In this article you will find the steps that you have to follow in order to transfer music from your old iPod to your new iPod. First of all, you have to know about these gadgets that are one of the most commonly used portable music devices. Good news is that beside you can listen to the music on your gadget you can even play games and watch videos on it.
You have the possibility to choose between four iPod models including iPod Touch, iPod Mini, iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano. All of them are available in different memory sizes which makes possible to store all your files on your gadget. In order to transfer music form old iPod to your new iPod firstly you have to make sure that your computer it is upgraded to iTunes 8 version. Thanks to this application you can very easy transfer the selected files. You can’t sync the songs directly from an iPod to another model. Firstly you have to simply drag and drop the files to your computer’s “Music” folder from where you have to transfer it to your new gadget.
In order to sync the selected songs from your old portable music device with your computer you will need the USB cable. After you have made the connection you have to download the latest iTunes’s app from the Internet. In order to open your attached iPod’s content you have to click with the mouse cursor on “Devices” folder which you will find at the window’s left hand side. It is important to verify if the “Manually manage music” and the “Enable iPod for disk use” option’s boxes are checked. Then you have to create a new folder which you have to save on the notebook’s desktop with the “Old iPod” name. The next step is to copy all the songs that you want to transfer to your new iPod. Finally, when the syncing process it is finished you have to disconnect the cable from the USB port. In order to transfer these songs to your new gadget you have to create a playlist in iTunes.
This process it is necessary in order to keep all your old device’s files separate. In case that you press the “Plus” icon you can easily create the playlist. The next step that you have to take in consideration is to drag the created “Old iPod” folder into the iTunes’s playlist. This process can take a few minutes. The amount of time it depends on the number of the songs that you want to copy. Then you have to connect to your notebook the other iPod. For this process you have to insert into the same USB port the cable. The next step is to open the “Music” folder and check the box which is situated near the “Selected artists, playlists and genres” folder. Now you can add the songs that you want from the playlist to your iPod. In order to transfer the files you have to select the “Sync” button and you have to wait a few minutes until the transferring process it is finished.