new machine from a backup (not an iTunes backup) but the rest, and the custom playlists etc. are only on their devices.

Thoughts?

 

[BigBoy]

If you can access the old hard drive just copy the iTunes profile and iTunes music folders to the same locations on the new PC and it will work as before.

 

[slipd]

If you can access the old hard drive just copy the iTunes profile and iTunes music folders to the same locations on the new PC and it will work as before.

They could not, it was destroyed after a partial backup. They got round it by using a combination of third-party apps

 

[Philtor]

I would suggest using CopyTrans and ditching iTunes altogether.

Been using it for years and so much better than iTunes in every way.

 

[slipd]

Thanks, I think this was one of the paid apps they tried and paid for. One of the very few which allowed you to copy the all important Playlist.

I'm so glad I'm not an Apple user